leaving from the state Capitol and proceeding down Congress Ave. at Fiesta Gardens, 2101 Jesse Segovia St., east of downtown along the Colorado River. The festival takes place from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Last year, 400,000 people attended, making it the second largest Pride in Texas. The 30th Austin Pride is scheduled for Aug. Due to the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas LatinX Pride Fest has been postponed until 2021.į/TexasLatinoPride The other Big 3 Texas LatinX Pride traditionally celebrates Pride and Hispanic Heritage Month each October with a music festival in Reverchon Park. So far, organizers have announced no changes, delays or cancellations. The Tarrant County Pride festivities have taken place every fall, at the first of October, for more than 35 years, beginning with a picnic, then growing to include a parade and eventually a festival. The festival is the once-a-year fundraiser supporting the vision of a permanent location to be used by various organizations for events, meetings, education and a central resource center for communities north of I-635. The event has now been cancelled for 2020 and will return next year, June 12, 2021.
Usually held in mid-June North Texas Pride this year had been rescheduled to take place in September. The annual celebratiom combines exhibitors, entertainers and activities and attracts visitors, local residents and families, corporate sponsors, community leaders and local business owners. The Denton Pride Fest has also been moved this year to the fall. This year, however, both the Juneteenth and Black Pride events have been cancelled due to concerns over COVID-19. The organization also sponsors as Juneteenth Celebration each June. Virtual Dallas Pride will take place on July 26, and details are still being hammered out.ĭallas Southern Pride, one of the largest annual Black Pride celebrations in the country, is usually held from the end of September into the first of October, and includes the Ball/House and Pageant Communities Conference, the Miss Dallas Southern Pride Pageant, Dallas’ signature Black Gay Pride circuit party, workshops, a picnic and more. But as the COVID-19 infections continued to mount and the epidemic claimed an increasing number of lives, organizers decided to take the party to cyberspace with a virtual Dallas Pride.
This year, because of the COVID-19 epidemic, both the festival and parade were initially delayed until July 25-26 at Fair Park, the last weekend available before the State Fair of Texas begins setting up in Fair Park. In 2019, Dallas Miller Lite Music Festival and the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade were moved from the traditional September date to the first week in June, and from the Cedar Springs/Oak Lawn gayborhood to Fair Park. Here’s a list of the latest news on Pride events around Texas, so that you can plan to celebrate safely. And some, sadly enough, have been cancelled altogether for this year. Some celebrations have been postponed some are going virtual. It’s Pride Month once again, but this year, instead of festivals and parades, we are learning to celebrate in the age of COVID-19.