Parade starts at 12:00 noon at 13th and Locust Street. Following a moment of silence for those who cannot be with us, it proceeds south on 12th with performance locations at 12th & Locust, 12th & Spruce and 12th & Pine.   The parade turns on Pine and then up 11th street to Market, with performances on Market between 5th and 6th (judging stand) and at 2nd Street.  The parade will then go over I-95 to the entrance to the Festival at Penn's Landing Great Plaza.

                                     Performance locations in orange

There is a $10.00 admission to the Great Plaza

Celebrating our 20th year with us at the Penn's Landing Great Plaza

Gay Pride Festival : 

(MORE ADDED DAILY)

HOME IMPROVEMENT AREA: 

Environaire Corporation, James Pools, Moto Design Group, Rainbow Cleaning System, Temp-Rite Indoor Comfort Specialists, TriState Luxury Bath, Window Wizards,

FOOD VENDORS:

Asian Grille, Bekas Food Service, Chef Hogate, Family Grill, Festival Foods, Hot Potato, Irish Ice, Maui Wowi, Olga's Famous Shishkabobs, Valanni,

FAMILY ZONE/PET ZONE:

Attic Youth, Mountain Meadow, P-FLAG, Philadelphia Family Pride, Planned Parenthood Rainbow Room, Adoption Center of Delaware Valley, Animal Welfare Association, PA. S.P.C.A., Have a Heart Guinea Pig Rescue, Mobilization for Animals, PAWS,

SPORTS ZONE:

12th Street Gym, Club Body Center, Fins, Frontrunners, Lassoes & Larriots, Liberty City Rodeo Assoc., Pocono Whitewater, Men of All Colors Together, Penn Jersey She-Devils, Philadelphia Phoenix, Spartans Wrestling, Team Philadephia

HEALTH ZONE:

Check Them Out, Gilda Club of the Delaware Valley, Linda Creed Foundation,
Mazzoni Center,

12th Air Command, Absolut Vodka, ACLU, AETNA Inc, Alexander Inn, Amazulu, American Laser Center, Artemis MC, ASIAC, Baird Insurance, Bank of America, The Bike Stop, Bitch Mode Productions, Bi-unity, Bump, Citibank, Clean Air Council, Cupids USA/Perfect Scents, Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, Dignity Philadelphia, Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, Empowered Zone, Episcopal Coalition, Equality Advocates, Episcopal Coalition, Evolve, Exelon Pride, Fabugo, Foyer of Philadelphia, GALAEI, GALLOP, Get Real Philadelphia, Giovanni's Room, Green Party, Happy Fish Smiling Star, Harrah's Chester Casino, Julainna Holwka, HRC, Independence Squares, Interactive Male, Jiva Jewelry, Just Pride, KB Designs, Key West, Jennifer Keys, Keystone Hospice, Kimmel Center, Knock, Lambda Legal, Kevin Lee, Let's Get It Lit Candles, Liberty City Democrats, Linda Creed Foundation, Little House Candles, Mankind Project, Maple Shade UCC, MCCP, Miller Beer, Mom Gear, New York Times, Obama Pride, Out & About, Parker Boy LLC, Philadelphia Gay News, Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus, Philadelphia AIDS Thrift, Philadelphia Lambda Club of the Deaf, Philadelphia International G/L Film Festival, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadelphia Voices of Pride, Philly Car Share, PhillyGayCalendar.com, Planet Wear, Planned Parenthood, Police Liaison, Pride Partnership, Queer & the Collaborative, Quince Productions, Pure, Radisson Hotel, Rainbow Alternative, Rainbow Partnership, Reconciling United Methodist Church, Safeguards, Sansom Cinema, Select 10, Service Members Legal Defense, Scorpio Adult Boutique, SGI, Shampoo, Robert Shuman, Sisters, Southwest Airlines, Spruce St. DVD & Video, Starbucks, St. Luke's UCC, Tavern On Camac, Terra Nova, Treehug Trading, Uncles, United Christian Church, Venture Inn, Westbury, Wet Lubricants, William Way Community Center, Will Cafiero Realtor, Woody's, Woodbury Heights Fire Department, Yikes Internet Specialists, Zynski Co.

GRAND MARSHALS

RON SY	TAMI SORTMAN

FRIENDS OF PRIDE:

JEREMY FREY ESQ SARA ALIBADA ESQ BRIAN BERKLEY ESQ KEVIN RAY ESQ When we were sued in Federal Court by members of "Repent America" after their arrest by Phila. Police at Outfest, some of the best lawyers in Philadelphia stepped forward and defended us pro bono. We are truly indebted to them.

BRUCE VILANCH Headlining the Festival You may have seen him on "Hollywood Squares," or as Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray" on Broadway, or on "Celebrity Fit Club" but now is your chance to see him in person as he is headlining the Gay Pride Festival on June 8.   This Emmy winner will be in our Parade and then will entertain the multitudes at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing.

PRIDEDAY ENTERTAINMENT Henri David --  Master of Ceremonies Sally Starr --  Guest Speaker Les Harrison -- performing "I Am What I Am," the unofficial gay athem Bruce Vilanch -- Headlining                 -- starring -- BETTY Ira Levi Miss Philly Gay Pride Diva Jackie Dupree Brittany Lynn A special performance from Quince Productions "Niagara Falls" Philly's Dream Girls Sandy Beach Dance Area with Maria V. and 2-stepping with June Bromley

Desiree Evergreen Miss Philly Pride 08

Directions to Penn's Landing

2008 OutFest Festival Weekend  
Sunday October 12, 2008 OutFest, our National Coming Out Day (NCOD) Festival, has grown over the past 14 years into the largest Coming Out Day celebration in the world. View the details from last year's festival.