How to celebrate Pride in Houston this weekend

Driving the news: Pride Houston 365 will host the 47th annual Pride festival and parade outside City Hall on Saturday.

• Tickets for the festival, which runs 11am-6pm, start at $10.
• The parade kicks off at 7pm around City Hall, then turns down Milam Street from Walker to Pease streets.

Flashback: Houston's bustling LGBTQ+ communities started celebrating in the 1950s, when the Houston-based Diana Foundation held the first of many award ceremonies for the Bayou City's gay community.

• They continue to fight for equality.

Now, Houston is brimming with events and outings to celebrate Pride.

• Here's what we're looking forward to the most this weekend:

🏳️‍⚧️ Celebrate Houston Trans Pride at the Monica Roberts Resource Center with music, dancing and performances on Friday.

• Suggested donation of $20. 7pm to midnight.

☕ Get your caffeine fix and help raise funds for nonprofit Tony's Place at Spring Branch's Cambrian Coffee on Saturday.

• 7am-3pm.

🍸 Chill at the Lyric Market downtown before the Pride parade, with drink specials and drag performances.

• 9am-9pm. The drag show is 4-6pm.

🌈 Hang out at the official Pride Houston 365 afterparty at Rich's Houston on Saturday night after the parade.

• Tickets start at $25. 9pm-4am.

🟢 Buy Jell-O shots to benefit the Montrose Grace Place with Houston's Misfits at Ripcord on Saturday.

• 9pm.

🌱 Find your next plant at the Out in the Garden Market at Bad Astronaut Brewing on Sunday.

• Noon to 5pm.