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The whole city comes alive in a rainbow burst of excitement at the 2017 San Francisco Pride Celebration.

47th Annual San Francisco Pride Celebration
– Saturday, June 24, 2017 | Noon to 6 pm
– Sunday, June 25, 2017 | 11 am to 6 pm
Parade – Sunday at 10:30am
Civic Center, San Francisco
FREE (The festival requests a $5-10 optional donation)

With over 200 parade contingents, 300 exhibitors, and more than 20 stages and venues, the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade is the largest LGBT gathering in the nation. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and straight revelers fill up Civic Center for a weekend for concerts, DJs, performances and speeches and the parade on Sunday morning.

Pride Parade Route

The 2017 Pride Parade is Sunday at 10:30am – starting at Market & Beale, heading down Market St. and ends at 8th Street.

San Francisco Pride Week Events


Wednesday, April 1

The Drillmaster Staged Reading
Wednesday, April 1 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | The Eagle
The mostly true story of America’s gayest founding daddy Conceived by Jenny Zigrino (Conan, Badass Bitches of History) and co-written with Caleb Zeringue (Luigi: The Musical), comes The Drillmaster, a new comedic play about the life and times of the Prussian immigrant and gay polyamorous founding ...

Sunday, June 7

Free Pride Concert: “Golden Gate Park Band” Symphony in the Park
Sunday, June 7 – 1:00 am - Ends at 2:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but donations are welcome.
| Spreckels Temple of Music (Golden Gate Park Bandshell)
Free Pride Concert: "Golden Gate Park Band" Symphony in the Park

The Golden Gate Park Band presents its 144th season in Golden Gate Park’s music concourse. That’s right, this 30-piece symphony has been playing free concerts in Golden Gate Park since 1882. For 2026, the Golden Gate Park Band performs free weekly concerts most Sundays at 1 pm. ...Every Sunday