News from New York: The 2008 Gay Pride March/Parade is Coming
Accompanied by Other Gay Pride Week Events
The upcoming Gay Pride Week Events are:
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Rapture on the River
Pier 54, 13th St. @ Hudson River Park
6:00 - 11:00 PM
In its fifth year, Rapture on the River is the official Gay Pride Week's Women's Dance on New York City's Pier 54.
* This is a ticketed event
Sunday June 29, 2008
Pridefest
Hudson St. between Abingdon Sq. & West 14th St.
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Held in downtown New York City and In its fifteenth year, Pridefest is Gay Pride Week's annual street fair.
This event is free to the public.
Dance on the Pier
Pier 54, 13th St @ the West Side Highway - Hudson River Park
4:00 - 10:30 PM, Fireworks
Dance on the Pier is Gay Pride Week's open music and dance celebration including fireworks. It dates back to the days when society was not quite so open and LGBT people could not openly dance together in public, not even in New York City.
* This is a ticketed event
The March/Parade
From 5th Ave. & 52nd St. to Christopher & Greenwich St.
12:00 p.m. - Until it ends
Dating back to 1971, the annual Gay Pride March/Parade is an extravagant Gay Pride Week celebration and soiree for social statements that now promenades down New York City's prestigious Fifth Avenue.
For a review of the 2007 Gay Pride March/Parade, click on the link in the Resource area of this page.
This event is free to the public
*For information on how to obtain tickets for any of New York City's 2008 Gay Pride Week's ticketed events, click on the link in the Resource area.
Gay Pride Week in New York City does not end until Sunday, June 29, 2008, so there is still time to take part in the festivities as its main events are scheduled for this weekend.
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2 Comments
Post a CommentThank you! I enjoyed last year's parade. I hope to make it to this year's as well.
You have given a detailed account to anyone wanting to attend.