2024 Aurora Pride Grand Marshal Nominations are Now Open!

🌈 As we gear up for Aurora Pride 2024, we're thrilled to announce that nominations for the prestigious role of Grand Marshal are officially OPEN! 🎉

Do you know someone who embodies the spirit of Pride? Someone whose passion for equality, advocacy, and empowerment shines brightly in everything they do? 🌟 Now is the perfect moment to shine the spotlight on them and honor their contributions to our vibrant community! 🌈

Whether it's a fierce activist, a dedicated volunteer, an inspiring artist, or a beloved ally, we want to hear about those remarkable individuals who inspire us to stand tall and proud! 💖

To nominate someone for the esteemed role of 2024 Aurora Pride Grand Marshal, simply follow the link below with their name and a brief explanation of why you believe they deserve this incredible honor.

Let's make sure our Grand Marshal reflects the diversity, strength, and beauty of Aurora's LGBTQ+ community! 🌈

Make your nomination before May 1st, by CLICKING HERE.

2024 Aurora Pride Parade Float Competition

2024 Aurora Pride Parade Float Competition

The next Aurora Pride Parade is on Sunday, June 9th, 2024, and we have some news!

We wanted to step things up a bit for next year, and we hope you’ll join us. We love all the marching units that participate every year; groups walking, performance groups, vehicles, etc. One category we’ve noticed has declined somewhat has been floats, and we’d love to see more of them! To that end, we’re announcing the 2024 Aurora Pride Parade Float Competition!

“What’s a float? I know it when I see it.” - Justice Potter Stewart, probably

So what do we consider a float? For our purposes, a float is a mobile build that goes beyond a simple vehicle. So a pickup truck isn’t a float, but one could be built in the bed or on a trailer. A float could be built around a car. It needn’t be motorized; it could be pulled by people or pedaled. It also needs to be safe; it must hold the people on it securely, and it needs to be controlled, with steering and brakes with which to safely navigate the parade route. It must also comply with the usual parade rules.

It also needs to be fabulous! For parade floats, more is usually more.

The theme this year is Prom.

When you’ve largely decided on your design, submit a description and any sketches with our online form. We’ll take a look and make sure it meets our definition of a safe float, and make suggestions if it doesn’t. Once it’s approved, you can start building!

Approved floats will be allowed early access to the staging area to complete final assembly.

After the parade, we’ll post pictures of all entries and let the community vote. There will be prizes for the winners, along with bragging rights.

We know a float isn’t something everyone can do, or is interested in doing. We’ll also have a separate prize for best non-float marching unit. Every non-float unit that marches will be automatically eligible.