Know Before You Go: San Diego Pride Festival 2025
Dear Pride Family,
Pride weekend is here! Before you join us for two unforgettable days of music, community and celebration at the San Diego Pride Festival, here are some important updates to know—so you can focus on the queer joy! Get your tickets now >>
Ticket prices go up on event day!
Pride Weekend – July 19-20, 2025 (all-in pricing)1 Day- $42.09
2- Day- $73.72
Pride Weekend VIP (weekend only) – $258.42
Free Tickets for High School Aged Youth & Seniors 65+ at the Box Office ONLY.
New Route for Parade
San Diego’s Pride Parade is the largest single-day civic event in the region and is among the largest Prides in the United States, attracting over 250,000 cheering supporters of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Saturday, July 19, 2025
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Richmond & University
Route Length: 1.5 miles
Cost: This is a free, community event.
This space is dedicated to celebrating and uplifting LGBTQIA+ small businesses. The Queer Locals Marketplace will showcase a vibrant array of queer-owned vendors offering unique goods, services, art and experiences for attendees to enjoy. View the vendors!
Get ready for a lineup that shines as bright as our community! We’re celebrating LGBTQIA+ artistry at every level—from Grammy-winning icons to emerging talents making their mark. Four stages. Two unforgettable days. One powerful celebration of queer creativity. View the schedule.
Fluid Ground is a gender-inclusive space curated for queer women, trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive community members. This space invites you to rest, reconnect, and simply exist, free from expectation or performance.
New Official San Diego Pride Essentials
VIP Custom Merch Experience
VIP ticket holders can enjoy a one-of-a-kind festival perk—custom Pride merch made just for you! Step by step, you’ll choose your favorite color and style, pick the design you can’t live without, and watch as it’s personalized for you onsite at the festival. Hosted by Battle Born Threadz.
General Store
Pride Essentials at the Merch Booth Hosted by Twisted EGOs. Pride PinsFirst Aid KitsSunscreenTylenolDeodorantBaby WipesAnd more!
Security & Safety
If you have items you don’t want to carry or that are not allowed inside the festival grounds, a limited number of lockers will be available for you to rent on an as-available basis near the front entrance gates outside the festival. Lockers are available for use at any time during the festival and will remain accessible until one hour after the festival ends each day. Items stored in lockers are subject to search. Lockers are managed by Mobile Locker Co. . Attendees use the lockers at their own risk. San Diego Pride is not responsible for any lost, damaged, or stolen items.
San Diego Pride is committed to creating a space where everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, or background, feels safe, seen, and celebrated. We believe Pride is for everyone. Our events are open to all members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies.
San Diego Pride has been in regular communication with the mayor’s office and the San Diego Police Department regarding all Pride Week programming to ensure a safe experience for all attendees.
San Diego Pride remains committed to ensuring a safe and welcoming Pride Festival for all attendees. We are committed to our Pillars of Justice, to community-based programming, and to Pride 365.
Given today’s anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric out of Washington and beyond, we have increased security measures to ensure the safety of our community. Protocols include: Increased security throughout Pride programming, including the two-day festival and parade.A “clear bag” policy and other updated entrance policies.A reinforced code of conduct for all participants that includes a zero tolerance policy for hate speech or conduct.The presence of Legal Observers to document interactions between law enforcement and any potential protesters.Input from the chair of SD Pride’s Military Department regarding security efforts to keep our entire community safe.
San Diego Pride Festival Entry Policies
San Diego Pride is a space that centers and celebrates queer identities, voices, and joy. San Diego Pride is committed to ensuring that our festival is a joyful, inclusive, safe, and accessible experience for everyone in our community. Review our entry policies before you head out.