Springfield, Massachusetts will see an even bigger Pride event this year with its third annual Pride Parade that now includes festivities across the entire weekend.
Reports MassLive.com:
Springfield Pride on Thursday joined with city officials, sponsors and other supporters to announce the parade and block festival will be back this year and will be bigger, better and louder.
“The first year we had 6,500 people and this year we’re hoping for 10,000 or more,” Bethea said in his kickoff announcement at City Hall.
The event will also spread to three days. It will start with the raising of the pride flag at City Hall on May 30 followed by a youth panel discussion about LGBTQ+ issues. The You Ball fundraising gala will return on May 31 with a theme of Parisian masquerade, Bethea said.
The finale will be the pride parade that will be held on June 1. It will start at Springfield Technical Community College, travel down State Street and end in Stearns Square for a block party. Bethea also announced New Orleans hip-hop musician Big Freedia will perform.
Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said he is happy to see people are more accepting and eager for the Pride Parade and block party to return. The first year he said he received multiple emails from people protesting the idea of the event, but that decreased to one or maybe two last year.
Read the complete MasslIve.com story here.
More: springfieldprideparade.org
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