Avoid these Charlotte roads this weekend: Closures, heavy traffic for Pride
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Pride month may be June, but Charlotte celebrates in August.
The Charlotte Pride Festival and Parade on Saturday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 16 will be swelteringly hot and shut down some city roads.
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The weekend of celebrations will take place around First Ward Park in Uptown, and is expected to bring in $15.8 million in economic impact and 200,000 visitors, according to organizers. Attendees and drivers should expect traffic and congestion around the event and closed roads.
The festival moved to the park last year, the Charlotte Observer previously reported.
The festival will close portions of Brevard, 7th and 8th Streets, according to organizers. The City of Charlotte maintains an interactive map of road closures in the city.
Closures start at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14 and will continue through the weekend, according to CMPD. Part of North Brevard from East Sixth to East Ninth and East Eighth Street from the light rail tracks to North Caldwell Street closed at 9:30 a.m. Seventh Street from the light rail tracks to North Caldwell Street will close at 6 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15.
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More closures will occur Sunday, Aug. 16 for Pride and the parade:
Vendors will be set up along North Brevard Street near First Ward Park, as well as East 7th and East 8th streets by the park.
The parade will be along Tryon Street in uptown. Around 150 units will be in the parade.
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