Pride Winnipeg kicks off festival with rainbow flag raising ceremony

By Katie Dangerfield Global News

Posted May 26, 2017 2:30 pm

Updated May 26, 2017 3:29 pm

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Mayor Brian Bowman in front of City Hall Friday afternoon for Pride Winnipeg's annual flag raising. Brittany Greenslade/Global News

The 2017 Pride Winnipeg Festival kicked off Friday with a rainbow flag raising ceremony at City Hall.

This year marks the 30th year of the Pride Winnipeg festival, which celebrates the city’s gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, intersex, two-spirit and queer people.

New this year is the two spirit pow-wow happening at The Forks Friday afternoon.

Pride Winnipeg 2017 is officially open. The flag has been raised at City Hall pic.twitter.com/g9BYGu0h43
— Brittany Greenslade (@BrittReports) May 26, 2017

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The festival’s biggest event will happen on June 4 with a rally at the Manitoba Legislature, followed by the annual Pride parade.

You can visit the festival’s website for more information on events.

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