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San Francisco Pride
All the Bay’s biggest marches, parades, block parties, light shows and festivities
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
Friday, July 10
San Leandro Pride: Free Drag Show + Pup Parade Party (2026)
Friday, July 10 – 4:00 pm - Ends at 9:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Butterfly Plaza
Drag shows, pup parade, vendors, food trucks, and more at San Leandro’s 3rd annual PRIDE celebration on July 10th!
Stop by and enjoy incredible drag performances on the Main Stage with Drag Queen Sally Limon, story time with storyteller PerSia, a pride timeline, vendors, food trucks, ...
Oakland Gay Men’s Chorus: Celebrate Bay Legends Live (Oakland)
Music by the Bay celebrates the legendary artists and unmistakable sounds that helped shape Bay Area music and culture.
Featuring music made famous by Journey, Pointer Sisters, Santana, Sylvester, Tower of Power, Weather Girls, and more, this high-energy concert journeys through rock, funk, soul, disco, and ...
Wednesday, July 15
Out on the Air: The Bay Area’s LGBTQ Radio Legacy Live (SF)
Join KALW & the GLBT Historical Society for a journey through the queer history of Bay Area broadcasting with the voices who were there.
Hear the voices that documented, shaped, and celebrated queer life in the Bay Area, from Stonewall through the AIDS crisis.
Queer Power Hour ...
Sunday, July 19
San Francisco Disability Pride Festival
The San Francisco Disability Cultural Center and The Kelsey Civic Center are excited to host our first Disability Pride Festival. Disability Pride is a celebration of disability culture, creativity, community, and justice. We’re so excited to host disabled artists, community organizations, advocates, families, and allies ...
Saturday, July 25
Free Group Fiction Read: “Blue Ruins” + “Sulphur” Talk (Oakland)
Saturday, July 25 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Nomadic Bookshop
We love to enjoy books in community. If you do too, this is the event for you. We are Kokonut Head Media, a nonprofit literary educator and publisher, and we’re hosting an afternoon of reading, discussion, and community. We’ll spend our time together reading and discussing ...
Sunday, July 26
2026 “Up Your Alley / Dore Alley” Street Fair & Fetish Festival (SF)
This is no indie hipster fair with hand-knit scarves and folk music… If rubber, sportswear, biker gear, punks, or any variety of built, hairy men turns you on, then they’ve got it. In their own words, you won’t find a filthier event in the States. Up ...
Friday, July 31
Solidarity Cinema Launch: Radical Short Films w/ KALW (SF)
Join KALW for an evening of short cinema by leftist, Black, Indigenous, feminist, queer, and radical filmmakers.
Join us for the inaugural edition of Solidarity Cinema, a new monthly film series at KALW Public Media. Tickets are available on a sliding scale of $5–$25 (NOTAFLOF), with ...
