Vancouver Pride Parade, 2010

On Sunday, I got to check out the annual Pride Parade along Beach Avenue in Downtown Vancouver.

This was the 7th time I attended the Pride parade, and as usual, it was quite a spectacle. There wasn’t really anything that new, and the crowd seemed to be even a bit bigger than usual (someone told me there was an estimated 600,000 people there), making it almost impossible to see much, but it was still interesting to get a glimse of some of the crazy floats going by. 

The TD Canada Trust float. Click to enlarge.

Oasis float - any float that has a girl dancing in a bikini is a winner

You know an event is really big whenever Batman and Spiderman make a guest appearance

I think this blue man was in The Watchmen

The Pride Parade, 2010

If you happened to miss the Pride Parade this year, don’t worry, because it will be back again next year, and you’ll get to see all the same things again. The Pride parade usually takes place on the first Sunday of August, the day after the Celebration of Light fireworks competition.

For more information about the Pride Parade, it’s history, and it’s meaning, you can check out the official site at www.vancouverpride.ca