The San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration returns this weekend with the theme “Looking Back and Moving Forward.”
The annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community, now in its 53rd year, will take over Civic Center on Saturday and Sunday. Festivities will be capped off with Sunday’s Pride Parade that will run along Market Street from the Embarcadero to Civic Center.
Organizers expect nearly 1 million attendees and over 200 exhibitors, according to SF Pride. Both private and public transit may be affected through Tuesday.
The weekend’s biggest event is the parade, which starts Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and runs along Market Street from the Embarcadero to the celebration at Civic Center, around Eighth Street.
Cross streets along Market between Stewart and Eighth streets will be closed for the parade, according to the San Francsico Municipal Transportation Agency.
BART will offer extra service for the parade, running on five lines until 9 p.m. with special trains as added throughout the day running between Millbrae and Pleasant Hill through San Francisco.
Street Closures
From now through 9 a.m. Tuesday:
- Fulton Street between Hyde and Larkin streets
- Grove Street between Polk and Larkin streets
From now through 6 a.m. Monday:
- Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place between Grove and McAllister streets
- Larkin Street between McAllister and Market streets
- Grove Street between Van Ness Avenue and Hyde Street
- Dr. Tom Waddell Place (Lech Walesa) between Van Ness Avenue and Polk Street
- Polk Street between Grove and Market streets
- McAllister Street between Van Ness Avenue and Leavenworth Street
- Hyde Street between McAllister and Grove streets and between McAllister and Turk streets
- Larkin Street between McAllister and Turk streets
- Polk Street between McAllister and Turk streets
- Continuum Place from Golden Gate Avenue to Terminus
- Elm Street between Van Ness Avenue and Polk Street
- Golden Gate Avenue between Van Ness Avenue and Leavenworth Street
- Redwood Street between Polk Street and Van Ness Avenue
Sunday, 12:01 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
- Leavenworth Street between McAllister and Market streets
- Sutter Street between Sansome and Market streets
- Sansome Street (northbound) between Sutter and Bush streets
Sunday, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
- Market Street between Eighth and Ninth streets
