Second Everett Pride aims for even bigger rainbow of festivities

EVERETT — Before they brought Pride to Everett, Ashley Turner and Kevin Daniels would typically go to Seattle to celebrate each June.

“I go and I have fun. But sometimes it is too big, especially for a lot of great people that don’t live there,” said Daniels, a co-founder of Everett Pride. “It’s so large and sometimes that alienates a lot of the community. So why don’t we bring something of some scale, right?”

The Everett Pride Block Party is back for a second year — and organizers expect it’ll draw much bigger crowds, even if it’ll still be cozier than the massive festivities in Seattle.

Eighty-five vendors, 17 food trucks and performers galore will be geared up along Wetmore Avenue on June 15 in celebration of Everett’s queer community. Festivities have doubled in quantity from last year, Turner said. Almost all of it will be local.

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