The 2016 parade’s grand marshal was Edmonton’s Making Waves Aquatics Club, a masters swim club and water polo team for the gay and lesbian community and their friends in Edmonton. READ MORE: Pride history made at Edmonton military base The Edmonton Pride Parade is generally seen as the unofficial launch of the Edmonton Pride Festival, which runs from June 3 to June 12 this year. READ MORE: Alberta RCMP make history by raising Pride flag Pride community at a parade with hands raised and the LGBT flag. Send this page to someone via email emailĪ tradition that first began in 1980 continued in Alberta’s capital on Saturday as thousands of people converged on the the community of Old Strathcona for the 2016 Edmonton Pride Parade.Ī large crowd gathered to watch as the parade got underway in the late morning, slowly winding its way down Whyte Avenue from 108 Street before ending up at the End of Steel Park. NEW YORK, USA, JUNE 26, 2016: 46th annual Pride March -The.
