Brooklyn Pride Parade
Date: Saturday, June 12
Call Time: 6pm SHARP
Call Location: Corner of 5th Ave and St Johns Place, Park Slope
Truck Duty: Color Guard
Important: We have very little room on the truck for personal items. Please limit what you bring to this parade.
Call Time:
- 6pm
- Truck and van will be in place by 5:30pm
Call Location:
- The corner of 5th Ave and St Johns Place in Park Slope
- Truck and van will park on 5th Ave
- We will unload to the sidewalk on St Johns Pl
- As soon as St Johns Pl is closed to traffic, we can move into the street
Schedule:
- 6pm: Unload truck
- 6:30pm: Reload truck. Last call for overlays and anything needed from the truck. We will have very little room on the truck for personal items. Please bring only what is necessary.
- 7pm: Band moves to 5th Ave and plays one song to get the crowd going
- 7:30pm: Parade starts
Subway:
- 2, 3 to Bergen St (7-minute walk to stepoff)
- Manhattan-bound 2 and 3 trains will skip Bergen St. on Saturday. Take the 2 or 3 to Atlantic Ave-Barclays Ctr and transfer to a Flatbush Ave- or New Lots Ave- bound 2 or 3
- R to Union St (9-minute walk to stepoff)
- Q to to 7th Ave (10ish minute walk)
- Atlantic Ave-Barclays Ctr is a 12ish minute walk and serves 2,4,D,N,Q,R trains and LIRR
- Be sure to check the MTA website for service changes and the MTA Live Map before you leave home!
By Car
- Please find street parking either near our call location or near the end of the parade. And be sure to read the signs carefully!
- GPS address near call location: 9 St Johns Place, Brooklyn
- GPS address near parade end: 255 9th St, Brooklyn
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)
Uniform (Color Guard):
- 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)
Uniform (Dance Crew):
- 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
- Golden
- APT
- Pink Pony Club
- NUEVAYoL
- We Found Love
- Gimme Gimme Gimme
More About the Music:
- 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:
- Parade route is on 5th Ave between Lincoln Pl and 8th St
- Parade is about 3/4 mile long
- There are no barricades for this parade. Band Aides will help keep crowds away
- This parade is rain or shine. We will provide ponchos if it rains
- We will turn right on 9th St and find a place to reload our vehicles
Port-a-Sans are usually available at step-off.
- Sign up to receive text messages with important on-the-ground rehearsal and gig updates
- Click here: https://mobile-text-alerts.com/QBAC OR simply text ‘QBAC’ to 41372

