NYC Drag March 2026 feature image showing drag performers and the DRAG MARCH banner during the Pride weekend procession in New York City.

NYC Drag March 2026 Brings Protest, Performance and Pride to New York City Streets

Photos by Richard Scalzo / A Fixed Moment The NYC Drag March returned on Friday, June 26, 2026, opening Pride weekend with a loud, handmade procession from Tompkins Square Park to the Stonewall Inn. A Fixed Moment covered the march last year and returned this year as drag performers, kings, queens, artists, activists and supporters…

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NYC Pride 2025: A Joyful March of Color, Courage, and Community

The 2025 NYC Pride Parade once again turned the city into a living rainbow on June 29th — but this year’s real triumph was the dazzling array of people who became the parade itself. Stretching down Manhattan’s avenues, thousands of marchers brought the streets to life with bold colors, giant flags, painted faces, glitter, sequins,…

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The 2025 NYC Drag March Lights Up the Streets from Tompkins Square to Stonewall New York City — June 27, 2025

On the evening of June 27th, Tompkins Square Park erupted into a kaleidoscope of wigs, glitter, political signs, and fearless self-expression as hundreds gathered for the annual Drag March — a raucous, irreverent, and fiercely political tradition that turned the East Village streets into a runway of queer resistance. Under the canopy of summer trees,…

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