Your guide to New York City Pride 2025

June's arrival heralds another Pride Month in New York City, where the Stonewall Uprising helped spark the modern gay-rights movement more than half a century ago.

Pride 2025 will likely have some different vibes this year compared to last: Major corporate sponsors have cut back their support of the city's Pride events this year, citing economic concerns and fears over potential consequences from the Trump administration.

But Pride 2025 marches on, with events across all five boroughs celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. Below you’ll find some of the biggest and best events in the city, though you’re sure to find other parties, protests and meetups all month long.

Kick off Pride on Staten Island …

Staten Island gets the Pride party started with the city’s first official festival. Take the ferry on Saturday, May 31, and make your way to the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden. Once there, you’ll find live music, food, and art — not to mention FREE mechanical bull rides. It takes place from noon to 5 p.m.

… then go to Queens the next day for another Pride festival

The New Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival comes right on the heels of Staten Island’s Pride festival, and lasts an hour longer. Take that, Staten Island! On Sunday, June 1, starting at noon in Jackson Heights, you can watch the parade along 37th Avenue, which finishes at a festival on 37th Road. You can hang out and watch musicians, performers and artists until 6 p.m.

This year's Pride theme is “Rise Up: Pride in Protest.”

Go to a drag brunch at Macy’s

Yes, the Macy’s at Herald Square – specifically Stella 34 Trattoria on the 6th floor – is hosting a drag brunch. Named “It’s Giving Brunch,” the event is a fundraiser that will feature some of the city’s best drag artists (including 2025 Pride Grand Marshal Marti Gould Cummings), raffle prizes, and more. Tickets start at a little more than $40, but you can pay more for add-ons like bottomless mimosas or meet-and-greets with performers. There are two seatings on Saturday, June 21: One from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the second from 2 to 4 p.m.

Kick off Pride Weekend at a Navy Yard party

The official Pride Weekend at the end of June starts on Friday, June 27, with a massive party at Duggal Greenhouse near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It’s called Heritage, and event organizers say it will be a “night of queer joy on the dance floor” featuring a lineup of DJs that includes Chris Luno and Kim Anh, among others. Tickets start at $59 and can get as pricey as $279 for VIP Open Bar access. Heritage is happening Friday, June 27, starting at 3 p.m.

Scenes from a previous year's Pride March in Manhattan.

Celebrate a week of Pride in Brooklyn

Not to be outdone by the preceding two boroughs, Brooklyn goes big with a full week of Pride-related events and activities. It kicks off June 9 at 6 p.m. with the Brooklyn Pride Honors at the Center for New Jewish Culture. And Brooklyn Pride lasts until Sunday, June 15, when the Everybooty Tea Party goes down at BAM.

In between, there’s a comedy show at Littlefield on Tuesday, June 10, Pride Night at the Brooklyn Cyclones game on June 13 and a whole day of festivities on June 14, starting with a 5k run and ending with a Twilight Parade down Fifth Avenue between Lincoln Place and Ninth Street. The parade starts at 7:30 p.m., and you can check out the full list of activities here.

Party at Da Bronx Pride Festival

The Bronx’s Pride Festival — excuse me, DA Bronx’s Pride Festival — goes down on Saturday, June 21 from noon to 6 p.m. This year’s tagline is “Existence Is Resistance,” and the day’s festivities will begin with a march that leads to live performances, health resources and more at the corner of Westchester Avenue and Bergen Avenue just off the Third Avenue-149th Street 2 and 5 train station.

Bar crawl your way to Pride

The Road to Pride bar crawls get Manhattanites’ juices flowing before the official Pride March and Festival the last weekend of June. The Hell’s Kitchen edition starts Saturday, June 14 at 2 p.m. The bar lineup will be announced later. Tickets go for a little more than $16, and anyone who makes it to all the bars has a chance to win prizes.

Support the kids at Youth Pride

On Saturday, June 28, head down to South Street Seaport for Youth Pride, a “queer-affirming event celebrating our community’s youth.” It’s free for everyone, and while the lineup of performers and activities hasn’t been announced, last year featured nonalcoholic drinks, DJs and performances. It’s Saturday, June 28 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at South Street Seaport Museum.

Dance soberly on a boat

If bottomless mimosas aren’t your thing, the Gay & Sober Cruise is for you. As you’d expect, the cruise is an alcohol-free boat ride around the city at sunset on Sunday, June 29, and promises to be a “high-energy, dance your ass off, celebration of sobriety.” Cruisers will sail to the Statue of Liberty and around most of Manhattan, where you’ll get great views of the skyline and the evening’s fireworks. Early tickets for $40 are on sale through the end of May, then the price jumps to $75 for general admission or $100 for a VIP ticket. Boarding starts at 7:30 p.m. and the cruise lasts until 11 p.m.

Celebrate womxn at Re-United Pride

NYC Pride’s official womxn event for 2025 is Re-United Pride, which is a massive dance party at HK Hall in Hell’s Kitchen on Sunday, June 29 from 3 p.m. to midnight. You can expect DJs, multiple dance floors and burlesque performers at an event that bills itself as “the sexiest event for lesbian, queer, trans, and nonbinary” folks. General admission tickets go for $30, and VIP tickets are $60.

Stay up even later at POSH

Is nine hours of dancing until midnight not enough for you? In that case, you’ll want to go to POSH at Nebula in Times Square. The party starts at 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, and lasts all the way to 3 a.m. the following morning. Tickets start at $30 if you want to get there before 11 p.m., then go up to $40 for anytime admission and $50 for VIP tickets.

Watch the March and hang out at PrideFest

The official Pride March and PrideFest go down this year on Sunday, June 29, with the theme of “Rise Up: Pride in Protest.” The March gets started at 11 a.m., like PrideFest, and the festival will last until 6 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public, though only registered participants can actually join in Pride March, which starts at 26th Street and Fifth Avenue and ends at 15th Street and Seventh Avenue. While both events are free, you have the option of watching from the Grandstand for a mere $184 – that will buy you seats, private restrooms, and free food and drinks.

And if you still want EVEN MORE PRIDE, there are dozens of other official partner events happening during June you can check out.