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Photos: Skate the Rainbow roller derby returns to Bloomington

Southern Ice Arena, with Bloomington Roller Derby and Indianapolis Junior Roller Derby hosting five bouts for junior and adult skaters from across the Midwest. The BOOMington Blockheads return July 18.

Skate the Rainbow at Frank Southern Ice Arena. (Kelton O’Connell, June 27, 2026)

On Saturday (June 27), the third annual Skate the Rainbow was held at Frank Southern Ice Arena, with Bloomington Roller Derby and Indianapolis Junior Roller Derby presenting it as an all-day Pride roller derby mixer. The schedule included five bouts: two junior levels, two levels, and an open-gender mixed-level adult bout.

The Pride-themed roller derby mixer brought together skaters, officials, and fans from across the Midwest.

If the photographs in this gallery make you wish you’d been there, in just three weeks from now Frank Southern will host a home bout for the BOOMington Blockheads who skate against the Flat Track Attack out of Ohio on July 18.