NYC Pride March | |
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Frequency | Annually, last Sunday in June |
Location(s) | New York City, U.S. |
Inaugurated | June 28, 1970 | , as part of Christopher Street Liberation Day
Next event | June 29, 2025 |
Organized by | Heritage of Pride, since 1984 |
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The NYC Pride March is an annual event celebrating the LGBTQ community in New York City. The largest pride parade and the largest pride event in the world, the NYC Pride March attracts tens of thousands of participants and millions of sidewalk spectators each June,[4][5] and carries spiritual and historical significance for the worldwide LGBTQIA+ community and its advocates. Entertainer Madonna stated in 2024, "Aside from my birthday, New York Pride is the most important day of the year."[6] The route through Lower Manhattan traverses south on Fifth Avenue, through Greenwich Village, passing the Stonewall National Monument,[7] site of the June 1969 riots that launched the modern movement for LGBTQ+ rights.
A central component of NYC Pride observances, the March occurs on the last Sunday in June.[8] An estimated 4 million attended the parade in 2019,[9] coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, which drew 5 million visitors to Manhattan on Pride weekend.[10] The 2020 (51st) and 2021 (52nd) editions of NYC Pride March were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. NYC Pride March returned in 2022 for the first time despite the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City; the first parade since the one held in 2019 occurred on June 26, 2022.
A sea of rainbows took over the Big Apple for the biggest pride parade in the world Sunday.
Never before has any TV station in the entertainment and news media capital of the world carried what organizer boast is the world's largest Pride parade live on TV.
Thank you all for coming out," Madonna told the crowd, according to a video shared on social media. "Aside from my birthday, New York Pride is the most important day of the year." She concluded, "Thank you all, New York City. Without you, I am nothing.