{"id":354694,"date":"2026-06-29T18:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354694\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:50:14","slug":"pride-houston-365-parade-postponed-due-to-weather-with-plans-to-reschedule-after-world-cup-games-organizers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/354694\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride Houston 365 parade postponed due to weather with plans to reschedule after World Cup games, organizers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas  (KTRK) &#8212; The Pride Houston Parade will be rescheduled to Aug. 15, 2026, after the event was canceled in early June due to severe weather, organizers announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC13 is a proud media sponsor and will stream the parade live on our 24\/7 streaming channel and Disney+ <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The event for this year was originally scheduled for Saturday, June 6, to accommodate World Cup festivities occurring later on in the month, when the Pride parade and festivities are usually held.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SEE ALSO:<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/2026-pride-houston-365-festival-parade-date-moved-june-6-world-cup-games-scheduled-bayou-city\/18417798\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Pride Houston parade postponed due to weather with plans to reschedule after World Cup: organizers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The official parade theme for 2026 is &#8220;Limitless,&#8221; which represents expansion, elevation, and breaking boundaries across community, culture, and impact, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The president of Pride Houston 365, Kerry-Ann Morrison said the city deserved to celebrate following the cancellation of the inital event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We&#8217;ve fought hard for every step forward, and we deserve to celebrate those wins loudly. Each event, from Soaked to Rock the Runway, Eden, and the Festival and Parade, is intentional,&#8221; she said.  &#8220;Pride Houston is where our culture, our voices, and our joy come together unapologetically.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The original multi-day celebration was expected to feature some big names, including Big Freedia the Queen Diva, a New Orleans rapper and artist known for her career in bounce music and collaborations with Beyonc\u00e9 and Drake. She was set to host the event on its orginal date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Singer Dawn Richard, a former member of the group Danity Kane, Ha Sizzle, and more were on tap for featured performances as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/montrose-pride-colors-return-new-ways-iconic-rainbow-crosswalk-westheimer-taft-is-paved\/19276960\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montrose Pride colors return in new ways after iconic rainbow crosswalk is paved over<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As far as the performances, there is no word if the program will remain as it was or have a new line-up.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Pride Houston 365 Parade will be Saturday, June 6, much earlier than usual. Leading up to the parade, a number of events open to various communities will be held.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 2025 parade was attended by an estimated 200,000 people, according to organizers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The first Houston Gay Pride Parade took place in 1979, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the raid on New York&#8217;s Stonewall Inn.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The Pride Houston Parade will be rescheduled to Aug. 15, 2026, after the event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[126212,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-354694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-126212","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}