Pride Houston began 31 years ago and has grown into one of the largest GLBT festival/parades in the US, occurring this year on June 27, 2009.
This is an outdoor festival between 11:00am and 6:00pm; in 2008, 75,000 attended the festival from noon to 8:00pm. They believe that more will attend the festival this year. The stages will have canopies and will be open on 3 sides. They will have 3 stages (main stage, cultural stage, children's stage) located near the intersection of Wes>...
Pride Houston began 31 years ago and has grown into one of the largest GLBT festival/parades in the US, occurring this year on June 27, 2009.
This is an outdoor festival between 11:00am and 6:00pm; in 2008, 75,000 attended the festival from noon to 8:00pm. They believe that more will attend the festival this year. The stages will have canopies and will be open on 3 sides. They will have 3 stages (main stage, cultural stage, children's stage) located near the intersection of Westheimer and Yoakum in the heart of Montrose. The festival will provide a sound system designed for outdoor events and a sound engineer. However, they will not provide a backline.
Sponsorships in the past have included Bud Lite, Reliant Energy, Continental Airlines, etc. The event is widely advertised and is a greatly anticipated annual GLBT event of the Southwest.
The event is free to the public and the Pride Committee may provide travel, lodging, or compensation for performers on a case by case basis. They do have a air-conditioned "green room" with beverages and lite food for artists.