Windsor-Essex Pride Fest is an

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festival, held annually in

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."Windsor Pride Fest becoming more family-friendly"
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'', August 8, 2012. The event is organized by Windsor Essex Pride Fest, a

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, and is currently held in early August each year. The event was first held in 1992. Most festival events take place at the downtown Riverfront Festival Plaza,"Pride Fest Underway"

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, August 10, 2012. with the concluding parade taking place on

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between Elliott Street and Riverside Drive. Windsor-Essex Pride Fest also organizes other LGBT community events throughout the year,"Windsor-Essex Pride Fest gets $210K grant for bigger, better event"
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'', June 27, 2012. as well as participating in tourism marketing projects including the publication of an LGBT tourism guide to Windsor and Essex County in 2012."Windsor-Essex looks to court LGBT tourists"
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'', November 24, 2012. The organization received a $210,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation in 2012 to expand its programming.

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