Another caravan was held in June, but a full festival was expected this year. Two years ago, the Whittier Gay Pride Festival drew between 5,000 and 8,000 people but was reduced to a car parade in 2020 as a result of the pandemic. 26, a Pride Drag Brunch will be held from 11 a.m.
25. A donation of $15 each day is requested for Sept. The family-friendly festival with vendors, live entertainment, food, face painting will be held Sept.
The second Whittier Pride group also had planned on using Doubletree on Friday and Sunday, but when it dropped its plans to use Central Park, it gave over the hotel contract to Cortez’s group, he said.
The new organization ultimately decided against using Central Park because of the discord between the two groups, Cortez said. Confusingly, they both go by the name Whittier Pride.īoth sought permission from the city of Whittier to host a Pride event on Sept. Whittier Pride originally hosted a gay pride festival in 2019 but splintered this year. Every year in early August, Amsterdam celebrates the equality of straight, gay, lesbian and transgender people.