Various festivities including PrideFest and Pride Island dazzled the city, with headline acts including Melissa Etheridge and Madonna.Įach year during Gay Pride New York, there are a series of parties and celebrations which take place throughout NYC, and continue right up until the concluding Pride Parade, which happens towards the end of June. 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. Visitors can stay current with the latest information on Pride week entertainment, seasonal events, and local LGBTQ-centric news with the all-new “DISCOVER” tab feature.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.
Visitors to the new site will be able to plan their Pride week with a comprehensive list of events to RSVP for as well as purchase tickets. Organizers said they also launched a new website, “that serves as an interactive repository for exclusive content, year-round programming details, community outreach initiatives, celebrity interviews and much more.
“After such a challenging year for so many, we are eager to celebrate again as responsibly as possible and are hard at work on a stellar slate of performances, and programming that represents the beautiful diversity of the LGBTQ+ community,” said Executive Director Rich Walczak. READ MORE: Potential Summer Surge Has Health Experts Urging Vulnerable People To Get 2nd COVID Booster The festivities will be COVID-19 compliant and there are plans to implement a myriad of measures that will include touchless transactions, increased tent sizes, open spaces, mandatory masks, temperature checks, and sanitizing stations. Miami Beach Pride has always been held the first weekend in April. Organizers said that they chose to reschedule the dates in an effort to provide the safest environment possible for its attendees. READ MORE: Commissioners Approve $2 Million Insurance Settlement In Surfside Condo Collapse Miami Beach Pride Festival and Parade will be held on September 10-19, 2021 with the Parade and Festival weekend falling on September 18-19.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – On Wednesday, Miami Beach Pride organizers announced dates for Pride 2021, as well as, a newly revamped website.