NNN’s top 10 of 2017: Nanaimo embraces Pride events
NANAIMO — When you think of marquee summer events in Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park the big three come to mind — Dragon Boats, Silly Boats and Bathtub weekend.
Perhaps it’s time to expand the list.
For a second straight year, Nanaimo Pride Society packed almost 10,000 joyous revelers into the waterfront park for the Pride parade and festival on June 10. A parade with dozens of entrants led the way to a colourful and boisterous celebration in the park.
While 2016 marked the first time the society held a parade and festival in the harbour city, 2017 was the 20th anniversary of the first ever Pride march on the waterfront in 1997.