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St. Petersburg kicks off a full month of celebration this weekend, but if you need a side of gecko with your gay pride, then head south to Gulfport where the third annual pride festival goes down—complete with live music on two stages, an ArtOUT Exhibit, more than 130 vendors and small businesses, and even the Gulfport Gecko Amalgamated Marching Band.

The organization says the funds raised at Gulfport Florida Pride benefit “Gulfport Library’s award-winning LGBTQ Resource Center, which is committed to promoting awareness of the diversity of experiences, contributions and needs of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer.”

Gulfport Pride Festival happens Saturday, June 3 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in downtown Gulfport.

For more information on its various events and programs, head to gulfportprideflorida.com. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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