Rainbows through the rain: Pride celebrates diversity and inclusion with few interruptions

ZANESVILLE − Despite the cloudy and rainy weather, nothing but rainbows could be seen at the 2024 Zanesville Pride event at Zane's Landing Park on Saturday.

Hundreds of festival attendees crowded the park as the day progressed, celebrating diversity, shopping and visiting the vendors on site and watching drag performances.

The event officially kicked off at noon, with Sasha Bloomingdale, otherwise known as the event organizer Andy Hooks performing the national anthem, decked out in a glittering patriotic flag dress. Following the welcome, Muskingum County Commissioner Mollie Crooks addressed the crowd and read the commissioner's proclamation for the day.