The parade is free to attend, but tickets must be purchased for entry to the festival. This year, Meghan Trainor and British pop trio Years & Years are headlining the festival. Throughout the weekend, the LA Pride Festival features LGBTQ and allied performers at West Hollywood Park. On June 9 in West Hollywood, the LA Pride Parade takes place along Santa Monica Boulevard from 11 a.m. The annual LA Pride Festival and Parade feature citywide events throughout late May and early June, including a dedicated night at Universal Studios Hollywood and a special kick-off party with a comedy show and documentary screening. These are some of the liveliest Pride parades around the world.
(Some occur during different months, such as February and October.) Every year, Pride marches attract millions of participants, although today they’re often celebrated with glitter and pride flags rather than stones and chants of protest. To commemorate the Stonewall Uprising, LGBTQ Pride celebrations have since taken place annually in cities around the globe, normally during the month of June. But the fight for equal rights still continues. There were more than 5,100 subscriptions to the 2021 Pride is Universal event at Universal Studios Hollywood, marking the highest attendance record so far. Since that fateful day on June 28, 1969, various strides have been made for the liberation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in the United States and other parts of the world. This June marks 50 years since the first stone was thrown at The Stonewall Inn in New York City, signaling the start of the Stonewall Riots-what many consider to be the beginning of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.