Float Resources
Float Building & Contingent Coordination Workshop
San Francisco Pride will hold a FREE float building workshop on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the Float Barn (Pier 54 Annex), 569 Terry A. Francois Boulevard, San Francisco.
This is a basic nuts and bolts session about the planning and execution of floats. RSVP by the Thursday before the workshop with the names and emails of your attending representatives to parade@sfpride.org. Due to limited space in the float barn during event construction, please send a maximum of 3 representatives.
Pending availability, Float Barn Captain Dave Thomas may be able to answer your specific and more advanced questions, or he will set up a separate consultation with you.
Float Resource Program Design Competition
Due to changes in program needs in recent years, the SF Pride Float Resource Program is being relaunched in 2012. If you wish to inquire about the availability of our float trailers, please contact us at info@sfpride.org.
Organizations that wish to participate must submit a design proposal to the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee who will look at all proposals and select organizations on the basis of originality, artistic merit, relevance to LGBT communities, diversity, and other criteria as determined by the SF Pride.
To be eligible to enter the contest, the applicant must be a non-profit organization whose mission involves service to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender communities, people living with HIV/AIDS or breast cancer, or positive outreach to the general public about these issues. These services or outreach and education programs must occur substantially within the nine counties of the Bay Area.
In addition, organizations wishing to participate in the Float Resource Program must commit a minimum of five volunteers to work on the construction of the float and train a minimum of six contingent monitors for the parade route. Contingent monitors must attend one the Pride Celebration Committees contingent monitor trainings in June.
Trailers are limited and not all who apply will be accepted. All applying contingents must attend the free Float Building Workshop held in April of 2010 (see info above).
