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Billings to Host First Gay Pride Parade in 9 Years

The Big Sky Pride event will take begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in the city's downtown

By Dillon Tabish

BILLINGS — Billings officials have announced the city will be hosting its first gay pride parade in nine years.

The Billings Gazette reports the Big Sky Pride event will take begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in the city’s downtown.

Kev Hamm, president of Big Sky Pride, says the event has a budget of about $23,000 from donations.

Hamm promised that rally speakers, including a number of office-holders, will be both “short and sweet.”

Supplemental events are going on between Thursday and Sunday.