HOUSTON, TEXAS — Do you want something fun to do for the summer whilst making new friends and joining the community? Do you want to experience
Join us on Saturday, June 28th as many Houstonians are getting themselves prepared for the 47th anniversary of the LGBTQ+ community using festivities, parades, and decorating the streets with vibrant colors to help attract the community to celebrate peace, love, and diversity.
Back in the 1970s, this decade sparked a revolution and established laws that indicated the protection of African Americans’ rights, Women’s rights, Peace and environmental rights, and the Lgbtq+ rights movements. Then the civil rights movement started making history with multiple rights that were established that protected all aspects of their people.
Therefore marking June 28th, 1970s with its first annual pride parade. As generations pass, now with 2025, the celebration is worldwide and international that is celebrated everywhere.
According to Pride Houston, the festivities will be located at the Houston City Hall, 901 Bagby Street Houston, in the heart of downtown. The festival event will have many activities and vendors with exotic foods and goodies you can enjoy and spread your love with social media like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, and many others.
So, gather round the dinner tables and prepare your tastebuds to your true colors with the vibrant cuisine with the Rainbow recipes. From sweet to crispy, they cook lovely desserts like the Rainbow cupcakes, don’t let the white frosting and the paper cups fool you! Once you take a bite out of this sweet goodness, the layer inside the cupcake is the colors of the rainbow, made to introduce your tastebuds to a whole new world of flavor! They have most stuff there rainbow colored, cakes, ice cream, chips, sandwiches, popcorn, pretty much every meal you could think of is decorated with a rainbow.
They also have community resources that pass out flyers or information about many colleges and universities you could attend, affordable healthcare you could get, help related to abuse, stress, or depression, and many more!
The community always wants to extend a helping hand to those who are in need so feel free to hear them out as you head on down the DJ booth. Sponsored by 97.9 the Box radio station they play all of the popular hits known today, along with special performances from Asiahn, Djs Rosez, Twerksum, and Drea. They also play some classical hits, The Wobble, The Cupid Shuffle, and so much more, so you can get your boogie on!
There are so many fun and cool activities to do during this event, but in order to get in you need to get yourself some tickets, they are required for individuals who are aged 13 – 59, they are required to give tickets due to safety concerns and you are free to wear whatever you want there so pull out those colors from your wardrobe and let yourself out!
According to EventBrite, Most tickets start from $25 plus a $5 fee per person, this is for access to the festival grounds which includes the outdoor DJ booths, Dance floors, different entertainments, the family fun zone for kids, as well as the vendor booths. However, the ages 12 and under and seniors 60 and above are free upon entry.
They also have a V.I.P. area which includes free food, drinks, private bar, free access to the main stage/plaza, access to a cooling room/restrooms, and also a V.I.P. grandstand of the parade where you can have the best viewing of the parade floats! Personally, I enjoyed the V.I.P. experience at the festival, there were a lot of friendly and outgoing people who knew how to have fun!
These tickets are selling out pretty fast so feel free to get some tickets while you can!
Link to get tickets today is down below:
