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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
    1. Golden
    2. APT
    3. Pink Pony Club
    4. NUEVAYoL
    5. We Found Love
    6. 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.