Motor City Pride 2023: What to expect at annual LGBTQ+ festival, parade

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The Motor City Pride Parade (Photo: Amber Ainsworth)

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Motor City Pride will take over Detroit's Hart Plaza with rainbow flags this weekend for the annual LGBTQ+ festival and parade.

Both Saturday and Sunday will feature activities for the whole family, including Sunday's parade. Dozens of performers will take the stages and more than 140 vendors will be selling merchandise and sharing services that they offer to the LGBTQ+ community.

Saturday's events start at 1 p.m., with entertainment scheduled all day and a family area open from 2-5 p.m. The last act takes the stage at 8 p.m.

Sunday starts with the parade step-off at Griswold and Fort streets at noon before the festival gates open at 12:30 p.m. The last act takes the stage at 6 p.m.

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Pride entry

Attending the Motor City Pride Parade is free.

Entry to the festival is $5. Tickets can be purchased online in advance or by using QR codes that will be on display outside the festival.

The entry gate is off Jefferson Avenue at the UAW-Ford building on the west side of Hart Plaza.

Pride entertainment schedule

Pride Stage

Saturday, June 10, 2023

Hosted by Sabin

1:15 p.m. Breakfast for Dinner
2 p.m. Better Love
3 p.m. Sabin's Drag Revue
4 p.m.The Iron Roses
5 p.m. Boys of Fall
6 p.m. Sabin's Drag Revue
7 p.m. Siena Liggins
8 p.m. The Robyn Party

Sunday, June 11, 2023

Hosted by Andrew Christian

Noon DJ CIV
1 p.m. PRISM Men’s Chorus
2 p.m. Drag Show: Robin Fierce from RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jasmine Kennedie from RuPaul’s Drag Race, Sabin
3 p.m. Little Visits
4 p.m. Mama Yaya
5 p.m. Andrew Christian
5:30 p.m. JORDY
6:15 p.m. DJ CIV