DATE CHANGE: Sunday, June 20, 2010

2010 Stonewall Street
Festival and Parade

Parade starts at 11 am, Festival starts at 12 noon
on Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, Florida

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VOLUNTEER MEETING, SATURDAY, JUNE 19 AT 9:00 AM
BOOK NOOK, 2207 WILTON DRIVE

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IMPORTANT NEWS

EXHIBITION BOOTHS SOLD OUT

SPONSORSHIPS CLOSED.

FOOD VENDORS CLOSED.

EXHIBITION TENT LOCATIONS

BOOTHS W/ELECTRICITY CLOSED.

PARADE IS CLOSED

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE NOW AVAILABLE


Reinventing Gay Pride in South Florida ... Again

In 2000, a new organization, Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale decided to recreate gay pride in Fort Lauderdale. They would take the festival out of the city parks and convention center and move it into the street, Wilton Drive to be exact in the heart of South Florida's gay community. They then decided to bring back the gay pride parade and have it start off the festival and have the route go through the festival itself. Most importantly, they decided the festival would be free to the public.

With an hoped-for attendance of 5,000, an amazing 7,500 showed up for the first year event. The Stonewall Street Festival and Parade was born.

Through the years, the Stonewall Street Festival and Parade has changed and so has the greater Fort Lauderdale area. Wilton Manors has since become a major LGBT community joining West Hollywood, California as having an occasional LGBT majority on the city council. Wilton Manors also has the largest per capita LGBT populations in the eastern United States. Fort Lauderdale has become a major LGBT tourist destination ranking fourth in the world for LGBT travel.


Finally, the Stonewall Street Festival and Parade drew an estimated 25,000 for the combined events last year and is now the largest LGBT event in South Florida,

 2009 Stonewall Gay Pride Parade

June 20, 2009: The tenth annual Stonewall Parade on Wilton Drive celebrating gay rights and the continuing battle for equality. Features the recently-out contemporary Christian singer/songwriter, Ray Boltz who now lives here in Wilton Manors, Florida.

1 Day - 2 Big Events - 30,000 People - Unlimited Possibilities

 

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Sponsors for the 2010 Stonewall Street Festival and Parade
Parade Naming Partner   Main Stage Naming Partner
 
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Emerald Partner ($5,000-$7,499)
       
Sapphire Partner ($1,000-$4,999)

Opal Partner

 

Pearl Partner

Wilton Discount Liquors   Wiltona Bier Garden & More
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Gold Media Partners
   
Silver Media Partners
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Community Partners
 
       

 

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©2010 Stonewall Pride, Inc. • d b a  Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale (PGFL)   •  Photos Courtesy of Stephen R. Lang (Courtesy of JumpOnMarksList.com)

Pride of Greater Fort Lauderdale reserves the right to make changes to the offerings, specifications, features and all aspects and details of the Stonewall Street Festival and Parade.

There is no “rain date” should the Festival and/or parade be canceled or shortened due to inclement weather no participant fees are refundable in the event of cancellation due to acts of God, fire, natural disaster, terrorism, war, military hostilities, or any other force or major events, or cancellation by government agencies.