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Pride Parade
Steps off 4:30 PM · Saturday, October 3, 2026
Shoreline Blvd. by Water’s Edge Park · Free to attend
Applications close September 30
Presented by
- October 3 Parade day
- 4:30 PM Parade steps off
- Free To watch
- Shoreline Blvd. by Water’s Edge Park Where
For one evening every October, the bayfront belongs to us. The 10th Pride Corpus Christi Parade steps off at 4:30 PM on Saturday, October 3, 2026, along Shoreline Blvd. by Water’s Edge Park.
Floats, banners, marching groups and music, and everyone else lining the route to cheer them past. It is free, it is open to all, and no ticket has ever been needed. Bring a chair, bring a flag, bring whoever you love.
Who leads it
Each year the community chooses the people who go out front — the ones who have done the work, often quietly, and often when it was not easy to.
Brittany Andrews leads as Grand Marshal. Ellison Powers leads as Emerging Leader Grand Marshal.
Johnny Hotcakes & Kitana Sanchez call the parade as it passes, so you know who is rolling by and why they are there. It is presented by Hicks Family Subaru, whose support is what puts it on the street.
Want to be in it?
Businesses, churches, student groups, nonprofits, teams, families and neighbors all march. You do not need a float — plenty of entries are simply a group of people and a banner. Registration closes September 30.
When the last entry passes, it does not stop — the Block Party picks up where the route ends.
October - LGBT History Month
Why we march
Pride Corpus Christi began as a response. On 12 June 2016, forty-nine people were killed at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. The first Pride Corpus Christi was held downtown the following year, and there has been a parade every year since.
The march is older than we are. On 28 June 1969, patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York fought back against a police raid; the first Pride marches followed a year later. Every parade since has been both a celebration and a demonstration, and ours is no different.
We keep our own history too. Our Community Lives is the archive where it lives — recorded in the words of the people who were here for it.
The parade falls in October, which is LGBT History Month in the United States. Marching down Shoreline in daylight is itself part of the record — and every year of it is something the archive will hold.
Your hosts
They are not announcers so much as the reason the route stops moving. Groups pull up in front of them and give it everything — a full routine, a song, a chant — and the shout-out comes straight back out to the crowd.
- Johnny Hotcakes Local legend DJ, and attorney at law
- Kitana Sanchez Co-founder of Coastal Bend Trans Alliance, Pride Corpus Christi board member, and Miss Trans Texas USA
Everyone is invited to march
The parade is open to anyone who wants to be in it — community groups, businesses, churches, school clubs, families, and people who simply want to walk.
Last year: 30 entries and about 405 marchers in 2025.
Apply to march Applications close September 30, 2026
The marching order is published here once entries are staged.
Who can enter
- Commercial Business
- Sponsor
- Small Non-Profit Organization
- Medium Non-Profit Organization
- Large Non-Profit Organization
- Entertainment or Performance Groups
- Solo Individuals or Families - Walkers
- School Org/Student Club/Student Group
- Faith-Based Organizations
- Political Candidate
Choose the one that fits when you apply.
And then, the Block Party
Enjoy performances from entertainers like…
Nathan C. Paris
Dino
Primadonna Brooks
Ruby Ja'Mean
Amanda Rekonwiv
Antoni Trueheart
Zara Doll
Noel Matthewz York
Absinthe
And 10 more performers.
