Winter Pride provides carnival atmosphere in Oban

It may have been a damp Oban November day but spirits were high on Saturday when Oban Pride came to town.

 

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Kicking things off at 12.30 was the Street March led by Oban Pride poster girl Crystal, who along with members of the Oban Pride committee, local organisations and the LGBTQ+ community danced their way from Station Square to the Corran Halls to music provided by the Oban Street Band.

 

A community stall village at the Corran Halls Car Park hosted some great organisations there to make connections with attendees and in the Halls itself everyone was entertained with an amazing range of acts on the Rainbow Stage.

 

There was activities for all ages in the Family and Youth Zones, and refreshments were provided from the Rainbow Cafe.

 

Speaking to the Oban Times this week Oban Pride Chairman Phill Dexter said: 'We all had a fabulous day and we hope everyone who came along to support us did too.

 

'Oban Pride were delighted once again with the support we received from the community, as well as the turn out at our events over our Pride weekend.

 

'A big thank you has to go to all our fabulous volunteers who we couldn’t run such a large scale event without.'

 

Oban Pride will be running smaller events over the next year and are looking forward to Oban Pride 2023 (September 1-3).