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and tickets are available for purchase now online.
Saturday, June 1 will hold a new Pride Promenade Opening Party, and Galaei’s Philly Pride 365’s official opening night celebration will take place at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 8 p.m. There's also an option to make a $10 donation for Teen Prom while there.
Then Sunday is the big day: According to a release, The March is an ode to The Reminder Day Demonstrations that were held in front of Independence Hall on Chestnut Street from 1965 until 1969 to raise awareness of bigotry, prejudice, and discrimination toward the LGBTQ+ community and to send the message that “Gay is good.” The 1972 Pride Day March concluded at the same spot 50 years ago.
As one of the country's largest pride festivals, the City of Brotherly Love has lots in store for 2024.
The upcoming march and festival will feature America's largest rainbow pride flag, which measures 400 feet long. During the festivities, over 200 attractions line the streets including artists, entertainers, food trucks, local bars, community organizations and vendors.
Festival highlights include:
- local vendors, including food trucks, artists and health organizations
- live performances on multiple outdoor stages
- the Youth and Family Zone, serving as a family-friendly environment with age-appropriate programming
- the Sober Space, offering a dry bar alongside DJs and performances
- Bailar con Amor, a section celebrating the queer Latino community, Afro-Latino culture, art and expression
- Kiki Alley, which celebrates the rich culture and history of the Philly ballroom community
- POP Wellness Zone, offering medical services, community resources and activities, and
- the Decompression Zone for attendees in need of a comfortable, low-volume and accessible place to celebrate, which includes seating, adult changing rooms, accessible bathrooms, wheelchair charging docks and cooling stations for attendees to relax and hydrate.
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on Sunday because of these closures through about 8 p.m.
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Details for the 2024 Philadelphia Pride March and Festival
Molly Given
It's almost time for the most colorful celebration in the city—this Sunday, June 2, the Philadelphia Pride March and Festival will be in full swing with a theme inspired by the 55th anniversary of Stonewall.
Philly Pride 365: A Program of Galaei is inviting the entire LGBTQ+ community and allies to "Be You" in 2024 for the occasion, which starts at 6th and Walnut at 10:30 a.m., no registration required (note, no floats or vehicles permitted.) When the March reaches the Gayborhood, the Festival will begin, running from noon to 7 p.m., on Walnut to Pine streets, and Quince to Juniper streets, with other select roads closed around the festival footprint.
"Pride is and has always been much more than just a party, it a place where we build community, where we bring about awareness of issues impacting our community, and provide crucial linkages to resources and care," said Galaei Executive Director and Program Director of Philly Pride 365, Tyrell Brown (they/he) in a statement.
"At its core, Pride celebrates our community's activist roots in challenging the status quo and celebrating ourselves authentically and freely.
The occasion will kick off with speakers, before making its way down the route to finish up in the Gayborhood.
The Festival, on the other hand, will feature over 200 small businesses participating, stages with performances (including the occasion's first-ever headliner Sapphira Cristal), entertainers, artists, vendors, food trucks, community organizations, and local bars all showing off their Pride.
The occasion will also feature a Sober Space with entertainment and food, youth/family programming, a Decompression Zone in conjunction with Disability Pride PA, the “Bailar Con Amor" (an ode to Afro-Latinx heritage art and expression), and more.
For more information on the Philadelphia Pride March and Festival in 2024, visit phillypride365.org
A Guide to Philly’s Massive Pride March & Festival in June 2024
A Guide to Philly's Massive Pride March & Festival in June 2024
Philly’s big Pride event celebrates love in all its forms.
This year’s program organizers, Galaei, take over Center City Philadelphia with the Philadelphia Pride March and Festival, a day-long celebration bringing festive entertainment and a slew of community resources.
The event begins with the Pride March through Center City, departing from 6th and Walnut streets and featuring music, speeches, a morning ceremony and a record-breaking 400-foot Pride flag.
The march ends at a vibrant festival in Philly’s Midtown Village neighborhood — affectionately known as the Gayborhood — featuring pay-as-you-go food trucks, artists and vendors, live performances and more.
This year’s “Be You” Pride March and Festival event takes place on Sunday, June 2, 2024.
The 21+ event starts at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 2. The Pride March begins at 10:30 a.m. and the Pride Festival runs from noon to 7 p.m.
2024 Highlights
Marking 52 years since Philadelphia’s first Gay Pride Parade, the 2024 Pride March and Festival celebrates joy, community spaces and how far we’ve come with this year’s theme: “Be You.”
March
This year, Philly Pride commences with a march departing from 6th and Walnut streets at 10:30 a.m.
Camac Street from Walnut Street to Pine Street
SEPTA bus routes will be detoured from their normal routes starting at 4:30 a.m. The march begins near Washington Square Park in Center City and ends in Philly's Midtown Village neighborhood, aka the Gayborhood.
Where does the Philadelphia Pride march start and end?
The march begins at 10:30 a.m.
The celebration will also have its first-ever headliner in RuPaul's Drag Race finalist Sapphira Cristal, and feature the most businesses in event history.
If you're heading to Philly Pride, here's what you need to know.
When is the Philly Pride parade and festival?
The Philadelphia Pride March and Festival will take place Sunday, June 2, 2024.
to midnight, with tickets available for $30. The following streets will be posted as "Temporary No Parking" zones during that time:
- Juniper Street from Walnut Street to Cypress Street
- Cypress Street from Juniper Street to 12th Street
- 13th Street from Walnut Street to Pine Street
- 12th Street from Walnut Street to Pine Street
- Quince Street from Walnut Street to Pine Street
- Locust Street from Juniper Street to 11th Street
- Pine Street from Juniper Street to 11th Street
- Spruce Street from Juniper Street to 11th Street
- Chancellor Street from Juniper Street to 12th Street
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An ode to the 1960s Reminder Day demonstrations, the march begins with speeches and a ceremony unfurling this year’s 400-foot-long rainbow flag — the largest in Philadelphia history.
This vehicle-free community march is open to anyone (allies included) and no registration is needed.
Festival
Immediately following the march, the Pride Festival kicks off in the Gayborhood — centered around 13th and Locust streets — from noon to 7 p.m.
The festival continues until 7 p.m. at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (a full schedule of stops is available online.)
On May 31, locals can also head to the Franklin Institute for the Science After Hours: Summer Ball event, which will feature local drag queen Eric Jaffe and a cast of drag performers, drag bingo, ballroom dance lessons from choreographer Kemar Jewel and more.
Sunday and will be centered around 13th and Locust streets, featuring hundreds of food vendors, artists, community groups, bars and more.
What is the theme for Philly Pride 2024?
The theme for the 2024 Philadelphia Pride March and Festival is "Be You."
According to Philly Pride 365, this year's march is also "an ode to the Reminder Day Demonstrations that were held in front of Independence Hall on Chestnut Street from 1965 until 1969 to raise awareness of bigotry, prejudice, and discrimination toward the LGBTQ+ community and to send the message that 'Gay is good.'"
The march will start with speeches from community leaders, guests and a land acknowledgment from the Lenape Tribe.
How to get to the march and festival
Because street parking around the march and festival is limited, and multiple road closures will be in place, attendees are encouraged to use public transportation.
Several SEPTA bus routes will drop riders off near the march's starting line, and SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line stops at the 5th Street Independence Hall station.
For those just attending the festival, the Walnut Locust station on the Broad Street Line stops just a few blocks from 13th and Locust.
Road closures for the Philly Pride March and Festival
More than a dozen road closures will go be effect from 5 a.m.
until 9 p.m.