Even before the city was clouded with dark, stormy skies Saturday afternoon, it was full of rainbows, as the Pride Worcester Festival, a celebration of Greater Worcester’s LGBTQ+ community, was in full force.

Electronic dance music blared from a stage at the end of Franklin Street as attendees danced and sang to their favorite songs. Vendors were lined up throughout the venue as patrons got henna tattoos and T-shirts.

Arlo Rosado, of Leicester, has been to several Pride Worcester festivals in the past but they keep coming back every year.

“There’s such a beautiful community here,” Rosado said. “All these cultures mesh together really nicely.”

Read more: Tornado touches down in Central Mass., National Weather Service confirms

The highlight of the festival was an organized march s

See Full Page