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.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that drag performances at Naples Pridefest must be held indoors and restricted to adult audiences, siding with the city of Naples in a closely watched First ...

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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. Show more Show less 3:19 ...

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 ...

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.

With the courts going back and forth on the decision to allow an outdoor drag performance, we asked nearly a dozen people at Cambier Park where they think the show should be held.