Cancelled for Pride 2016: Pink Saturday “Pink Party” | Castro
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Castro & Market | Castro and Market Street, San Francisco, CA
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2026 San Francisco Pride Festival & Parade (June 27-28)
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade is one of the largest LGBT gatherings in the nation. The two-day celebration is free and open to all. The parade takes place annually on the last Sunday of June.
In 2026, we’re transforming Civic Center into an electrified grid of community power. Expect world-class entertainment on the Main Stage, diverse local talent across our community hubs, and returning community favorites that keep the spirit of Pride alive.
2026 Pride Celebration and Rally
June 27-28, 2026 | 11am-6pm
Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco
FREESan Francisco Pride is one of the last major Pride celebrations that remains completely free and open to all. No ticket required. No barrier to entry, just some barricades for safety! Come for the celebration, stay for multiple stages of live music, DJs, and performances from LGBTQ+ artists. You’ll find community pavilions, a vendor marketplace, food and beverages from our partners, and the full, electric energy of your people gathered together. This is what Resistance in Action! looks like on the ground. Come take to the streets with us!
2026 SF Pride Parade and March
Sunday, June 28, 2026 | Starting at 10:30 am
Market Street from Embarcadero / Beale to 8th Street ending at Civic Center
FREEThe San Francisco Pride Parade is one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, bringing together diverse communities to march, celebrate, and advocate for equality.
The Pride Parade begins Sunday morning at 10:30am on Market Street at Embarcadero Plaza. The parade typically has over 250 contingents and lasts around 4 hours. Contingents step onto Market Street and proceed toward the Pride Celebration, ending around Market and 9th. The Grand Marshalls are Peaches Christ and Honey Mahogany.
With over 250 parade contingents and exhibitors, and 4-5 different stages (depending on the day), the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade remains the largest gathering of the LGBTQ+ community and allies in the nation.
The night before the Pride Parade, The Pink Party typically takes over the streets of the Castro by closing them to cars and then pumping multiple sound stages to celebrate a long-time tradition of fabulous, queer parties, but… unfortunately in 2016 the party is cancelled.
From SFist: “Coordinated and run by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence since 1995, the group last year declined to continue organizing the event as incidents of violence and the growing need for security made it an increasingly costly — not to mention an at times gay-unfriendly — affair. Last year (you surely remember) the LGBT Community Center swooped in, renamed the event Pink Party (because the Sisters are holding onto the Pink Saturday name), and held it earlier in the day. The Center is unable to do so this year, Castro Supervisor Scott Wiener told the BAR, and no other organization has offered to deal with it either.”
Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.
Cost: FREE*
