Pittsburgh Black Pride presents:

The Pittsburgh Black Pride Ball 2025

Over $3,000 in cash prizes!

Saturday, July 26, 2025
📍DaVillage Event Center — 48 Greenway Drive, Pittsburgh, PA

Master Of Ceremonies: The Iconic Ranika JZ
Sounds by VJPUMPDABEAT

$25 entry before 9pm
$35 after 9pm

This year’s goal for this ball is to add more inclusive categories for the lesbian and gender-nonconforming communities. On this night, please come ready to respect all and have fun.

THE OFFICIAL CATEGORIES

New Performance — $100
Protesting was very big in the late 80s, helping us build equality and help diversify this country. Tonight, we want to see your best protest message on a sign of your choice — the bigger the sign, the better

New Runway
You are new and you a fresh, bring it in all white.

New Face
Bring it in ALL WHITE!

OTA Best Dressed — $500
Black award shows have always been a place for us to show our fashion. Tonight, you are going to the BET Awards or maybe the NAACP Image Awards — the look is on you, just be red carpet ready.
Male Figures vs Female Figures vs GNC

OTA Face — $200
BRING IT in your African Print head wrap
Womens, BQ, FQ, GNC

OTA Performance — $1000
Black & Brown people retain the highest rates of incarceration concerning crime, race, and gender. It affects Black men and women in different ways. In 2021, Black women were imprisoned 1.6 times more than White women and Black men were imprisoned at a rate 5.5 times higher than White men. Tonight, bring it in a prisoner uniform or a law enforcement officer (choose wisely — battles depend on it).
BQVF, FQ, RWT, DRAGS, WOMENS, OLD WAY, NEW WAY

OTA Runway — $500 
This weekend represents Pittsburgh Black gay pride. Tonight, bring the gay flag to life.
BQ, FQ, DRAGS, WOMENS

Women’s Body
Bring it in a bodysuit.

Women’s Sex Siren — $100
Bring it in bright colors.

FQ Sex Siren vs BQ Sex Siren — $200
Bring it in rainbow colors.

Butch / Stud Realness — $100
White Tees vs Black Tees

OTA Realness — $1000
Tonight, we are paying homage to all Black and Brown people in the workplace. Bring it in your CAREER occupation of your choice: doctors, judges, nurses, construction workers, fast food, etc. Please no explicit jobs, thank you.

• Fem queens
• School boys
• Thugs
• Pretty boy
• Drags
• Executive
• Everyday
• Transman

Twerk Off Male Figures vs Female Figures
Two Trophies, 1 cash, $100

ALL OTA CATEGORIES WILL BE BROKEN DOWN

Pittsburgh Black Pride Week offers a chance to honor the lives and contributions of Black LGBTQIA+ individuals in Southwestern PA, while also highlighting the critical health and social issues facing these communities. As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we aim to make this year truly spectacular and inclusive. We’re thrilled to present an exciting lineup of events, including our traditional opening reception and networking event, dance party, Annual Community BBQ, Health Fair in the Square, social events for youth, activities for seniors, and a headlining performer.