Sandra Bernhard to Headline S.F. Pride
Actress, singer, and comedienne Sandra Bernhard has been confirmed as a headliner for Pride's main stage this year, the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee announced this week.
Bernhard, who is bisexual and among other achievements once starred on TV's Roseanne, will be performing Sunday, June 26, the second day of the festival.
Pride also announced that rainbow flags along Market Street, which are hung annually, will be going up two weeks earlier this year. The flags will start appearing next week, with a scheduled completion date of May 18.
This year, the flags will go up early in coordination with SF Travel to help greet attendees of the U.S. Travel Association's International Pow Wow, which is May 21-25.
Pride will also extend festival hours on Sunday at Civic Center Plaza. Officials said in a statement Tuesday night that the June 26 celebration will start an hour earlier this year, at 11 a.m. an run till 6:30 p.m.
"Expanding our Sunday celebration to a full seven and a half hours will give the community more time to enjoy themselves at Pride," interim Executive Director Brendan Behan stated. "We look forward to giving our community more time this year than we have in years past."
The Pride Parade will start at Market and Beale streets at 10:30 a.m., the usual time, that Sunday morning.
Celebration hours Saturday, June 25 will still run from noon to 6 p.m. as has been the tradition in years past.
For more information, visit SF Pride's website.