Organizers say the city could see one million people over Saturday and Sunday, with an unprecedented overlap of Pride crowds and World Cup visitors. Here's the full weekend schedule.
The 56th annual San Francisco Pride celebration lands Saturday and Sunday, June 27–28, and organizers are projecting a crowd they don't usually throw around: one million people over the course of the weekend. That's the number Suzanne Ford, executive director of SF Pride, put out this week — and it's landing in a city that already has international World Cup visitors filling hotels and bars, creating a confluence of foot traffic unlike most Pride weekends in recent memory.
The weekend, by day:
Tonight, Friday June 26, the Trans March steps off at 6 p.m. from Dolores Park and marches to Civic Center. This is the local's move — community-focused, no wristbands, and you miss Sunday's full crush. After dark, a pride flag laser light display illuminates Market Street and runs through the weekend.
Saturday, the Trans Ally March steps off at 10 a.m. from the Embarcadero. The Dyke March follows in the afternoon, also departing from Dolores Park. The Civic Center street fair runs all day with vendors and stages.
Sunday is the main event: the parade steps off at 10:30 a.m. at Beale and Market streets, with more than 300 contingents and 35,000–40,000 marchers. Civic Center's stages run through the afternoon, with Aly & AJ and Oakland rapper Kamaiyah headlining Sunday's performance schedule. Grand Marshals this year are Peaches Christ and Honey Mahogany.
The Castro angle: The neighborhood is running full — Hot Cookie on Castro Street is slammed, and the recently reopened Castro Theater is adding to foot traffic that's been building all week with World Cup visitors from out of the country.
This year's theme is "Resistance in Action."
If you only have two hours Sunday: Get to Civic Center by 11 a.m. when the parade reaches its peak density on Market. Transit logistics are covered in our June 23 guide — the short version is BART to Civic Center, not driving.

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