Naples Pride sued in April, and the following month, a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction allowing the festival’s family-friendly drag performances to take place in the park on June 7.

Naples Pride sought a permit to hold the show at an outdoor mainstage in the city’s Cambier Park, according to Steele’s preliminary injunction ruling.

Naples Pride drag show forced indoors. The first of the drag show performances began just after noon at Norris Center near the park. The performances were restricted to patrons 18 and older.

Naples Pride applied for a permit to hold the same drag performance at the same city park on June 7, and, in January 2025, the city granted the same permit with the same two conditions.

Naples Pride in April filed a federal lawsuit against the city after officials denied a permit to allow it to present the 2025 Pride Fest drag show, one of its main moneymakers, outdoors.

Less than 24 hours before Naples Pride Fest, the U.S. Federal Appeals Court has sided with City of Naples over Pridefest's drag show.

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Press and Naples Daily News photographer Ricardo Rolon explains the process for getting a photo at a recent Pride protest.

Naples Pride has been fighting the city’s restrictions on its drag performances for months. Police found he was carrying a Glock 43 9mm handgun as well as two loaded 9mm bullet magazines in his ...