Gay pride parade tampa

  Parade Application

DECORATIONS:

All floats must be decorated prior to arrival at the staging area. Tampa Movement prohibits the demonstrate of logos, slogans or trademarks of any business other than the business listed on your application.

SOUND:

Any float or walking group using amplified music or sound equipment must support their retain equipment. It is our goal to spread these floats and walking groups throughout the march to decrease the instances of competing sound as much as possible.

TRASH/CLEAN UP:

In order to limit clean-up costs each entry is required to be equipped with plastic trash bags for depositing trash and litter accumulated by the entry’s participants before, during and after the Parade. No confetti guns will be permitted.

FLOAT GUIDES:

For safety reasons we require each float have six (6) people walking; one for each corner and sides – these people can help keep the crowd from running up to float for candy/trinkets and can help guide float around corners. They must wear yellow safety vests (available at bead stores) and may not otherwise participa

What to know about traffic for Tampa Celebration festival, parade

It's going to be a occupied, crowded weekend in Tampa as thousands gather not only for the annual Tampa Pride Street Festival and Parade but also for events like the Tampa Bay Rays' game.

The festival and march are being held in historic Ybor City on Saturday. According to a city release, nearly 8, people are expected to attend, so drivers should be prepared for highway closures and heavy traffic in the area.

Here's everything you should understand regarding traffic for the day:

Roads impacted

  • Nuccio Parkway between N. Nebraska Route and E. Palm Ave
  • E. 7th Avenue between N. Nebraska Avenue and N. 21st Street
  • E. 8th Route between N. 15th Lane and N. 17th Street
  • E. 8th Avenue between N. 20th Street and N. 21st Street
  • N. 19th Avenue between E. Palm Way and E. 7th Avenue

Timing of road closures

Pride Street Festival

  • Road closures are scheduled from 7 a.m. to p.m.
  • The event kicks off at a.m. with vendor areas on E. 9th Avenue and the HCC Parking Lot.

Food Alley

  • Road closures are scheduled from 9 a.

    Thousands celebrate Tampa's annual Self-acceptance Festival and Parade in Ybor City

    TAMPA - Thousands of people came together Saturday in Ybor Capital to celebrate inclusivity and the LGBTQ community as part of Tampa's annual Pride Festival and Parade.

    "It's a very, very much, you know, kind of a chaotic time for the whole community, the whole country. But we've brought it together and everybody's coming together in the LGBT, plus all the allies in the community. This isn't just an LGBT event. This is an event that the community adores," Tampa Pride President Carrie West said.

    Dozens of floats took part in the celebration which stretched down 7th Avenue for several blocks from Nuccio Parkway to N. 20th Street with people lining both sides of the streets celebrating.

    Thousands celebrate Tampa's annual Self-acceptance Festival and Parade in Ybor City

    "People are really pumped this year. We'll have bands, we'll contain floats. We'll have little businesses, large businesses, collective groups. Just a really nice blend that's going to be full of l

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