Boston gay pride parade 2024
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Let’s show up, rise up, and celebrate together.
For any questions, please contact Kimberly Rhoten (kimberly.rhoten@boston.gov).
With Pride,
Our team at the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA2S+ Advancement🏳️🌈
Boston Pride For The People announced Monday that the 2024 Pride Parade and Festivals will be held on Saturday, June 8 on Boston Common and City Hall Plaza.
The volunteer-run organization will host the events for the second year.
It will continue down Clarendon Street before turning Left on Tremont Street, then left on Berkeley Street and right on Boylston.
The parade ends on a left turn from Boylston to Charles Street, with the Public Garden on the left and Boston Common on the right.
Parade marchers will then go into the festival at Boston Common.
How to watch the Boston Pride For the People parade
In-person spectators should be able to catch the parade as it moves through the parade route, starting on Clarendon Street near the intersection of St.
James Avenue and ending on Charles Street, with the Public Garden on the left and Boston Common on the right.
NBC10 Boston will air the parade live on Saturday, June 8 from 11 a.m. Whether you identify as LGBTQIA2S+ or as a fierce ally, your presence means so much.
Parade and festival registration will open later this winter.
Boston Pride For The People is also seeking volunteers and partners to help operate this year's events.
Rainbow bandanas encouraged!
📸 Tag us in your pics @lgbtq_office — we want to see all the love and light you bring!
This parade is a celebration of our identities, our power, and our unity. Anyone interested in sponsorship should contact sponsor@bp4tp.org. and a block party from 2-8 p.m.
This is the second year the organization will be hosting Pride celebrations.
What is the Boston Pride For the People parade route?
The June 8 parade route, which is scheduled rain or shine, begins on Clarendon Street near the intersection of St.
James Avenue. Rolling with us? The subsequent protests are credited with a shift in LGBTQ+ activism in the U.S.
Boston is one of may cities celebrating Pride Month this year, including with a parade on June 8.
Here's what you'll need to know about catching the pride parade in Boston this year.
Pride Month is here! Boston's Pride celebration is the largest in New England.“We are thrilled to be back for a second year helping our City and region celebrate the LGBTQ+ community’s vibrancy and joy," Adrianna Boulin, president of Boston Pride For The People, said in a statement.
✨ Pride Parade Marching Tips ✨
👟 Shoes that slay AND stay – Whether you’re marching, rolling, dancing, or voguing down the route, wear whatever makes you feel fierce and comfortable.
“We are committed to creating a Pride that is built by us and for us, that reflects and honors our rich culture and diversity.”
The Boston stations of NBC and Telemundo are the proud media sponsors of the parade.
Last year's Pride Parade was held on June 10, the first time in three years the event had been held in Boston.
More than 1 million people attended the parade in 2023, which included more than 250 marching contingents and 215 vendors at the festivals.
This year’s events will include a parade which starts in Copley Square, makes its way through the South End, and lands at Boston Common.
Individuals interested in volunteering are encouraged to sign up on the BP4TP website. Volunteer roles include: accessibility, communications, development (fundraising), festival and events planning, operations management, parade organization, volunteer engagement, and the QTBIPOC Advancement Fund.
PARADE
The purpose of the Boston Pride For The People Parade is to commemorate the brave LGBTQ+ people who risked their safety to advocate for the lives and humanity of LGBTQ+ people, to celebrate the richness and complexity of LGBTQ+ community, and to continue to advocate for equity and inclusion for LGBTQ+ people, especially those who face intersecting forms of oppression.
NBC10 Boston will also air a special broadcast at 7 p.m.
Contributing: Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY.
In addition to the parade, organizers are also hosting a festival Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Feel free to decorate your wheels with pride — ribbons, flags, flowers, lights — let your ride shine as bright as you do!
🐾 Friendly, crowd-comfy pups are welcome to march, as long as they are cool with loud noises, kids, and other dogs — just be sure to join us toward the back of our group for everyone’s comfort and safety.
Sturdy sneakers, boots, or wheels 🦽 that sparkle — all are welcome to parade with us!
👚 Come dressed in whatever joyful, bold, colorful, family friendly, and fabulous way feels most YOU.
💦 Hydrate — bring a water bottle and sip like the icon you are.
🎒 Pack the essentials: phone, sunscreen, wallet, portable charger, and snacks.
🌞 Check the weather — New England always keeps us guessing.
🎨 Wheels Welcome & Wonderful!
“Seeing the streets of Boston bursting with the wide spectrum of LBGTQ+ people is one of the ways our community shows its Pride and its love for Boston as a whole.”
Boston and beyond came out to celebrate for the city's first live Pride parade in four years at the 2023 Boston Pride for the People Parade on Saturday.
The BP4TP Parade is a community-centered, non-commercial space.
Who should apply for registration:
LGBTQ+ student groups and other educational community groups
Community groups and nonprofits who support LGBTQ+ welfare, LGBTQ+ culture, and intersectional social justice advocacy
Employee resource groups (ERG’s) or affinity groups
LGBTQ+ bars, clubs, and entertainment spaces
Parade Fee categories
Solidarity Groups: K-12 Schools, Grassroots groups
Small Nonprofits (Less than $5M revenue)
Small Business Groups (Less than $500k Revenue)
Small Business Groups ($5M in revenue or less)
Large Non-Profits ERG (More than $5M in Revenue)
Large Business ERG (greater than $5M - revenue)
See parade rules here
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