Festive Pride parades, street fairs and displays offer fun on land in South Florida — and in the water.
Lots of Pride events and displays for Pride Month in June are free, or are relatively inexpensive. Occasionally you’ll save some dough if you purchase tickets prior to the event.
Plenty of LGBTQ Pride events and displays in South Florida are family friendly. Please return to this feature as other events are added.
Pride Parade, Festivals & Displays in South Florida include
Hollywood is displaying its Pride with a Pride Flag and Youth Tapestry on display.
Pride flag outside City Hall “includes a chevron with black and brown to represent queer people of color, and pink, blue and white to represent those of trans and/or non-binary experience.” Flag festivities are 12:30 p.m. June 1, including a capella performance.
Hollywood Pride Youth Tapestry inside. The tapestry features 18 fabric squares by local youth.
Hollywood City Hall is at 2600 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood.
Photo/city of Hollywood
Fort Lauderdale
Pride Skate Night 7 p.m. first Wednesdays, $16.05 includes skate rental, $25 for VIP at Xtreme Action Park, 5300 Powerline Road, Fort Lauderdale 33309, 954-491-6265
Broward Library offers LGBTQ Films
Kanopy, Broward Library’s free streaming video service, is featuring LGBTQ films for Pride month. Website is kanopy.com/pride
FLoatarama is June 11 on the New River & the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale. The event is free for spectators.
If you want to participate in the floating parade, register your own watercraft for $30. Or step aboard a double-decker Water Taxi vessel, with a VIP package & opportunity for a discount.
FLoatarama VIP package, which includes Sailor’s Dance and Pool Party, is $134.24.
Oakland Park Summer Nights include Oakland Park Pride, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. June 10 with live entertainment, fun for kids and food vendors.
Pastorius Park is at 4000 N. Dixie Highway, Oakland Park. For information, phone 954-630-4507 or log on online.
Miami
Loud & Proud for PRIDE features a Drag Queen bar serving drinks 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. June 11 at CocoWalk Plaza, 3015 Grand Ave. 33133. Donations accepted for beverages. Event includes performances featuring drag queens Angie Ovahness and Ketta Mina. For the event, local artist Julija Kempf is painting the panther at the entrance in a Pride design. Information is online.
Wynwood Pride
Wynwood Pride music festival is June 10 & 11 with live entertainment, drag, DJs, Miss Toto’s Funhouse, art installations, vendors and exhibitors. General entry is $45 per day June 10 & June 11 & $80 for 2 days; VIP is $100 per day & $180 for 2 days. Event venue is RC Cola plant, 550 NW 24th St, Miami 33127.
June 12 offers free Pride events in Wynwood Arts District. Events include art, drag shows & dance parties.
Learn about the history of the LGBTQ+ communities in Miami with special highlights tours of our exhibition! Join us for story time, take part in craft activities, and play in our interactive building blocks station.
Tours will take place at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 11 at HistoryMiami Museum, 101 West Flagler Street. To register for free admission, click here.
Pride Night
Family fun, face painting, entertainment, art projects, and lighting a rainbow tree are featured at Pride Night 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. June 2 at The Square, 700 S. Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach. Rohi’s Readery is showing LGBTQ youth short films. Entry is free. Information is online.
Pride On The Block is rescheduled for June 5
Pride On The Block block party is 1 p.m. – 11 p.m. June 5 on 500 block of Clematis Street, West Palm Beach 33401.
The event includes live entertainment, drag shows, youth activities, artist exhibits & vendors.
Entry is free. Drink bracelets, which offer 7 drinks from different restaurants, are $30 prior to the event & $35 at the event.
June 18 Stonewall Pride Parade & Street Festival is a vibrant event, with a parade at 7 p.m. & festival 3 p.m. – 11 p.m. on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors. Entry fee is $7 or $5 until 4 p.m. Information is on the website.
Miami-Dade
CommuniTea Dance featuring Miz Cracker and DJ Hottpants
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is inviting the entire South Florida community to close out National Pride Month on June 25 at the fifth annual COMMUNITEA DANCE, the Center’s FREE LGBTQ+ Pride celebration.
Hosted on the Center’s Thomson Plaza of the Arts, COMMUNITEA DANCE is an all-ages event honoring South Florida’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community. From 5 to 8 p.m., guests will enjoy exploring the event’s Pride Marketplace which spotlights local LGBTQ+ organizations, artisans, creatives and small businesses. The event also features a stellar lineup of LGBTQ+ artists including Miami’s own DJ Hottpants, who will get everyone on the dance floor, as well as a special performance by celebrity drag queen and advocate Miz Cracker from “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Happy-hour food and drink specials will be available throughout the event.
Tickets to CommuniTea Dance are FREE and can be reserved now at arshtcenter.