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SUMMARY:4th Annual Friday Night Pride
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DESCRIPTION: The Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, Destination Hastings, and Hastings Rainbow Families are excited to host the fourth annual Friday Night Pride, a free, joyful, family-friendly Pride festival in downtown Hastings on June 12th from 6-9pm (will move indoors in inclement weather; follow @hastingsfridaynightpride on Facebook or Instagram for announcements).   The Good Witch Coffee Bar (134 Southside Ave, Hastings-on-Hudson at the Metro North Station) will hold a pre-event from 3:45 to 5:45 with music and supplies out for families to contribute to a community pride banner. At 5:45, families can join in a march from The Good Witch up to Warburton Avenue to kick off the main event, led by a Brooklyn band The Brass Queens.   The Friday Night Pride event is a street fair-style festival centered on a concert in the middle of Warburton Avenue, featuring a bevy of musicians, dancers, and performers, ranging from local talent to Broadway stars. The show will be emceed by stage and recording artist Amy Lynn of Amy Lynn & the Honey Men, who will also be performing. Other performers include Obie-award winner James Jackson Jr., star of Broadway’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning A Strange Loop and the upcoming NY City Center revival of La Cage aux Folles, Daniel Belnavis from the national tour of Hamilton, Kat Gang, Elijah Caldwell, Brian Harris, Keri Wachter, the Hastings High School and Middle School choirs, the students of MK Dance and Amanda Kupillas Dance, and the debut performance of Good Company Performing Arts Center (a youth and adult community theater company founded by Amy Hamlin and Dan Spitzer). Additional performers to be announced. Mayor Tom Drake will be opening the event, and performances will be interspersed with local LGBTQIA+ community members sharing their stories.   Warburton Avenue will be lined with tables offering free activities, including a giant rainbow slide, face painting, projects with ArtsWestchester’s ArtsMobile, kids’ crafts with Jodi Levine of Supermakeit.com, a community art mural with graffiti artist Katie Reidy, art making with the Hastings Library, rainbow bracelet making with the Hastings-on-Hudson PTSA, dance activities with hip hop performers Brianna Luciano and Kiana Davalos, rainbow crafts with The Maker Hive, and much more. The Hastings-on-Hudson Fire Department will be doing a cookout, and village restaurants will be out selling dinner as well as Pride-themed specials. Westchester LGBTQIA+ organizations including The LOFT, Pride Works, PFLAG Westchester, and Westchester Medical Center\'s Ally Care Center will all be in attendance, and local vendors will be offering rainbow cookie decorating, rainbow hair extensions, Pride flags and swag, LGBTQIA+ books for kids and adults, and a photo booth studio with Juliana Thomas Photography, among many other Pride-themed offerings. Plus drag artists Angel Elektra and Shay D\'Pines will be working their way through the crowd, ready for selfies!https://westfaironline.com/eventer/4th-annual-friday-night-pride/
URL:https://westfaironline.com/eventer/4th-annual-friday-night-pride/
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