Pride Parade

Staging: 11:00 am – 2:30 pm

Contingents will be assigned a staging color zone and time. The line-up is first-come, first-serve within each staging zone and time. Please note that Capital Pride staging marshals will curate groups, as they move into the Red zone.

• Location: 15th Street between Massachusetts Avenue and T Street NW
• Enter 15th Street from Massachusetts Avenue
• Check-In: You will check-in upon getting to the entry point of Rhode Island and 15th Street with your QR code contained in the placement email.  Only one person or the driver of your vehicle/float (if you have one) needs to check-in at that location. Once checked-in, you will go to your staging area and the staging marshal will double check to make sure you are in the right place. All other marchers can arrive directly where you are staged.
• Duration: It is estimated that it will take approximately 2-hours for all contingents to depart the staging area, after the start of the Parade.
• Due to the potential of extreme heat, we encourage walkers to stay away from the staging area until closer to the start of the Parade.
• Once the Parade has begun, the only way for walkers to enter staging without crossing the Parade route, will be from U Street NW at 15th Street NW, or from 16th Street at any of the cross streets.

Staging Times

• Black – 10am
• Pink – 11am
• Red – 11am
• Orange – 11:30am
• Yellow – 12noon
• Green – 12:30pm
• Blue – 1pm
• Purple – 1:30pm
• Brown – 2:15pm

Disbursement

• The Parade ends on P Street at 21st Street NW
• Floats proceed west on P Street. You may pull over for 5 minutes to become road ready, then must proceed on and follow traffic signals.
• Vehicles proceed west on P Street, or may turn left onto 21st Street NW. You must follow traffic signs and signals.
• Walkers may turn right or left on 21st Street NW