San Francisco Pride Guide 2025

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 on the last Sunday of June annually. The 2025 theme is Queer Joy is Resistance.

Pride Celebration and Rally
June 28-29, 2025 | 11am-6pm
Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco
FREE

Saturday (June 28) headliner is Michaela Jáe. Sunday (June 29) headliner is Saucy Santana.

54th Annual SF Pride Parade and March
Sunday, June 29, 2025 | Starting at 10:00am
Market Street from Embarcadero / Beale to 8th Street ending at Civic Center
FREE

The Pride Parade begins Sunday morning at 10am 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 Celebrity Grand Marshall is Harper Steele.

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.

San Francisco City Hall lights up for Pride

City Hall will be lit in special lighting on the following days in June 2025:

• Tuesday, June 3, 2025 – rainbow colors – in recognition of SF PRIDE Month
• Friday, June 6, 2025 – rainbow colors – in recognition of the City Hall PRIDE Flag Raising
• Sunday, June 8, 2025 – pink – in recognition of the annual activation of San Francisco’s Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks
• Monday, June 23, 2025 – rainbow colors – in recognition of SF PRIDE Week
• Friday, June 27, 2025 – blue/pink/white – in recognition of the annual SF TRANS March
• Saturday, June 28, 2025 – pink – in recognition of Pink Saturday
• Sunday, June 29, 2025 – rainbow colors – in recognition of SF PRIDE Weekend

Other Major 2025 Pride Events

Thanks to the San Francisco Planning Department for their help in compiling this list

• Sonoma Pride Festival & Parade – May 31
• Pink Triangle Ceremony 2025 – June 7 (Pink Triangle installation is up through June 29)
• San Mateo County Pride 2025 – June 14
• SF PRIDE x Tenderloin Museum Kick-Off Party at “Compton’s” – June 18
• Pride Celebration at Castro Night Market – June 20
• People’s March of San Francisco – June 22
• 2025 Bi-BQ Bi+ Pride Potluck Picnic – June 25
• SF Pride Block Party – June 26
• SF’s Huge Free Outdoor “Pride Comedy Night” – June 26 – Thrive City / Chase Center
• Pride Nightlife at California Academy of Sciences – June 26
• Exploratorium’s After Dark: Pride – Queer Science – June 26
• San Francisco Pride Third Annual Human Rights Summit – June 26
• Downtown SF: Drag Me to Front Street Pride Block Party – June 27 @ 5p
• San Francisco TransMarch 2025 – June 27
• Friday Nights at OMCA: Pride – June 27
• Welcome Pride Kick-Off Celebration – June 27
• SF’s Massive 4.1 Mile Laser Rainbow Flag – June 27-29
• San Francisco Dyke March & Rally – June 28
• Pride in the Gardens at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival – June 28
• 2025 Castro Family Pride Block Party – June 28
• SF’s Massive 9-Hour “Pink Block Party” for Pride (2025) – June 28
• San Francisco Pride – June 28-29
• Soul of Pride at San Francisco Pride 2025 – June 28-29
• 2025 San Francisco Pride Party at City Hall – June 29
• Up Your Alley Fair 2025 – July 27
• Berkeley Pride 2025 – August 16
• Oakland Pride 2025 – September 7
• Alameda Pride 2025 – October 11

Pride Comedy Guide

Funcheap is proud to present several FREE Pride comedy shows for 2025!

Thrive City Outdoor Free Pride Comedy Night
Thursday, June 26 at Thrive City/Chase Center | 6:30p
FREE – RSVP

w/ Oliver Graves (America’s Got Talent), Pallavi Gunalan (Netflix is a Joke Fest), Marcus Williams (Cobb’s) and more!

Akeem Woods (NBC, HBO, CBS) Pride Comedy Show
Friday & Saturday, June 27-28 at Mayes (SF) | 7p Shows – FREE – RSVP
JUST ADDED! Sunday, June 29 at The Function (SF) | 8:30p – FREE – RSVP

Friday, March 20

Lit Laugh Lyric

Friday, March 20 – 7:30 pm - Ends at 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*

*Suggested Donation of $25

| Make-Out Room

Lit Laugh Lyric is a variety show where literary performance meets stand-up comedy meets live music, and for Women’s History Month, we’re handing the stage to women and gender-expansive writers, comedians, and musicians. One night. Three art forms. The iconic Makeout Room in SF’s Mission ...

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Sunday, March 22

UCSF’s Annual “Misfit Art Sale” Original Works $25+ (SF)

Sunday, March 22 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm | Cost: $10*

*($10 – $75) sliding scale General Admission, $100 VIP Tickets

| UCSF Mission Center Building

Misfit Art Sale Affordable art. Unexpected finds. All for a great cause. Join us for the Misfit Art Sale, a lively annual fundraiser supporting the UCSF Alliance Health Project (AHP). Discover unique original artwork, connect with the UCSF community, and help support AHP’s vital health programs. What ...

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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)

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

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