The name of the festival has changed over the years. Since 1972, the event has been held each year.
The first event resembling the modern San Francisco Pride parade and celebration was held in 1970 - with a march down Polk Street and a small 'gay-in' in Golden Gate Park. And, it’s a big ol’ party: most recently, over 288 groups and an estimated 50,000 marchers took part in the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, with hundreds of thousands of people watching. Featuring one of the oldest and largest parades in the world, SF Pride is a parade and festival usually held at the end of June each year in San Francisco.
