Pride Corpus Christi – Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Diversity in South Texas

Pride night on ice

Fri, Oct 23 · 7:05 PMHilliard Center7 days to go

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Sit with Pride Corpus Christi at the Icerays’ Pride night vs the Houston Bulls. Group tickets close Monday, Oct 19 at 10 PM.

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✦ PRIDE 2026 · THANK YOU

Thank you, Corpus Christi!

You showed up, you marched, you danced, and you made it Pride. From all of us at Pride Corpus Christi, thank you. 💜 See you next year!

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October 2, 2026

New Date: Pride Parade and Block Party Move to Saturday, October 10

September 18, 2026

Pride Corpus Christi Returns Saturday, October 3, 2026

September 14, 2026

Vendors and Food Trucks Wanted for the 2026 Pride Block Party

September 8, 2026

Corpus Christi Pride Parade Returns to the Bayfront

September 7, 2026

Pride Corpus Christi Announces 2026 Grand Marshals

September 6, 2026

Meet Noel Matthewz York, Our 10th Annual Pride Block Party MC

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Hockey is for everyone. 🏒🏳️‍🌈

Join Pride Corpus Christi at the @iceraysnahl “Hockey is for Everyone” night as the Icerays take on the Houston Bulls! Grab a seat in our Pride CC group section and cheer with your community.

📅 Friday, Oct 23 · 7:05 PM
📍 Hilliard Center
🎟️ Group tickets close Monday, Oct 19 at 10 PM

Link in bio to get your tickets. See you on the ice! 💙

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Oct 15

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Brittany Andrews Entertainment turned the Pride 2026 main stage into a showcase! 💙✨

Led by our Grand Marshal, Brittany Andrews, this family brought polish, power and a whole lot of heart to the Block Party. Every number was its own moment, from live vocals to the final pose. Thank you to every performer who took the stage:

✨ Nathan C. Paris @ncparis07
✨ Porcelain @porcelainthedoll
✨ Dante Dior @ddantediorr (live vocals!)
✨ Honey Andrews @sweethoneyglam
✨ Brittany Andrews @brittanyramirezandrews
✨ Kitana Sánchez @kitana_sanchez
✨ Zara Doll @zaradolldiva
✨ Killjoy @d3adk1llj0y

Drag is art, drag is joy, and drag belongs here. 🏳️‍🌈

🎥 @jakegonzalesvisuals
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Oct 15

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@azuredanceteam 🦋 and the Down South Rhythm Shakers came to SLAY 💃🏳️‍🌈 Thank you for bringing the heat, the heart, and the choreography to Pride Corpus Christi. You moved us, literally.

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Oct 14

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Royalty on the main stage! 👑

Lane & Lane Productions brought legacy, crowns and so much heart to Pride 2026. From reigning royalty of the Texas Riviera Empire to a whole lot of glamour, this crew showed Corpus Christi exactly how it’s done. ✨

Thank you:
✨ Bam Bam Andrews @xophergoblin
✨ Amanda Rekonwiv @amanda_rekonwiv
✨ Jacqueline Serenity Lane @queenserenity777
✨ Leona Lane @leonalanepowers

Tip your favorites and catch every performer at pridecorpuschristi.com 💜

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Oct 14

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The party didn’t stop at the Block Party. 🪩✨

After the parade and the main stage, Corpus Christi kept celebrating into the night.

“Pride Afters” are more than an encore. For generations, LGBTQ+ people built community after dark, in bars and clubs that were often the only places we could gather, dance and be ourselves without fear. The Stonewall Inn, where the modern Pride movement began, was one of those places.

Here at home, that tradition lives on at the Hidden Door, which has been part of our community’s nightlife for 46 years, and where friends gathered to celebrate Pride on Saturday night too. 🏳️‍🌈

And this year, Retro opened its doors wide for the Pride After Party. Inclusive spaces don’t happen by accident. They happen when someone chooses to make room, sets the tone, and makes sure every person who walks in feels like they belong. Huge thank you to Marcus Lozano for organizing the Retro After Party and for sponsoring Pride Corpus Christi. Every new space that says “you’re welcome here” makes our whole community stronger. 💜

Find yourself in the photos and grab yours at pridecorpuschristi.com 📸

📸 Debbie Noble
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Oct 13

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The Haus of Brooks came to SERVE at Pride 2026! 💅🔥 Thank you Desiree Brooks, vanity dominique brooks @jody.slayz, Primadonna Brooks @missprimadonnaaa and Naomi Evans @naomievans6210 for bringing the house down. 👑

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Oct 13

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Community isn’t a word. It’s a practice. 🏳️‍🌈

Somewhere along the way, some people forget what it actually means to be part of a community. It isn’t only showing up when it’s comfortable, or when it’s popular, or when the cameras are on. It’s standing next to each other when it’s hard. It’s making room for the people who are still finding their voice. It’s remembering that none of us got here alone.

On Saturday, thousands of footsteps down Shoreline said it better than any of us could: we are still here, and we are still each other’s.
Pride was never just a party. It was born from the fight for our most basic rights: to express who we are without fear, and to pursue our own happiness, out loud and on our own terms. Those aren’t special privileges. They’re promises that belong to every single one of us, and Pride is how we keep them.

To everyone who marched, cheered, carried a flag, or simply showed up as yourself: thank you for standing together in community. 💜

📸 Debbie Noble
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Oct 13

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MPY Productions opened the Pride 2026 main stage in style! 🌈✨ Thank you to our host and every queen and king who brought it:
✨ Noel Matthewz York @noelmatthewzyork (performer and our host!) ✨ Gina Anthony Crawford @ginaanthonycrawford ✨ Lexi La Bélla @itslexilabella ✨ Jose Contreras @jc_anthony_crawford ✨ Ophelia Tits Paris @ophelia_tits ✨ Antoni Trueheart ✨ Veronica Rain Colby ✨ Gemini B. York @xoxo_jojolicious
🎥 Jake Gonzales Presented by Hicks Family Subaru

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Drag has always been more than a show. 👑

Long before it had a stage, drag was survival. In the 1880s, William Dorsey Swann, a formerly enslaved man, hosted drag balls in Washington, D.C., and was arrested for it. In the decades that followed, when our community couldn’t gather openly, drag made a home in the ballrooms of Harlem and the backrooms of gay bars, turning hidden spaces into places to be seen, celebrated and free.

When police raided the Stonewall Inn in 1969, drag queens and trans women of color like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were among those who refused to back down. The fight for our rights has always had glitter on it. ✨

Drag is art: costume, makeup, choreography, comedy, music and storytelling, all at once. And drag is protest: every time a queen takes the stage, especially here in Texas, where drag has been targeted by lawmakers, it says we are still here, and we will not be quiet.

So on Saturday, we showed up in full force. 🏳️‍🌈 Our Block Party main stage was packed with talent, from golden hour to the last song of the night, and every bit of it was free and open to everyone. Because joy, art and visibility should never be locked behind a ticket.

Thank you to every performer who brought it, and to everyone who cheered, tipped and danced along. 💜

📸 Photos: Debbie Noble
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Oct 12

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“Nothing matters other than the humanity inside someone’s heart.” 💜

John D. Garcia, attorney and owner of the Law Office of John D. Garcia, PLLC, and the man behind the decks as DJ Johnny Hotcakes, took the Block Party main stage on Saturday night with a few words on allyship. He talked about how he didn’t start out as a good ally, and what being one means now: when you hear transphobia or homophobia in your own circle, even from family, be the one who says “Hey, that’s not right.”

Thank you, John, for standing with us. 🏳️‍🌈

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