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FERNDALE — The city of Ferndale’s massive celebration of Pride returned June 1 with thousands of people in attendance. Ferndale Pride brought in an estimated 30,000 to its annual festival downtown on Nine Mile Road to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. “It was just so joyous and beautiful,” Event Director Julia Music said. “We did get the weather that we needed, but also just people came with the right type of happy attitude. It was really, really beautiful.” One of Music’s favorite parts of the day was Pride’s musical headliners, Wreckno and DJ Holographic, and how into the music the crowd was all the way into the night. “I was nervous because I know we have to stop the music at 10 o’clock, but they could have kept playing because people were just going nuts for them,” she said. Music also said she was elated by how many families came up to her to express their happiness with Pride. “Lots of families coming up and saying, like, ‘There’s lots of great things to do here. My kids are having a great time.’ I heard a few different people at the end of the night saying, ‘But I don’t want to go back. I want to stay in Ferndale.’ That would
ABOVE: Acoustic Ash opens the entertainment at Ferndale Pride. LEFT: Kids scramble to catch confetti shot from the roof of Affirmations at Ferndale Pride. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
BERKLEY — Berkley’s hometown art fair will be coming back for another go this month. The Berkley Art Bash will take place 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 8, on 12 Mile Road between Coolidge Highway and Buckingham Avenue. The Art Bash will be celebrating its 22nd year with nearly 200 artists participating and selling their pieces to the public. This year will feature the largest number of artists yet for the event. “We changed (to) this larger footprint after COVID to allow the extra space, and it works well having that larger footprint,” Event Director April McCrumb said. “It naturally just let us be able to expand further. So we’re probably at the maximum. It is actually 200 spaces, but some artists have, like, double booths, so it’s about 180 artists and makers and authors.” In the art fair world, McCrumb said, word gets around, and the love and support from the community has been great. “In our application process, we asked the artists, like, have you been to Art Bash before? If so, you know, what are some things you like about it? And there are so many positive responses regarding just the crowds that come and that they’re supportive and they’re engaging,” she said. “We just have a
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