Pittsburgh Pride 2023

Pittsburgh Pride 2023

Pittsburgh Pride takes place each year in early June and is one of the oldest pride events in the United States with the first parade taking place only four years after the Stonewall riots in New York City.

While the main events of Pittsburgh Pride take place at the weekend, the “Pridefest” lasts all week long, in the lead up to the main parade on the Saturday. Events include a 5k run, the Big Gay Picnic on Memorial weekend and much more.

The Pittsburgh Pride Parade

• On Saturday at 12 noon, more than 200,000 people will attend the Pride festival. The initial rally is held at the intersection of Boulevard of the Allies and Grant Street, followed by the parade, known as the SUN Pride Equality March, 30 minutes later and makes its way left onto Grant Street, another left onto Fifth Avenue, and then ends one mile later at Liberty Avenue. Huge rainbow flags, bands, marching groups and party floats make their way through the streets in a blaze of color.
• Liberty Avenue between 6th Street and 10th Street is where you will find the pre and post parade party on Saturday followed by a day long series of concerts and events on Sunday. The avenue is host to more than 175 vendors and food trucks, live shows on three different stages and the awesome PRIDE Radio Dance Party with guest DJs playing late into the night.

Gay Pittsburgh

Downtown is to the east of Point State Park, where the Allegheny River and Monongahela River converge to become the Ohio River. The area between the rivers, known as the Golden Triangle, is where many of the LGBT clubs have traditionally been located, on or near Liberty Avenue.

More clubs are located further to the northeast in the Strip District and the Lawrenceville neighborhood. Eastward from Downtown, the Oakland and Shadyside sections are home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museum and Library, and other educational and cultural institutions. Gay clubs are among the area’s many cafes, restaurants, bars and small shops.

Pittsburgh specializes in neighborhood bars where everyone knows each other and it is easy to make new friends. The gay scene is relaxed and easygoing. Pittsburgh has a strong leather presence with a progressive music and social club scene in the Strip, Shadyside, Lawrenceville, and other neighborhoods.

• The Blue Moon – wood-paneled tavern offers frequent drag shows & draws a mainly gay male crowd.
• P Town – gay bar with pop music on the lively dance floor, plus a full bar & male dancer, popular with college students and younger guys.
• CAVO Restaurant Lounge Nightclub – Pittsburgh gay scene’s best dance clubs. Located in the city’s Strip District area, CAVO packs the dance floor
• A visit to The Andy Warhol Museum is a must. Explore decades of artworks and collections of the Pittsburgh-native Andy Warhol, who openly expressed his queer identity and life in art.

Here are the Hotels we recommend that keep you close to all the action,

EVEN Hotel,  Cambria Hotel,   Courtyard by Marriott,  Fairmont