The iconic event transpired for the entire month of June, and celebrated 50 years since the Stonewall Riots. In 2019, New York celebrated a special pride, in the form of WorldPride NYC. Today, the New York Pride parade rivals Sao Paulo Gay Pride Parade and Madrid Pride as the largest pride parade in the world, attracting each year in June hundreds of thousands of participants and millions of sidewalk spectators. The March passes by the site of the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, location of the June 1969 Stonewall riots. Gay Pride New York has continued this proud tradition by hosting the event in various locations throughout the city. A year later in 1970, the very first NYC Pride March took place on June 28. This was followed by a candlelight vigil in Sheridan Square. Following these violent and discriminatory attacks, 500 people gathered for a “Gay Power” demonstration in Washington Square Park a month later. In the morning of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a local gay bar in Greenwich Village that very much represented the city's underground LGBTQ culture. The first NYC Pride Rally occurred one month after the Stonewall Riots in June 1969, that launched the modern Gay Rights Movement. Taking place in the month of June, during the height of New York's summer, NYC Pride illuminates the city with a range of LGBTQ-related parties, events, conferences, and of course one incredible and colorful parade. We would greatly appreciate it! Please visit show your support.Gay Pride New York is right on up there as one of the biggest and best gay prides in the globe, after all it is the Big Apple we're talking about.
If you have the means to support the Pride Center of the Capital Region, its mission, programs, and services. Please join us in 2022 by marching in the Capital PRIDE Parade, Advertising your business in the Pride Guide, become a Festival Vendor, Becoming a Corporate Sponsor or enjoying the Capital PRIDE Festival! With thousands of participants in the Capital Pride Parade and hundreds of Capital Pride Festival Vendors, the post-pandemic return of one of the Capital District’s main events is sure to be a record-breaker and an event you will not want to miss.Ĭapital PRIDE and the Capital Pride Parade and Festival benefit the critical programs and services of the Pride Center of the Capital Region. The Capital Pride Parade and Festival, with an annual attendance of over 25,000 people, is the largest pride celebration in the northeast outside of NYC and Boston. and will be hosted and emceed by Comedian and Fly 92.3 DJ Shawn Gillie.
The Capital Pride Festival will also feature International superstar DJ Drew G, one of Albany’s Hottest Party Bands, Grand Central Station Band, Albany’s Annual Drag Revue, a special preview performance from the Playhouse Stage Co. The Capital Pride Festival is Headlined by the Pussycat Dolls' Carmit Bachar and iHeartRadio Music Award Nominee JORDY.
onto Lark Street and then Madison Ave.Ĭapital Pride 2022 Presented by Hannaford Supermarkets. The Capital Pride Parade Kicks Off at 11:45AM starting down State St. The Pride Center of the Capital Region is excited to announce the return the Capital PRIDE Parade and Festival on Sunday Jin Albany's historic Washington Park.