Whether you're gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, questioning or an ally to all, celebrate your pride this Saturday at Winter Pride Tampa Bay's second annual Pride in the Park celebration. Family-friendly festivities are offered by pirates from the Krewe of Cavaliers. Other diversions include performances by thee Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps, a classic car show, a business expo featuring more than 110 vendor booths, adoptable friends courtesy of the Humane Society and a fully blooming beer garden. Suede presides as Master of Ceremonies and musical guests include the Canaan Band, Crescendo, Halcyon, Lorna Bracewell, New Tribe, Providence and Una Voce. So come on out — you'll have a gay old time. Sat., Feb. 24, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Al Lopez Park, 4810 N. Himes Ave., Tampa, free admission, winterpridetampabay.com.
This article appears in Feb 21-27, 2007.