NYC: Pride 'Dance on the Pier' moves back outside

Last year, NYC Pride's famous Pier Dance - which has closed gay pride festivities for the past 26 years - was forced to use an indoor venue for the first time due to their usual location was facing structural issues.

Via press release comes the news that "Dance on the Pier" has found a new outdoor home: Hudson River Park’s Pier 26 in Tribeca on Sunday, June 30th.

NYC Pride is very excited about the move back to an outdoor venue. While last year’s Dance and Rapture were a great success and Pier 57 a phenomenal host, producing the event indoors was a detour from tradition necessitated by the loss of Hudson River Park’s Pier 54. Dancing unabatedly in full view of this great city is something that many of the events’ attendees have come to love and expect. It is with great pride that we bring the Dance and Rapture back outside to their rightful place in the sun.

“We wanted this year’s dance events to be more than just memorable; we wanted them to be historic. With Supreme Court decisions looming and major changes on the horizon, we felt it was our duty to bring these events back in line with their original intention: to be a celebration of acceptance, love and community, outdoors, for all to see! We look forward to creating another world-class dance experience that our attendees will love,” said Chris Frederick, Managing Director of NYC Pride.