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A Guide to the 2025 Philadelphia Pride March and Festival
2025 Highlights
On the heels of a historic anniversary in Pennsylvania LGBTQ+ history — 50 years since Governor Milton Shapp signed the executive order protecting LGBTQ+ Pennsylvanians from discrimination — the Philly Pride Parade & Festival kicks off its Celebration Month festivities with activism, open and inclusive celebration, and a ton of “Philly L.U.V.”
— Photo by S. Ramones for Visit Philadelphia
Pride March
An ode to the 1960s Annual Reminders, the Philly Pride March calls the LGBTQ+ people and its allies to take to the streets in the spirit of LGBTQ+ visibility and solidarity.
Kicking off at 10:30 a.m. adjacent 6th & Walnut streets, this people march begins with speeches, music and a land acknowledgement from the Lenape Tribe, before winding from Old Town to the Movement Festival-grounds.
The vehicle-free procession features hundreds of LGBTQ+ community members, groups, leaders and allies marching side-by-side, with Philly Pride’s ever-expanding rainbow flag — now the largest in Philly history at an impressive 600 feet — making appearances along the way.
Participation in
Official Philly Pride Bar Crawl
Share the Official Philly Lock Crawl Ticket Link
If you have friends coming, mail them the official link to buy tickets – you’ll need those wristbands for entry!
Be on the Lookout for the Digital Bar List
Keep an eye out for an email from info@BarCrawlLIVE.com. This will include the all-important "Digital Bar List," coming to your inbox one week before the event.
Follow the "Digital Bar List"
This is your ultimate guide for the day! It includes everything from registration spots and wristband pick-up times to bar hours, specials, and more.
Pick Up Your Wristbands On Time
Make sure to collect your wristband at the designated check-in bar during the allotted time. If you're tardy, you’ll miss out – no wristband, no entry!
Have a Friend Pick Up Everyone's Wristbands
Can’t make it to check-in? No problem! Assign a friend to pick up your wristband so you don’t long for out on the fun.
Note Bar Hours
Each bar has its own operating hours listed in the "Digital Bar List," and your wristband and specials are only valid during those times. Plan your crawl accordingly!
Dress Festively for Pride
Celeb
Following an abrupt announcement by Galaei that the organization would no longer be a fiscal sponsor for Philly’s upcoming Pride events, the local LGBTQ+ collective had one resounding question: Is Self-acceptance canceled?
Absolutely not. The Urban Affairs Commission stepped up to give Philly Identity 365 — which organizes the events — a modern home for now. And as Event month approaches, organizers are preparing for another action-packed and resource-filled weekend.
The pride and festival broke records in 2024, welcoming 110,000 participants — almost doubling attendees from the year before.
“Pride is getting bigger. What is that telling you about the power of our community?” Tyrell Brown, one of the event’s key organizers and now the executive director of the city’s Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs, told PGN before last year’s event.
This year, the crowd is likely to continue growing, and organizers have been intentional about making space for those newcomers.
Festivities will start on Friday, May 30, with a day of celebration throughout the town and America’s largest Pride flag. A record-shattering 400-foot flag was unfurled during last year’s festivities.
“There’s never enough flag to go around
When it comes to celebrating Pride, the month of June is only just a beginning. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is committed to remaining an inclusive and safe cosmos for LGBTQIA+ individuals throughout the year to further a shared mission of ongoing support and awareness. We’re eager to elevate up local communities, events, collaborations, and art from our collection by members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
For Pride month, we’re elated to celebrate the evolving nature of LGBTQIA+ culture, using the spirit of diversity as our guiding principle. See below for more information about what’s happening on our campus this June.
Artist Collaborator: Katie Kaplan
Katie Kaplan is a visual artist working in Philadelphia. Her focus is on printmaking and expands into sculpture, textiles, and installation. She has shown work nationally in solo and group exhibitions at galleries, community spaces, and print shops.
Kaplan has completed numerous artist residencies and fellowships, including the Apprentice Training Program at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, the Cindi Royce Ettinger Fellowship at Second State Press, and The Denbo Fellowship at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Wassai
Pride Month kicks off with events around the society starting this weekend.
It's an annual series of parades and other gatherings to celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and rights.
At its heart, Movement is both a party and a protest.
In the U.S. this year, that means speaking out against a slew of policies that impose restrictions on transgender people and that try to end diversity, equity and inclusion programming in government, education and businesses.
Here's a look at the event's roots and this year's events and themes.
When Pride Month began
The monthlong global celebration began with Gay Pride Week in late June 1970, a year after the violent police raid at New York’s Stonewall Inn, a gay bar.
At a time when many Diverse people kept their identities private, the June 28, 1969, raid sparked a series of public protests and catalyzed the same-sex attracted rights movement.
The first identity festival week featured marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, Modern York and San Francisco, and it has since grown to other cities. On the calendar are events in Philadelphia this weekend; New Orleans on June 14; Chicago on June 21 and 22; and New York over the weekend of June 28 and 29. Many other events in large cities and small to