Locals celebrate 43rd annual Iowa City Pride Festival
Colorful smiles lined the streets as the parade came into view. Cheers radiated down Dubuque Street with streams of rainbow flags in the air as onlookers watched the procession dance by.
The parade, coupled with the annual Iowa City Pride Festival, have become synonymous with acceptance and diversity during the community’s celebration of National Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, capped off every June.
This year marked the 43rd festival beginning with a June 10 bar crawl and continuing with events throughout the week, including karaoke, a drag queen dance and a June 14 picnic that100 people turned out for in Upper City Park.
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