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Second Holyoke Pride Fest is Saturday, June 17

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published June 14, 2023 at 10:07 AM EDT
Featured performers this year are Jessica Wild and Mary Lambert
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Featured performers this year are Jessica Wild and Mary Lambert

Organizers hope to build on success of last year's inaugural event

As Pride Month continues in Massachusetts, the city of Holyoke’s annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community is taking place this Saturday, June 17th.

Beginning at noon, Veterans Park will have live performers, arts and crafts, amusements and more than a dozen food vendors. The event, which runs until 6 p.m., is open to the public free of charge.

This will be the second “Holyoke Pride Fest.”

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with one of the organizers of the pride event, Jeff Bianchine.
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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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