Parade Participant Info
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49th Annual Santa Cruz Pride - June 2, 2024
2024 Parade Participant Information and Application
2024 Parade Info
Be part of SC Pride 2024 and join in the largest LGBTQ+ Pride parade on the Central Coast. Members of our Santa Cruz community and beyond - organizations, allies, supportive groups, churches, candidates, ensembles, performers, parents, children - are all welcome to show your pride, activism, enthusiasm, love and to be proud of who you are! See the parade map below.
Contingents will be notified via email about parade set up. Parade staging location is at Pacific and Cathcart beginning at 9:45am. All contingents must provide monitors (more info below).
Registration has closed for the 2024 parade. We hope you can join us to view the parade and attend the festival.
Participating Parade Groups
Aptos Junior High School Pride Club
BAGAL Ensemble
Bay Federal Credit Union
Cabrillo College
Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers
CASA of Santa Cruz County
Center for Spiritual Living Santa Cruz
Cheer San Francisco
Coastal Redwood Girl Scouts
CPVAW
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz
Free Mom Hugs
Friends of the Rail Trail
Hospice of Santa Cruz County
Housing Matters
Insight Santa Cruz
Joby Aviation
Kirby School GSA
KSQD Radio/Natural Bridges Media
La Selva Beach Community Church
Life Lab
Made in Santa Cruz
Monica Martinez for Supervisor 2024
Monterey Peninsula Pride
Motorcycles and Misfits
Mount Madonna Center
Muslims for Progressive Values
New Leaf Community Markets
Niji Dojo
Out In Our Faith
Pacific Collegiate School
Pajaro Valley Pride
Pajaro Valley Unified School District
Palestine Justice Coalition
Pawsitive Styles Mobile Grooming
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
Peace United Church of Christ
PFLAG Santa Cruz County
Rainbow Defense Coalition
Renegade Theater Co.
Salinas Valley Pride
Salud Para La Gente
Santa Cruz COE
Santa Cruz Community Health
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter
Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health
Santa Cruz County Democratic Party
Santa Cruz Friends Meeting
Santa Cruz Gay Beach Volleyball
Santa Cruz Public Libraries Precision Book Truck Drill Team
Santa Cruz SPCA
Santa Cruz Waldorf School
Santa Cruz Warriors
Santa Cruz Zen Center
SC High School Drum Line
SC High School Marching Band
School Librarians of Santa Cruz County
Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County
Seven Directions Art & Learning Center
St. Philip Episcopal Church
Sutter Health
The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz County
The Marine Mammal Center
The Nook, Inclusive Styling Collective
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Tiny Paws Pug Rescue
TransFamilies of Santa Cruz County
UC Santa Cruz
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County
Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz
Women’s Democratic Club
2024 Pride Parade Applications are Now Closed. Please join us to watch the parade and for the festival after.
Parade donations
We rely on donations to pay city permits, security, barriers, cones, no parking signs, portable toilets, and trash bins.
Parade Participation donations per contingent:
Contingency Size (1-10): $75
Contingency Size (11-25): $100
Contingency Size (26 or more): $250
Add Car / Float: $50 (ADA waivers)
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR PARADE APPLICATION MUST BE ACCEPTED FIRST BEFORE MAKING YOUR DONATION
Include the name of your contingent with your parade donation. More information: paradescpride@gmail.com
Parade Monitor Info
All contingents are asked to provide monitors. Without monitors we would not be able to have a parade. The City of Santa Cruz is very supportive of our presence, and we want to reciprocate it by meeting all permit terms - including providing safety monitors at intersections and along the Parade route.
Monitor Training is REQUIRED and will be provided during our orientation sessions! More information: paradescpride@gmail.com
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Walking Unit of fewer than 10 people (1 monitor recommended)
Walking Unit of 11–25 (minimum 2 monitors needed)
Walking Unit of 26 or more (minimum 4 monitors needed)
Performing Unit (minimum 3 monitors needed)
Vehicle Unit (minimum of 5 monitors including driver)
Motorcycle Unit (monitors encouraged) -
Orientation sessions will be on the following days on Zoom. The link will be sent to you once your registration is approved. Only one person per group is required to attend one of the sessions but others are welcome. All monitors and drivers must attend one of the training sessions.
• Tuesday, May 21st 4:00-5:00pm
• Thursday, May 23rd 6:00-7:00 pm
• Wednesday, May 29th 6:00-7:00 pm
Training sessions last about 60 minutes and will cover everything parade monitors and contingents need to know. -
• Ensure your safety, the safety of contingents, the safety of spectators.
• Items may NOT be handed out, scattered, or thrown to people during the parade; candy, pamphlets, stickers, etc.
• Contingents and spectators may NOT have open containers or consume alcohol at the parade.
• Protect plants, fences or other property from damage.
• Vehicle monitors should walk a minimum of one arm’s length from all Parade vehicles at the wheel well of the vehicle.
• Drivers will stop if people or objects come within 5 feet on either side or 10 feet of the front or rear of their vehicle.
• Please keep spectators on the concrete curb or sidewalk (off of asphalt road.)
• Do not engage with difficult spectators! Call/radio for help from a Police Officer of Parade Committee member.
• You are OBSERVERS and REPORTERS; Please do not place yourself at risk or danger.
Santa Cruz Pride Parade Route
June 2, 2024
Prevent Litter! Parade contingents are not allowed to throw or pass out items during the parade (such as fliers, candy, beads, confetti, etc). We need to leave the streets as clean as possible to avoid clean up fees.
Parade viewing The parade will travel up Pacific Avenue from Cathcart to Locust Street followed by the festival on Cooper Street.
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Volunteer for the parade!
BECOME A parade VOLUNTEER / MONITOR
All are welcome!
Volunteers are needed to organize contingents and be parade monitors.
Parade Volunteers are Needed for:
Contingent Organizer - Assist with recruiting of parade contingents. Organize and monitor people to fill out forms to be a contingent. Make sure contingents complete their donations.
Parade Line Up Person - Check to make sure each contingent is in their proper location. Figure out how contingents need to be lined up. Figure out way to designate parade line up areas for each parade contingent.
Parade Starter - Make sure each contingent enters the parade route in the correct order.