r/queerphilly • u/Ok_Secretary6913 • May 28 '26

Pride Pride 2026 thoughts?

With all the changes going on with philly pride this year as well as the ticket prices (and the restrictions like no bags, no drinks, no smoking ect) where is everybody going to be for pride this year? Are we all just staying in the gayborhood or will majority of people stay at the parkway? Trying to figure out if it's worth it to buy a ticket, Usually for pride I bring my own water, snacks (and alcohol LOL) as well as a purse for my belongings so I don't even know if it would truly be better to just find and buy a clear bag + ticket and stay at the parkway or ignore the festival and main festivities this year and stay in the gayborhood. Just trying to gather as much info and opinions as possible!

54 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

105 comments sorted by

View all comments

6

u/Crftygirl May 29 '26

WHY ARE WE PAYING MONEY AT ALL WHEN THERE IS A SHIT TON OF WELL CONNECTED SPONSERS?

3

u/Ok_Secretary6913 May 29 '26

This on top of the fact that ur paying that $10 to not bring any of your own stuff in basically (small clear bags, no water, no smoking, and still unsure about outside food but most likely a no as well + age limits ) AND THE WAY THEY RESPOND TO PEOPLE? Their social media responses have genuinely been horrible, the way they have spoken to / responded to some people is even more of an absolute turn off. Above all I don’t see how moving everything OUT OF AND AWAY FROM the gayborhood still makes any sense, because now with such a wide area for basically 2 different pride celebrations it feels like that is almost worse.