Harlem Pride New York 2024

Harlem Pride New York 2024

Harlem Pride Celebration Day features eight different events during the last weekend in June, attracting more than 20,000 visitors. The pride began in 2010 and has grown over the past decade to become one of the most important pride celebrations in the five boroughs.

• Are you visiting Harlem for Pride? Book your hotel early as the city fills up over the pride weekend. Stay at the Aloft Harlem, steps from the city’s gay bars and clubs.

Harlem Pride features several events over the weekend, including VIP parties, cultural events and meet-ups. The highlight of the event is Pride Celebration Day.

Harlem Pride Celebration Day

• Typically late Saturday in June – Harlem Pride Celebration day features two entertainment stages, the Main Stage Show, where Harlem brings you the best talent New York City and the world has to offer, and the DJ Stage, where you can enjoy dance music throughout the day.
• The Celebration also features food vendors with delicious menus, retails and a small business vendors marketplace.
• The event runs from 12 Noon to 6 PM  on 12th Avenue at West 135th Street on Harlem’s Westside.

Gay Harlem

Harlem has long been a refuge for the gay community as far back as the masquerade parties and drag balls of the twenties and thirties. Over the past decade, the neighbourhood has become even more popular thanks to its more affordable housing and proximity to Midtown’s theatre district; just take the A train.

• Stay close to all the gay bars in Harlem at the Gallery House Hotel, rated Superb with city view rooms and charming decor.
• Alibi Lounge – Alibi’s fun happy hour and nightly offerings bring the community to 139th and Adam Clayton Powell throughout the week. Regular events include Caribbean nights and Go Go Mondays. Be sure to get your disco nap in as the party often picks up after midnight and goes until the early hours of the morning.
• Lambda Lounge, Just down the street from Alibi — a quick, five-minute walk so close that hopping in a car would feel like a waste of gas, is one of two Black-owned gay bars in the neighbourhood, with an intimate vibe offering pizza & wings, plus beer & signature cocktails.
• 4West Lounge – Just a 3-minute walk from Apollo Theater, 4West Lounge is a vibrant gay social membership for the LGBTQ+ community, with live shows and friendly sexy bar staff and cool decor.
• Harlem Tavern – Gay-friendly meeting spot with an eclectic menu including the HT Burger and truffle fries.
• Make My Cake – Legendary bakery offering some of the tastiest desserts in the city, including German chocolate cake and their famous cherry turnovers.

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