Miami Beach Gay Pride

An Extraordinary Day OUT!
Saturday, April 17, Ocean Drive, 12-8pm

Miami Beach is fabulous. On Saturday, April 17, was more extraordinary than ever! Miami Beach City Mayor Matti Bower, your friends, family and allies celebrated the 2nd annual Miami Beach Gay PRIDE parade and festival. It's a celebration of the extraordinary strength, beauty and contributions of South Florida’s LGBT community, and an exciting all-day event that featured a parade, a Festival with exciting celebrity presentations and musical performances, and an Expo with LGBT-friendly vendors and businesses, refreshments and food, and a family-friendly playzone.

Lesbian. Gay. Bi. Trans. Straight. PROUD. Miami Beach Gay Pride is an extraordinary celebration that brings out the best in us all.

Watch the April 17 Parade!

Last year's historic inaugural pride event brought out over 24,000 people from all walks of life and cities from across Florida-- and across the world-- making Miami Beach Gay Pride the city's largest one-day event. This year was even better!

Thanks to Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower, the most famous sandbar in the world has joined the ranks of world class cities like Sao Paulo, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Madrid that officially honor the gay & lesbian community by hosting its second city-supported pride event April 17, 2010.

2010 Photos are in!

Album 1, Album 2, Album 3

Other galleries:

• Wire Magazine
• Mark's List
• Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida!
• Sobegayinfo.com

Check out photos from 2009!

Parade 1, Parade 2, Parade 3, Parade 4

Festival 1, Festival 2

Find out about Sponsorship Opportunities and a number of other ways to participate.

After a highly successful event in 2009, the City of Miami Beach is gearing up for another historic Gay Pride Parade Festival and Expo set for Saturday, April 17 on Ocean Drive.

With award-winning actress Sharon Gless and army activist/Iraq veteran Lt. Dan Choi serving as Grand Marshals, crowds are expected to exceed 25,000; an amazing accomplishment according to Pride organizers for an event in its second year.

Pride Parade Highlights
The Pride Parade begins at noon at 5th Street on Ocean Drive, with a diverse range of festive floats and more than 1,000 people participating in the parade.  One of the most popular highlights of the parade is the Legacy Couples – 28 LGBT couples who have been in committed relationships for 20 years or more; George Volpe and Peter Santangelo have been together the longest, for 66 years.