2014 Pride Portland! Parade and Festival

2014 Pride Portland! Parade A Ruby Celebration: 40 Years of Progress! Monument Square to Deering Oaks Park via Congress Street and High Street 12-1pm Registration deadlines: Early-June 7; Final-June 17 Registration info can be found on-line at: www.prideportland.org Join us as we celebrate 40 years of progress for the LGBTQA community in Maine. We are honored to have the following people serve as this year’s Grand Marshals: o US Congressman Mike Michaud o Sarah Holmes, Coordinator of the USM Center for Sexualities & Gender Diversity, Co-Chair of GLSEN-Southern Maine and youth advisor for Portland Outright o The Maines Family – transgender and student rights activists 2014 Pride Portland! Festival Deering Oaks Park, Park Avenue, Portland 1-5pm Registration deadlines: Early-June 7; Final-June 17 Registration info can be found on-line at: www.prideportland.org Rain location: State Theater, 609 Congress Street, Portland Features of this year's festival: *Main stage feature a full schedule of local, Maine performers *Emcees Blake and Eva from Coast 93.1’s Morning Show! *A family center with kids activities and fun for the whole family *A food court highlighting Portland's local food trucks and restaurants *A vendor marketplace featuring LGBTQA friendly businesses and organizations *A beer garden (open 1-4pm) – CASH ONLY! * Interpretation for the hearing impaired will be provided. Festival performers include: *Atomic Trash! *Cherry Lemonade *Jennifer Miller *Kings of the Hill *Naya’s Trance *Portland’s own Spice Girls *Stripwrecked Burlesque *Sundae Morning *The Effects *The Eleanors *The Spots *DJ Gary Carlow *And Maine's own, Mimi Imfurst from Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race! For a full schedule of 2014 Pride Portland! events, go to: www.prideportland.org