Miami gay pride events

Miami Beach Pride Parade

Every year, the University of Miami takes a contingency to the Miami Beach Pride Parade. For Pride, the length of Ocean Journey along the Art Deco district is closed to traffic and open spacious to proud South Florida LGBTQ families, friends, co-workers and allies – along with Pride sponsor organizations, groups and businesses.

Miami Beach Self-acceptance 2025 will be taking place on Sunday, April 6, 2025.

Register Here for Miami Beach Pride 2025

Our goal is to have a unified showing from the U, complete with students, faculty, staff, alumni, family, and friends. Note that while all UM students are invited to attend the event for free, all non-students spend $20 (i.e. family members, friends, alumni, staff, & faculty). Registration includes bus transportation to and from Miami Beach Pride, the Alumni and Friends Breakfast and event on Miami Beach, an exclusive UPride 2025 t-shirt, and a spot walking in the parade with the UM contingency! Each individual attending Pride must end a separate registration form.

You can also enter our t-shirt design contest by submitting a layout to lgbtq@miami.edu.

Don we now our gay apparel! Celebration Month has arrived. A celebration of the history and culture of womxn loving womxn, gay, bisexual, gender non-conforming, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities, Pride also recalls the importance of resistance. Of standing up for others, caring for our neighbors, and demanding equal rights for a safer, more inclusive world. 

Ready to party and show support? Our 2025 Miami Identity festival Guide has all the juicy details on the foremost Pride events in Miami this June, including the restore of Wynwood Celebration and the first-ever Supernatural Pride festival. Plus, our highest picks for the best queer parties, places and spaces that center the LGBTQ+ community year round. But hang around , there’s more! Enjoy theater shows, volleyball meetups, and glad hour trivia with a drag body builder, all with insider tips from Miami’s reigning queens and cultural savants. 

Here’s where to rejoice Pride in Miami this summer, and all year extended, in the 305. 

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Celebrate Pride Month in Miami: The Heart of the LGBTQ+ Scene

Miami is known for its remarkable beaches, vibrant nightlife, and amiable atmosphere. The city is also home to a thriving Gay community, making it an optimal destination for Pride Month celebrations. The South Beach district in Miami Beach is the epicenter of LGBTQ+ culture in Miami, with its colorful streets, lively bars, and friendly locals. This June, there are plenty of Pride events happening in Miami, and South Beach is where you’ll want to be. From dance parties to art exhibits, there’s something for everyone. So, grab your rainbow flag and get ready to celebrate Parade Month in Miami!

1. The Wynwood Pride Festival

June 3, 2023 – June 10, 2023

Wynwood Pride is a three-day festival that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community through art, music, and culture. The annual event is held in the Wynwood Art District and brings together people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. The festival features live music, performances, performative shows, food vendors, and a market where you can shop for queer art and merchandise. Wynwood Pride is a wonderful party event and a fantastic opportunity to celebrate Pride Month wi

Wynwood Pride

For a long moment, Miami had politely excused itself from partaking in annual World Pride Month celebrations. By June, the Miami sun is already hot enough to melt off even the most seasoned drag queen’s complete face—and who wants to plan a parade in the midst of hurricane season? Besides, New York pretty much has the East Coast covered when it comes to Event festivities, and April’s Miami Beach Pride is a fun way to hit everything off. At least, this had been the thinking from 1995 until around five years ago, when Wynwood Pride was born.

The annual Pride celebration on the mainland stands defiantly in the deal with of heat waves, tropical storms and gay flight to Fire Island, boldly asserting: We’re here, we’re queer and Miami’s Gay community deserves the world—including a proper World Movement celebration alongside everyone else. The concept was to create a more melody and performance-driven atmosphere in the heart of Miami’s booming arts district that appealed to different ages and underserved groups. “The core belief was to be a Pride for everyone,” says Liza Santana, Wynwood Pride’s founding spokespers