Gay pride in jacksonville florida
š³ļøāš Celebrate Pride Month in Northeast Florida with these events
- Jacksonville's Celebration parade is held in October.
(Video: In , Jacksonville's LGBTQ+ people lit up the Main Road Bridge in rainbow colors.)
In June, you can find Pride parades and festivals in Orlando, Miami, Melbourne, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Naples, St. Augustine and Key West, but they're scarce in the Jacksonville area.
That's not to tell that Jacksonville ignores the Queer community, just that the city's big Pride events are held in October, not June. Even so, there are parades and festivals this month in St. Augustine and Fernandina Beach.
Here are some of the biggest events planned for the area in June:
Jumbo Shrimp Pride Night Ā
p.m. Thursday, June 5, at VyStar Ballpark. $9-$Ā
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Summer at the Cummer
4 p.m. Friday, June 6, at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. Free.
TheĀ kickoff-the-weekend series returns with live music and ou
River City Pride Parade
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Nightlife
A few notable Gay owned businesses in Jacksonville include InCahoots, not far from the Five Points area. With four bars, karaoke nights, drag business and plenty of dancing too, this LGBTQ+ secure place is one of the most popular nightlife spots. Relax with a drink and make unused friends at the Park Place Lounge in Riverside or Hardwicks Bar in Downtown.
Riverside Arts Market
The weekly Riverside Arts Market welcomes all to shop local arts/crafts vendors, dine at one of the many food trucks parked along the St. Johns River and enjoy inhabit music on the riverfront stage.
Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Also in Riverside, the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, home to the largest fine art museum in Northeast Florida, frequently hosts LGBTQ+ events and welcomes all to their programs including art classes and garden tours. The reflection provoking Culture & Conversation series explores meaningful dialogue with diverse audiences and connecting community members to the arts.
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Florida prevents Pride Month bridge lighting so Jacksonville LGTBQ+ community does it again
- For the second consecutive year, Jacksonville's LGBTQ+ community and allies illuminated the Acosta Bridge with handheld lights during Pride Month after the state mandated patriotic lighting on Florida bridges.
- Organizers adapted their plans after the Main Street bridge unexpectedly opened while participants were en route, shifting the demonstration to the Acosta Bridge.
- Despite the restrictions, participants viewed the event as a symbol of resilience and a celebration of Pride Month.
For the second year in a row, Pride Month celebrants lit up a bridge in downtown Jacksonville with high-powered, hand-held lights after the state continued to block the use of rainbow colors on lighting systems wired into its bridges across Florida.
The show by the LBGTQ+ society and its supporters on June 1 originally was going to reprise the handheld lighting of the Main Street bridge a year ago when the state Department of Transportation replaced the Pride Month lighting colors with a red, whit