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The annual Atlanta Pride Parade kicks off Sunday at 1 p.m. from the MARTA Civic Center Station assembly area on West Peachtree Street.

Atlanta Pride, the biggest LGBT event in the Southeast, is in full swing and the party is on!

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And while you’re at it, tells us why Pride still matters, as Atlanta-based playwrite and author Topher Payne wrote about this week for the GA Voice.

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Of course, Sunday brings the annual Atlanta Pride Parade. It kicks off at 1 p.m. from the MARTA Civic Center Station assembly area on West Peachtree Street. It will travel east on Ralph McGill Boulevard, north on Peachtree, east on 10th and terminates at the Charles Allen gate on 10th. The parade lasts approximately three hours and entire streets will be closed during the parade.

Here's a look at this year's parade grand marshals, while the musical acts lined up for Sunday (music begins at 3 p.m.) in Piedmont Park include:

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COCA-COLA STAGE:

The Michel Jon’s Band

Leslie Christian

Gurufish

Amy Ray

BUD LIGHT STAGE:

Kyron Leslie

Maria Gabriella Band

Jamie Charoen

Dylan Michael

And for more on where the rest of the parties are this weekend, see here.


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