For 44 years, Phoenix Pride has been organizing marches, rallies, parades, entertainment, education, and outreach events to celebrate the Phoenix LGBTQ+ community. In 2024, over 300 corporations, local businesses, and organizations supported the 43rd Annual Phoenix Pride Festival in Phoenix.

This year’s Phoenix Pride Festival will continue to be a two day celebration designed to bring our diverse LGBTQ+ and allied communities together for a weekend of camaraderie and celebration of our past, present and future, while raising funds for the Phoenix Pride Community Programs and educating the public about the existence and continuing civil rights battle facing our community. The Phoenix Pride Festival attracts over 55,000 attendees during the two-day celebration offering unique opportunities for marketing and exposure for businesses and organizations interested in creating relationships within the LGBTQ+ community.

The Phoenix Pride festival features over 150 entertainment performances on five stages and over 300 Exhibitors showcasing a huge variety of food options, shopping opportunities, and community resources. The festival brings a variety of food vendors, as well as an Arts Expo, Main Stage, KidSpace, VIP Experience, Erotic World, Dance Pavilion, and the new Community Spotlight Stage, bringing together many community artists from different genres and performance expressions. Combined with participation from government officials, services, private corporations, and celebrities, the Phoenix Pride Festival continues to raise positive awareness of the Phoenix metropolitan LGBTQ+ community.

In light of recent reports of ICE activity in our region, Phoenix Pride affirms our commitment to creating a safe and welcoming space for all, especially our undocumented, immigrant, and mixed-status families. We will promptly notify attendees if we are made aware of ICE presence at or near our events. Phoenix Pride remains steadfast in our mission to unite, educate, and engage people in support and empowerment of the LGBTQ+ community and our allies.

Phoenix Pride wants to ensure that everyone has a safe and enjoyable time at our event. Given today’s anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric out of Washington and beyond, we have increased security measures to ensure the safety of our community at the 2025 Phoenix Pride Festival and Parade.

Protocols include:

  • Increased security throughout Phoenix Pride programming, including set-up days, exhibitor load-in/out, and the two-day festival and parade, to ensure everyone can safely enjoy the event.
  • Magnetometers, hand-held security wands, and other updated entrance policies. The full list of prohibited items can be found on our Festival General Information tab on our website: phoenixpride.org
  • A reinforced code of conduct for all participants that includes a zero tolerance policy for fighting, hate speech or conduct, soliciting, or any other unsafe situation. Mandatory consent guidelines are also to be observed. Violators will be escorted out of the festival.
  • ASL (American Sign Language) interpreters are present at all announcement stages including the parade route to help relay information to members of our Deaf/Hard of Hearing community.
  • All of our security teams, staff, event committee managers, and volunteers will be clearly identifiable by branded shirts or vest. If you see anything that seems amiss, please bring it to our attention. “If you see something, say something”.

Tips to ensure the parade and festival are comfortable for you:

  • Attend with a buddy and enjoy the festivities.
  • Share your plans with a trusted contact.
  • Stay connected – Make sure your phone is charged.
  • Stay hydrated and protect yourself from the sun.
  • Drink responsibly and arrange safe transportation home.
  • Trust your instincts.
  • Be aware of your surroundings, stay calm, and alert security, staff, or a volunteer, if needed.

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