How To Do

Call Time:

• No later than 10:30am
• We will have wristbands needed to enter by 10:15am

Call Location:

• E 28th Street between Fifth and Madison
• You must enter at Madison Ave as Fifth Ave will be closed.
• You may be asked to show a wristband to enter E 28th St. We are picking up wristbands at 10am and will bring them to 28th and Madison by 10:15am

Schedule:

• 9:30am: Truck and uniform van arrive
• 10am: Jason picks up wristbands from group checkin
• 10:15am: Jason has wristbands available at 28th and Madison
• 10:30am: Unload truck/uniforms
• 11am: Last call for overlays, plumes, and anything off the truck
• 11:30am: Be in uniform and ready to line up. Tune and warm up
• 11:58am: Moment of silence
• Noon: March steps off. We’re in the first group.

Subway

• CLOSEST TRAIN TO CALL LOCATION: Take the 6 train to 28th Street. This is one block away from our call location on 28th Street between Madison and 5th Avenue.
• 2ND CLOSEST: Take any train to 42nd Street/Grand Central Station and walk south on Park or Madison to E. 28th St. (You can only cross 5th Ave. above 34th St.)
• COMING FROM THE WEST SIDE: Fifth Ave will be closed between Washington Square Park and 34th Street. You may only cross to the east side above 34th Street or below Washington Square Park.
• This is a weekend performance, leave earlier than usual! Make sure to check the MTA website for weekend service changes and the MTA Live Map before you leave home!

• The truck will be very full. Please leave any large personal belongings at home and if possible cases too.
• Bring only what you absolutely need.
• NEW RULE: You will not be able to store any personal belongings in the cab of the truck. We store things in the cab that we must have quick access to.

Uniform (Musicians)

• White Dickies band pants
• White QBAC marching band t-shirt, tucked into your pants
• White Dinkles shoes
• White Aussie hat (or Sousa beret)
• White socks 
• White or flesh colored underwear (Trust us on this, we’ll know if you don’t)
• White web belt (Optional, but if you wear a belt then it must be a white web belt)  
• Band overlay (Always supplied at step-off)
• Purple plume (Always supplied at step-off)

• White guard pants
• Guard tank
• White Dinkles shoes
• White socks
• White or flesh colored underwear (Trust us on this, we’ll know if you don’t)

• Dance Crew Pants
• Dance Crew Top
• Dance Crew Shoes
• White socks
• White or flesh colored underwear (Trust us on this, we’ll know if you don’t)

Music We’re Playing

The 2026 Marching Set (Please have it in order before stepoff)

• 34th Street Chorale
• Technical Warmup
• 2026 Marching Set
  1. Golden
  2. APT
  3. Pink Pony Club
  4. NUEVAYoL
  5. We Found Love
  6. Gimme Gimme Gimme

More About the Music:

• You do not need to bring any Stand-and-Play music to this parade
• Put your music into a flip-folder (and don’t forget to bring a lyre)
• Important: Make sure you have QBAC placards in your flipfolders. You may recycle the La Cage placards from Queens Pride 

QBAC Placards:

• The March is scheduled to begin at noon and we are in the first group
• We have been asked to be ready by 11:30am in case they need to move us
• Route:
  • South on 5th Ave
  • Turn W on 8th St
  • Cross 6th Ave and slight left onto Christopher Street
  • Pass the Stonewall Inn and turn N on 7th Ave
  • Parade ends at 14th Street
  • We turn left on 18th Street to reload the vehicles
• The march from load-in to load-out is 1.9 miles long
• Pride March is rain or shine except if there is lightning. We will provide ponchos if it rains

• Port-o-sans in the staging area; try to go before arrival (or be prepared for long lines).
• You can try local businesses, or find a restaurant or church
• Once on the parade route, you will not be able to leave

• Local TV station WABC (channel 7) will be broadcasting the parade live, 12:00-3:00 PM
• Tell your friends, family, partners, anyone to watch us on TV if they can’t be there!

Procedure if we are asked to evacuate the route due to extreme weather:

• Turn off vehicles
• Drivers stay in vehicles
• Marchers evacuate route calmly at the nearest exit and seek shelter
• Once marchers have exited, drivers will proceed along the route to the dispersal area (18^th between 7^th and 8^th)
• When safe, make your way to the dispersal area to meet up with the trucks

If you encounter a man holding a duck or a mustachioed magician, do your best to keep them away from the drumline. (IYKYK)