Saturday’s beating sun wasn’t enough to stop rainbow hues from filling Pier 4 Park in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community.

The all-day festival was one of three events Pride Hamilton held over the weekend, including two at the harbourfront park and another — a first-ever Pride Drag Brunch — at Hamilton Stadium.

“It’s been amazing,” said Alyson Cuddy, the organization’s director of operations, as she walked through a long, fenced-in corridor of vendor and entertainment booths that wrapped around Pier 4.

As of 2 p.m., Cuddy still expected this year’s Pride to be Hamilton’s biggest on record, with upwards of 10,000 people expected to visit the park by midnight.

Alyson Cuddy, director of operations for Pride Hamilton, poses alongside a booth with festival-themed merch. Sebastian Bron/Th

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