It’s Pride Week in San Francisco.

And the annual Pride Parade hits the streets this Sunday.

That means there will be plenty of celebration and fun but also some road closures you need to know about.

The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Below is a guide for this weekend’s Pride festivities.

PARADE PREVIEW

Six weeks ago at Pier 54 in San Francisco, crews began building the floats that will travel down Market Street for Sunday’s annual Pride Parade.

The work has been ratcheted up the last three weeks.

“This is always the best part–really seeing all of our hard work come to fruition,” Master Float Builder Stephanie Mufson said.

Mufson says she’s working with a crew of 35 to build 35 floats.

“We basically start with a flatbed, and we build up from there,” Mufson said. “So, we have builders, we have painters, we have sculptors. We have just craft people and just people who are here to lift and move things. So, it’s a giant crew–very diverse work of bodywork. Work that goes into it.”

The floats stay in the back until parade day.

Mufson says she hopes they’ll be finished at least a day before the parade.

So, everyone can get a good night’s sleep before the big show.

“We work, we stress,” Mufson said. “We, we really want to make all of our customers happy. We want everyone to feel like they got what they came for and so once the parade is rolling and we see the look on everyone’s faces and everyone taking selfies in front of all of our work, that that feels really good.”

EMERGENCY INFORMATION:

The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management is making sure everyone has a safe Pride Weekend. 

People who plan to attend can text a number to receive emergency alerts.

Just text Pride SF to 888-777 to receive those alerts. 

City officials are also asking people participating in the festivities to always be aware of their surroundings.

ROAD CLOSURES

The following street closures will be required:

Starting at 9 a.m., Thursday and continuing until 3 p.m., Monday:

  • Fulton Street between Hyde and Larkin streets
  • Grove Street between Polk and Larkin streets

Starting at 7 p.m., Thursday and continuing until 6 a.m., Monday:

  • Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place between McAllister and Grove streets

Starting at 9 a.m., Friday and continuing until 6 a.m., Monday:

  • Grove Street between Hyde Street and Van Ness Avenue
  • Larkin Street between McAllister and Market streets

Starting at 8 p.m., Friday and continuing until 6 a.m., Monday:

  • Dr. Tom Waddell Place between Van Ness Avenue and Polk Street
  • Polk Street between Grove and Market streets
  • McAllister Street between Van Ness Avenue and Leavenworth Street
  • Hyde Street between McAllister and Grove streets

Starting at 8 p.m., Saturday and continuing until 6 a.m., Monday:

  • Continuum Place from Golden Gate Avenue to Terminus
  • Elm Street between Van Ness Avenue and Polk Street
  • Golden Gate Avenue between Van Ness Avenue and Leavenworth Street
  • Hyde Street between Turk and McAllister streets
  • Larkin Street between Turk and McAllister streets
  • Polk Street between Turk and McAllister streets
  • Redwood Street between Polk Street and Van Ness Avenue

Starting at 12:01 a.m., Sunday and continuing until 5 p.m., Sunday:

  • Leavenworth Street between McAllister and Market streets
  • Sutter Street between Sansome and Market streets
  • Sansome Street (northbound lane only) between Bush and Sutter streets

All northbound traffic coming from 9th Street will be directed to use Hayes Street to either Van Ness Avenue or Franklin Street. Southbound traffic on Polk Street should use Golden Gate Avenue to Hyde Street until Saturday evening when both Hyde Street and Golden Gate Avenue will be closed.

Motorists are encouraged to avoid the Civic Center area on Saturday and Sunday as there will be extreme congestion.

Event participants are strongly encouraged to take public transportation as parking and traffic will be extremely difficult.

Bicycle valet will be available at McAllister and Hyde.

All Muni Metro trains will stop at Civic Center station for the Pride Celebration and Parade, as well as at Powell and Montgomery stations for the Pride Parade.

PUBLIC TRANSIT IMPACTS:

Due to street closures in the Civic Center area during the Pride Parade and Celebration, the following Muni routes will be affected until 6 a.m., Monday:  5 Fulton (except Friday); 19 Polk; and 21 Hayes

Service that normally travels on or crosses Market Street will be affected by the parade. The following lines and routes will be affected: E Embarcadero; F Market & Wharves; 2 Clement; 3 Jackson; 5 Fulton; 6 Haight/Parnassus; 7 Haight/Noriega; 8 Bayshore; 9 San Bruno; 10 Townsend; 12 Folsom; 14 Mission; 14R Mission Rapid; 19 Polk; 21 Hayes; 25 Treasure Island; 27 Bryant; 30 Stockton; 31 Balboa; 38 Geary; 38R Geary Rapid; 45 Union/Stockton; and 76X Marin Headlands Express.

Early morning bus service on the following Metro lines will also be affected:  K Ingleside; M Ocean View; N Judah; and T Third.

Traffic is expected to be very congested in downtown San Francisco throughout the weekend. For Muni transit information, visit www.sfmta.com.  For regional transit information, visit www.511.org.

PARADE ROUTE:

PARKING:

You can reserve a parking spot here: http://www.sfpride.org/parking/

Grandstand Hours

09:30 AM
Gates open, general seating begins.

10:30 AM
Parade begins at Market and Beale Street.

IMPORTANT:
Your space is subject to resale if you are not seated by 10:30 AM.

Getting to the Grandstands

The Civic Center Muni/BART Station is located at the Grandstand entrance on the north side of Market between 7th and 8th St.

Bicycle parking is located on Hastings Plaza on the northeast corner of Hyde and McAllister.

Parking is scarce across the city throughout Pride Weekend and we recommend looking at alternatives to driving.

SECURITY INFORMATION

Attendees should expect delays entering the Civic Center Plaza as there will be metal detectors, a combination of walk-through machines and hand-held wands, at all entry points into the plaza on both Saturday and Sunday. All bags will be searched and bags larger than 18 inches by 18 inches will not be permitted.

For further details on security measures, visit http://www.sfpride.org/celebration-security/

MORE INFO HERE: http://www.sfpride.org/

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