Sacramento gay parade

Sacramento Pride Weekend events are produced by the Sacramento LGBT Community Center. We work to support the health and wellness of the most marginalized, advocate for equity and justice, and building a culturally rich LGBTQ+ community.

Please Note: This event has expired. Sacramento Pride March and Festival will return for a weekend of entertainment, education, and community. One-day and two-day tickets are available and are required for entry to the festival.

Inspired by the Stonewall Uprising, the Sacramento Pride March returns live on Sunday, June 15, , at 11 a.m. The march will comprise walking contingents, vehicle contingents, and large floats. Join thousands of your closest friends to cheer on marchers, colorful floats, music, and much more for the annual Sacramento Pride March.

The first Pride was a riot, and the Sacramento Pride March is its legacy. Volunteer Registration Now Open! Sacramento Pride is a community powered event — and we need up to a thousand volunteers to make it happen.

The march will comprise walking contingents, vehicle contingents, and large floats. Join thousands of your closest friends to cheer on marchers, colorful floats, music, and much more for the annual Sacramento Pride March. Harkening back to the earliest days of Pride events as protests against oppression, this event is both a demonstration of activism in our pursuit of equity and social justice as well as a celebration of diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and two-spirit communities and culture.

Some might even say they run deep as gold, as it has been rumored the handkerchief code , widely recognized in queer social settings, got its origins from the square dances of the California Gold Rush. One of the earliest activists to champion LGBTQ people in Sacramento was Rick Stokes, a teacher and lawyer who dedicated his life to advancing equality for queer people. Stokes, a member of SIR, was inspired to launch his own group in Sacramento to create a sense of community for LGBTQ people who were mostly keeping their identities a secret.