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Pride Winnipeg kicks off festival with rainbow flag raising ceremony

Mayor Brian Bowman in front of City Hall Friday afternoon for Pride Winnipeg's annual flag raising. Brittany Greenslade/Global News

The 2017 Pride Winnipeg Festival kicked off Friday with a rainbow flag raising ceremony at City Hall.

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This year marks the 30th year of the Pride Winnipeg festival, which celebrates the city’s gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, intersex, two-spirit and queer people.

RELATED: Pride Winnipeg in need of 100 volunteers for upcoming festival

New this year is the two spirit pow-wow happening at The Forks Friday afternoon.

The festival’s biggest event will happen on June 4 with a rally at the Manitoba Legislature, followed by the annual Pride parade.

You can visit the festival’s website for more information on events.

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