Utah Pride Festival will spotlight local talent and ‘community,’ after overspending last year, leader says

After spending more than it earned last year, the Utah Pride Festival will be a scaled-back event in 2024, focusing on Utah talent, local LGBTQ+ groups and a theme of “community,” the new director of the Utah Pride Center said. The festival, set for the first weekend of June at Washington Square Park in downtown Salt Lake City, will have the theme “Community: Building Unity Within the Community,” said Chad Call, the center’s newly appointed executive director, at a news conference Wednesday. The theme, Call said, “reflects our commitment to...