Austin Pride Parade
Celebrate With UUMC!
Join us for our next Queer Fellowship Event
Open to all queer identifying friends and members of UUMC!
Marching With Us?
Here’s What You Need to Know
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Arriving
Parking
Paid Parking will be available at State Parking Garage A, you can enter this garage on Trinity between 14th and 15th streets. The meters in the area will be charging from 11 am - Midnight and there is a 3 hr maximum.
Gathering
The parade will begin allowing marchers to join their float at 7:30 pm. The float will be staged along San Jacinto between 11th and 15th. Look for our float–it’s decorated with golden pipes! Please be sure to allow plenty of time to park and find our group as the parade starts PROMPTLY at 8 pm.
During the Parade
Parade Route
The parade will go down Congress from 11th street to 1st street.
Water
We’ll have a water bottle refill station on our float. Water will also be for sale around the parade.
Distributing Swag
UUMC will have fans and popsicles to hand out. Please don’t bring your own. Additionally, the parade asks that we hand everything out–don’t throw them!
Safety
UUMC will host our own safety briefing at 7:45 pm. Please plan to attend.
Parade volunteers will be wearing Neon Yellow Safety Vest–obey all instructions from parade volunteers. EMS will be on site.
Before Arriving
What to Wear
Our theme this year is transformation and butterflies! Matching the float is not required, but it’d sure look cute!
What to Bring
We’re walking for about a mile and standing for a couple hours so we encourage good walking shoes. Bring a water bottle! We’ll have a water bottle refill station on our float. Water will also be for sale around the parade.
What to Leave at Home
Please don’t bring: confetti, silly string, air horns, glass bottles, body armor, bricks/stones, water guns or other projectiles. We also ask you to refrain from bringing your own items to hand out from the UUMC float.
After The Parade
After we’ve reached the end of the parade route, you’re free to break off for whatever other fun you’d like to have! For our marchers who are riding on the float, we will circle back to the State Parking Garage if you’d like to stay on to be returned to your car.