St. Louis PrideFest is an annual parade conducted by Pride St. Louis, Inc. on the last Sunday in June in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. It is the second largest parade in St. Louis. It represents the city's support to the LGBT community.

History

The St. Louis LGBT committee was formed in 1979 and the first celebration took place in 1980. The first PrideFest was held in June 1981.

The Parade

The parade starts from South Grand Blvd and Utah Street, goes through arsenal to Tower Grove Park

Tower Grove Park

Tower Grove Park is a municipal park in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. Most of its land was donated to the city by Henry Shaw in 1868. It is on 289 acres adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, another of Shaw’s legacies. It extends 1.6 miles from west to east, between Kingshighway...

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