Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade returns to the Tower District

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade is returning to the Tower District this weekend.

"We are ace excited, it's the 34th twelvemonth of Fresno Pride," said organizer Bryan Cauwels.

As thousands of attendees are expected to stitchery successful the Tower District, Cauwels said 114 businesses volition enactment them with sponsorships.

"We person a batch of groups that are going to beryllium walking down Olive Avenue close here. Several of them person a mates 100 radical successful their walking groups," said Cauwels.

One of those groups is the Fresno Pride Color Guard. They've participated since 2018. This year, they person a astonishment for attendees.

"We person flags that are going to beryllium a small different," said Bernardo Torreblanca-Galvez from Fresno Pride Color Guard.

He said they person been readying since January.

"We get to service the assemblage successful a bigger, impactful way," said Torreblanca-Galvez.

After the parade, caput to Fresno City College to bask food, vendors and unrecorded performances.

"For the archetypal time, we're extending our hours. This year, for the festival, it's going to beryllium unfastened from 11 americium to 6 pm. It's 3 hours longer than we've ever gone for the festival," said Cauwels.

The Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade begins astatine 10 a.m. connected Saturday, June 1st.

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