Parade route, times, where to watch live events

The 46th annual Houston LGBT+ Pride Festival and Parade will potentially draw hundreds of thousands of people Saturday to celebrate Pride Month.

Pride Month is celebrated each year in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York, during which police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. The raid sparked six days of protests that have since been credited with evolving LGBTQ+ activism in the United States.

Pride Houston 365, a Houston-based LGBTQ+ organization credited with organizing the parade for nearly half a century, said the celebration will take place June 29 in downtown Houston.

Here’s what attendees will need to know ahead of this year’s Houston Pride parade.

When is the Houston LGBT+ Pride Festival and Parade?

The Houston LGBT+ Pride Festival begins Saturday, June 29 at noon CT. The parade pre-show will take place at 6 p.m., while the parade itself will take place at 7:15 p.m.

The celebration, which according to Pride Houston 365 attracts an average of more than 850,000 attendees annually, will be hosted by singers K. Michelle, David Archuleta, Brooke Eden and celebrity trainer and entertainer, Kayla G. Muffy Vanderbilt, who is appeared in “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, will host the parade.

What is the route of the Houston LGBT+ Pride Parade?

The Houston LGBT+ Pride Parade will start at Bagby Street and Lamar Street and continue down Smith Street to Walker Street, where it will turn right and go along Walker to Milam Street and continue on Milam to Pease Street.

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