New Orleans Pride 2025
Get ready to celebrate Pride Month in New Orleans like never before! Whether you're looking to dance the night away, explore queer history, or enjoy inclusive gatherings with friends and family, New Orleans has something special for everyone this June. Here's your ultimate guide for the you-can't-miss Pride events happening all around the city.1. Longue Vue Family Equality Day
The Longue Vue House and Garden is inviting families to celebrate Pride Month at their annual free Family Equality Day event on June 1 from 10 to 1 p.m. Activities include Drag Queen Story Time, dance and drag performances, fan decorating, a community resource fair offering free activities, all culminating into a children's parade across the park. Paid parking is available for $20, but space is very limited.
2. NOLA Pride Parade
The NOLA Pride Parade will liven up the streets of New Orleans on June 14 from 5 to 8 p.m., beginning and ending at Louis Armstrong Park and looping through the French Quarter with floats, performances, live music, and more. This free event is perfect to spend with family or friends ready to be loud and proud this year. So whether you're marching on the streets or cheering on the sides, don't be afraid to bring out your loudest colors, boldest outfit, and brightest spirit to make the most out of this year's parade.
3. Pridefest 2025
New Orleans Pridefest 2025 will light up the Marigny this year on June 14 from 5 to 9:15 p.m. The evening festival, held at Rampart and Marigny Streets, features nearly 80 food and drink vendors, live entertainment, and RuPaul's Drag Race star Kerri Colby headlining the main stage with her star power. This year on, Pridefest will be moving on to the evening so you can enjoy the cool weather and the beautiful stars that will light up the streets every pride festival moving forward.
4. Black Pride Weekend
Time-travel never looked so fierce with Black Pride Weekend going "Black to the Future." From June 12 to 15, New Orleans Black Pride is bringing all types of events throughout the weekend from pool and dance parties to family-friendly community fests and the main event New Orleans Pride Parade and more to look forward to. So if you want a weekend full of pride and partying, then it's time to go "Black to the Future." No matter the era, Black Pride is always in style.
5. Bubblez Fest
Bubblez Fest is returning to New Orleans from June 13 to 15 as a three-day extravaganza serving as a fundraiser for the upcoming documentary, Bubblez: Love, Drag. And the Power of Family. Hosted by Daydream Pictures, the festival will kick off with a sunset pool party at Railyard NOLA, followed by a drag show and live concert at Toulouse Theatre, and ending with a drag brunch at SIBERIA, with tickets ranging from $10 to $20 per event. So if you're looking to go out with friends, then celebrate with style at the Bubblez Fest.
6. Walking with the Gay Ghosts of New Orleans
Walking with the Gay Ghosts of New Orleans is offering a spirited blend of LGBTQ+ history and paranormal vibes this Pride Month on June 13 from 6 to 7:45 p.m. at Cafe Lafitte in Exile. This 90-minute evening tour delves into the French Quarter's rich queer past all throughout history, with a few scandals sprinkled in for flavor, until concluding at the center of New Orleans gay nightlife. This evening tour blends the campy, crass, charming, and the occult to show everyone what makes New Orleans such a unique city that we all love.
7. GrrlSpot
GrrlSpot Pride XII will be returning on June 14 at Cafe Istanbul for an electrifying night for queer women all over New Orleans starting at 6 p.m. This Pride Month, "cowgrrls" should be sauntering over for this wild west night featuring DJs, dancers, cocktails and beers, a mechanical bull, beautiful balcony views, and a packed dance floor with women ready to party. Tickets range from $16 to $22. So if you're down for a bit of boot-stomping or just bend an elbow with some gal pals, GrrlSpot will make it worth your while.
8. PRIDE Tea Dance @ Vaughan's Lounge
9. Gallery Talk at NOMA
On June 12 from 12:30 to 2 p.m., the New Orleans Museum of Art is hosting a special Pride Month gallery talk led by Orlando Gernande Ying, Lapis Curator of the Arts of the Americas. This special gallery will explore the presence of the queer gaze in art through two sculptures, "Jupiter with a Thunderbolt" by an unknown 17th century artist and Auguste Rodin's "Age of Bronze." Admission is free for the museum every Wednesday. So if you want to gaze throughout art history, then don't hesitate to add this tour to your calendar.
10. New Orleans Pride Bar Crawl
Taking place on June 21, the New Orleans Pride Bar Crawl will bring those interested to more than four different venues and featuring drink and food specials. The event will also feature holiday themed drinks, live music from bands and DJs from select venues, and a custom digital pub crawl map. The event will begin at 4 p.m., and tickets start at $13.57. The exact check-in location will be provided on attendees tickets.
