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The Jersey Pride Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary on Sunday in Asbury Park. The city has hosted every Pride Festival since the first in June, 1992. This year’s marks the 21st annual event.

The Jersey Pride Parade starts at noon on Sunday and heads down Cookman Avenue and Grand Avenue on its way to the festival grounds in front of Convention Hall. The festival itself is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In the photo at top, Johnny Mac House of Spirits on Main Street welcomes festival-goers with a huge rainbow flag draped across its building.

As of 7 a.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service was forecasting mostly sunny skies with a high of 76 degrees on Sunday. Click here for the current National Weather Service forecast for Asbury Park.

For more information on the festival, click here to visit www.jerseypride.org.

 

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