During the three-day destination weekend, more than 30,000 people are expected to flock to Long Beach for 30+ LGBTQ events, including the festival’s 29th annual Pride Parade, the second annual Pet Pride Parade in collaboration with Animal Planet, concerts and parties.įriends at Pride Fest NYC. Long Island will mark New York’s Pride celebrations with Pride on the Beach.While the event is free, there will be premium tickets for sale (for reserved seating and prepackaged meals) to support the Heritage of Pride foundation
LGBTQ+ families (and supporters) can head to the West Village’s Pier 45 for a free outdoor, kid-friendly movie starting at 6:30pm.The Children’s Museum of Manhattan is hosting their 13th annual Family Pride Night, which is a free evening of fun celebrating LGBTQ+ families.A regional tour of free, outdoor concerts from June 6–9 will highlight events like the Stonewall uprising, WorldPride 2019 and the women’s suffrage movement, showcasing New York State’s role in social justice movements.Ĭhildren’s Museum of Manhattan Pride Night: June 6.The five-day American Music Festival, scheduled for May 28–June 2 in Troy, will feature symphony performances and a tribute to those lost to AIDS.The Albany Symphony will present “Sing Out, New York!”, a major music festival and regional concerts celebrating equal rights. “Sing Out, New York!”: May 28–June 2 and June 6–9 I LOVE NY is also organizing Pride Celebrations at destinations throughout the Empire State: Love and rainbows just go so well together at the New York City Pride Parade. (Photo by Christopher Gagliardi) Celebrate Pride in New York State And even now, they still love a good parade (who doesn’t?) Kids enjoy the pageantry of New York City Pride. As they’ve grown older, the meaning of Pride has deepened for them. Since the kids were little, they’ve loved the colorful characters, upbeat music and joyful crowds of San Diego Pride. (Photo by Zach Hilty)Īlthough we have not yet taken our kids to NYC Pride, we have attended the parade and festivities a number of times in our hometown of San Diego. ( TPG has even been known to participate in pride marches!) So many floats and celebrants make New York City Pride the largest in the world. This is always a festive and celebratory event, drawing a mix of people from all walks of life to the world’s largest LGBTQ pride march.
This all leads up to the NYC Pride March, the largest of its kind in the world, which will step off at noon on June 30 at 26th Street and Fifth Avenue. Pride celebrations will span the month of June in New York City, with commemorative events, rallies, parties and more. It’s only fitting that the site of the very first Pride Parade will be the host city of WorldPride 2019. The Stonewall Riots are remembered in NYC each year with an annual New York Pride March, an event that is now colorfully duplicated in many other major cities around the world. Balloon arches in festive rainbow colors at NYC LGBT Pride. Stonewall is now a US National Historic Landmark. In 1969, police raided the gay bar for what would be the final time, and patrons and locals pushed back, sparking an equal rights movement that would spread worldwide. The Stonewall Riots were a seminal point in the LGBTQ rights movement, with action centered at The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. That’s too big of a deal for just one day of celebrating, so events will be happening all throughout June - and many are family-friendly.
It’s the first time WorldPride will be celebrated in New York City, and marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the pride movement at the Stonewall Riots. The State of New York is pulling out all the stops to welcome LGBTQ community members from around the globe for WorldPride 2019 in June.