{"id":289317,"date":"2026-05-29T20:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289317\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:17:10","slug":"st-petersburg-launches-month-of-pride-events-while-tampa-cancels-2026-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289317\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg Launches Month of Pride Events While Tampa Cancels 2026 Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg will host Pride events spanning an entire month. They start this weekend. Meanwhile, Tampa scrapped its 2026 Pride festivities because of the &#8220;political and economic climate.&#8221; A street fair in the Grand Central district opens things up Friday. It runs from 5 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 groups will march in the Pride Parade on June 27 at 6 p.m. The route follows Bayshore Drive, beginning at Albert Whitted Park. Festival activities fill North and South Straub Parks from 2 to 10 p.m. Attendees can catch live music and local performers. There will be artists, more than 100 booths, vendors, and food and drink available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 theme is &#8220;Here Comes the Sun,&#8221; which focuses on visibility and inclusion. &#8220;We always say the rainbow can&#8217;t come out without the sunshine,&#8221; said Bior Guigni, executive director of St. Pete Pride, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\/st-pete-pride-2026-begins-this-weekend\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">St. Pete Catalyst<\/a>. &#8220;This is part of the community coming together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Ken Welch will hoist the Pride flag at City Hall on June 4 at 9 a.m. The Trans March kicks off at 5:15 p.m. on June 27 from Vinoy Park.<\/p>\n<p>Slay the Bay, a concert and night market, happens June 26 at Al Lang Stadium starting at 7:30 p.m. Chinchilla, Flyanna Boss, and Cain Culto will perform. Fireworks close out the night.<\/p>\n<p>Weekend fun continues Saturday with a pickleball tournament at the SkyBeach Resort from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday brings a drag brunch at the same spot from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family Day on The Pier takes place June 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring kid- and pet-friendly activities plus a pet parade.<\/p>\n<p>Other planned events? A Stonewall Reception on June 11 from 6 to 11 p.m. Rowdies Pride Night on June 13 from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Surreal Summer Nights at The Dali Museum on June 18 from 5 to 8 p.m. Shades of Pride will honor Juneteenth and Pride on June 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Morean Center for Clay.<\/p>\n<p>Some events are free. The parade and family day won&#8217;t cost you anything. Others require tickets ranging from $10.96 to $80.03.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg will host Pride events spanning an entire month. They start this weekend. Meanwhile, Tampa scrapped its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[684,202,204,203,199,201,200,135],"class_list":["post-289317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-events","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}