When the founders of the Long Beach Pride nonprofit, which is now 40 years old, proposed throwing a parade and festival in 1984, public officials and residents resisted — often with open hostility.

The Long Beach Pride Parade & Festival, the city’s popular and iconic LGBTQ celebration, will return for its 41st iteration this weekend — albeit, with an unprecedented change.

Pride flags, rainbows, music and more were on display during the annual Long Beach Pride Parade, which welcomed thousands of people to the city’s downtown waterfront area on Sunday, May 18. The ...

Long Beach Pride will host its 42nd annual LGBTQ+ celebration at Marina Green Park beginning Saturday, part of the third-largest pride festival and parade in California. This year’s theme is ...

Long Beach Pride will return for its 42nd annual celebration on May 17–18 at Marina Green Park, with a two-day festival and a community-led parade highlighting this year’s theme, “The Power ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Pride season officially kicked off with the return of Long Beach Pride. On May 17-18, 2025, the city of Long Beach was filled with love, unity, and celebration because ...

Join the 42nd Long Beach Pride Festival on May 17–18, 2025, for live music, drag shows, EDM, food, and more — all honoring LGBTQ+ strength and unity.

Thousands converged along Ocean Boulevard for the 41st annual Long Beach Pride Parade, the first to be hosted by the city. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 60°F.

1993: Long Beach celebrates a decade of Pride. By this time, the annual Long Beach parade and festival had become the fourth-largest Pride event in the U.S. 1997-98: The Pride festival moves to ...

More than 100,000 people have gathered in Long Beach in recent years to celebrate Pride with a weekend parade and festival, and a similar number is expected next week. That makes Pride one of the ...