Long Beach Pride Festival canceled, parade continues – NBC Los Angeles

This 12 months’s Long Beach Pride Festival has been canceled resulting from allow points, town of Long Beach introduced Friday.

The three-day occasion was anticipated to begin at 5 pm Friday, bringing 1000’s of individuals collectively for one of many metropolis’s largest celebrations of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. All different deliberate occasions, together with the Pride Parade, are anticipated to proceed as scheduled, in line with town.

“Unfortunately, one event, the Long Beach Pride Festival, will not be able to take place this year as sufficient information to safely allow the event has not been made available by the event organizers,” town stated in an announcement.

The metropolis legal professional despatched a stop and desist letter to the organizers Friday afternoon. It says the competition did not submit the required software supplies and supporting documentation in a well timed method.

However, Long Beach Pride’s president Tonya Martin stated all of the paperwork was submitted on time. Martin didn’t take questions concerning the metropolis’s determination.

The Pride Parade is ready to kick off Sunday at 10 am

Organizers are calling on town to discover a path ahead to carry the competition again.

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