Magic Festival
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Warner Park 2930 N. Sherman Ave. , Madison, Wisconsin 53704
press release: Sunday, August 18, 1:00 - 6:00 pm, Warner Park, 3110 N. Sherman Ave.
OutReach LGBT Community Center announced on March 25 that the organization will not hold a Pride parade in Madison this August. The decision comes after a tumultuous 2018 event that involved rescinding invites to law enforcement contingents in the parade after pushback from local activists, and an intense backlash to that decision from other parts of the community.
In a press release, the OutReach Board said the decision to forgo the parade this year was a difficult one, but largely based on logistical hurdles placed by the city's Streets Use Division that made it nearly impossible to continue. The goal instead will shift to holding the newly dubbed OutReach Magic Festival at Warner Park, on Sunday, August 18, to coincide with Woof's King Street Pride Block Party the day before. The name is a nod to the MAGIC picnics held for years in Madison as the de facto Pride celebration.
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