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Annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade and festival in Boston on Saturday June 6, 2026. The parade winds through downtown Boston before a daylong festival on Boston Common with stages, vendor booths, food trucks, merchandise, and community organization tables. Among the largest Pride celebrations in the United States, drawing 700,000-1 million attendees. Operated by Boston Pride for the People, the successor organization to Boston Pride (the original org dissolved in 2021).
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