Sage McMichaels takes a tip from an audience member during her performance at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo
Flint, MIâ Hundreds gathered at Riverbank Park in downtown Flint on Saturday, June 24, 2023, to celebrate LGBTQ+ people for the city’s 13th Annual Pride festival. It was a day-long party featuring Flint-based musicians, drag queens and vendors of all kinds.
Check it out in the gallery below:
Tree Burke (left) and Willow Raine (right) hold up a lesbian pride flag during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Monica Devereaux LaMonica takes a tip from an audience member during her performance at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Flint-based musician Brelia Renee performs at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Deiziyah Evans and Myracle Palmer show off their nails during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
An attendee shows their rainbow socks and tie-dye Crocs during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Attendees dance together on stage during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Khamilia Clarke dances on stage during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Attendees dance together on stage during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Attendees jump on stage to dance during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Monica Devereaux LaMonica takes the stage during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Monica Devereaux LaMonica takes a tip from an audience member during her performance at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Raven Devine walks through the audience during her performance at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Sage McMichaels takes a tip from an audience member during her performance at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Sage McMichaels struts on stage during her performance at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Sage McMichaels takes a tip from an audience member during her performance at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Flint-based musician Taylor Tatum performs at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Flint-based musician Brelia Renee performs at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Festival host Perry Dox talks with an audience member during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Flint-based musician Life N Paradise performs at the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Genesee County Commissioner Dale Weighill holds up a county resolution designating the month of June to be Pride Month during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Ann Contreras shows her pride tattoo during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Gizela Schwartz poses for a portrait during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Ann Contreras poses for a portrait during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Andrei Way (left) and Alex Pettiford (right) pose for a portrait during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Ally Koboldt poses for a portrait during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Deiziyah Evans poses for a portrait during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
Kendyn, Tianna, Dynaia and Ahlanna pose for a picture during the 13th Annual Flint Pride festival at Riverbank Park in Flint, Mich. on Saturday, June 24, 2023. (Michael Indriolo | Flint Beat)
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Michael is Flint Beat’s multimedia journalist. He joined the team as a corps member of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues. Before moving to Flint, Michael lived and worked throughout Northeast Ohio, reporting for The Land, a Cleveland-based nonprofit newsroom, and The Portager, a hyperlocal news website serving Portage County, Ohio. Get in touch with him at mindriolo@flintbeat.com or @mikeyindr on Instagram.
