A group shot of the participants in the 2015 Belleville Pride in the Park at Zwick’s Park. (Photo: Michael J. Brethour)
Pride Week in Belleville gets underway tonight.
The week from Saturday July 16 to Saturday July 23, will feature many events uniting and empowering people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions. Prince Edward County also declared Pride Week from July 17 – 23.
It gets started tonight with a Pre-Pride Disco Themed Party at the Belleville Pub from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.
2016 Belleville Pride Chair Gilles Charette says there will be a raffle and with great prizes to be won.
On July 18, the Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and HIV/AIDS Regional Services are hosting a men’s clinic from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. where they will be offering free and confidential sexual health information and services.
Paint your Pride is happening on July 18 at 54 Bridge St. East from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
This is an open art opportunity, to come and be part of the community and paint your pride. Canvasses, art boards, paint, brushes and markers provided.
Donation of $5 per person goes to Belleville Pride.
The Belleville Pride in the Park is Saturday beginning with a parade that starts at the Belleville Fairgrounds at the corner of Sidney and Bridge Streets at noon.
The parade will follow Sidney Street where those walking will enter Zwick’s Park from the foot of Sidney Street. Vehicles will proceed along Dundas Street to the parking area at Zwick’s Park (there’s no pedestrian access along Dundas Street near Zwick’s Park).
The night wraps up with a Pump dance at the Bell Pub on Front Street from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Log on to http://www.bellevillepride.ca/ for more fun Pride activities.
