Pride Bigger Than Texas Festival and Parade 2025 to take place this Saturday

As the largest U.S. city to be actively led by an openly queer mayor, San Antonio deserves a big Pride bash, and the Main Strip’s annual festival and parade on the last weekend of Pride Month certainly fits the bill.

The fun begins at 11 a.m. this Saturday with the Pride Bigger Than Texas Festival in Crockett Park. Expect lots of food, lots of queer-owned small businesses and lots of tables from local nonprofits. Family-friendly entertainment — for better or worse — is also on the agenda, as is a massive Pride wedding.

And did we mention wrestling starting at 3 p.m.? Yes, Sabino Blaze, first gay graduate of the Texas Wrestling Academy, will provide the main event.

Once the sun goes down, be sure to stick around for the free-to-watch parade, which starts at 9 p.m., and runs down Main Avenue, passing a performance by drag icon Lyn-Z Andrews on the way.

Net proceeds from the festival will benefit nonprofits such as the San Antonio AIDS Foundation, the San Antonio Gender Association and the Diversity Recovery Alliance, all the more important in an era where the political party in charge is banning gender-affirming care for trans people and slashing funding for HIV testing and prevention.

It’s the perfect opportunity to add your voice to a crowd of others saying, “We’re here, we’re queer, get used to it.”

$12 presale general admission, $15 at gate, free for those 11 and under, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Crockett Park, 1300 N. Main Ave., pridesanantonio.org.

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