2024 Highlights
Marking 52 years since Philadelphia’s first Homosexual Delight Parade, the 2024 Delight March and Pageant celebrates pleasure, neighborhood areas and the way far we’ve include this yr’s theme: “Be You.”
March
This yr, Philly Delight commences with a march departing from sixth and Walnut streets at 10:30 a.m. and ending within the Gayborhood.
An ode to the Sixties Reminder Day demonstrations, the march begins with speeches and a ceremony unfurling this yr’s 400-foot-long rainbow flag — the most important in Philadelphia historical past.
This vehicle-free neighborhood march is open to anybody (allies included) and no registration is required.
Pageant
Instantly following the march, the Delight Pageant kicks off within the Gayborhood — centered round thirteenth and Locust streets — from midday to 7 p.m. Throughout the festivities, over 200 points of interest line the streets together with artists, entertainers, meals vans, native bars, neighborhood organizations and distributors.
Pageant highlights embrace:
— Photograph by S. Ramones for Go to Philadelphia
- Bailar con Amor, a bit celebrating the queer Latino neighborhood, Afro-Latino tradition, artwork and expression
- Kiki Alley, which celebrates the wealthy tradition and historical past of the Philly ballroom neighborhood
- a POP Wellness Zone, providing medical providers, neighborhood sources and actions, and
- the Decompression Zone for attendees in want of a cushty, low-volume and accessible place to have a good time, which incorporates seating, grownup altering rooms, accessible bogs, wheelchair charging docks and cooling stations for attendees to loosen up and hydrate.
