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Charlotte Pride organizers say this weekend’s Pride Festival and Parade set a new attendance record.
Following the pandemic’s two-year suspension of events, Matt Comer, the Pride Parade and Festival’s organizer, estimates that 260,000 people swarmed Uptown this past weekend.
The procession on Sunday featured more than 40 floats, 10,000 marchers, and thousands more spectators.
“Pride really means visibility and celebratory togetherness… times have been really hard,” said Liz Schob with the festival.
Charlotte Pride is celebrating 20 years of building a safe haven for love and acceptance in the Queen City.
