Here Are the Street Closures for LA Pride 2018

Several streets in West Hollywood and Hollywood are shut down this weekend because of the annual LA Pride Festival.

The two-day festival begins Saturday and continues Sunday in West Hollywood, where street closures began at 7 p.m. Thursday, with San Vicente Boulevard shutting down between Melrose Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard, remaining off-limits until 10 a.m. Monday.

Most of the other closures will go into effect at 5 a.m. Sunday to accommodate the annual Pride Parade, which is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. along Santa Monica Boulevard between Fairfax Avenue and Doheny Drive.

This year will mark a return to the traditional Pride Parade format. The 2016 event became a vigil and tribute to the 49 people killed a few days earlier at the Pulse night club in Orlando Florida. In 2017, the event was recast as a resistance march and rally to call attention to and challenge policies under President Donald Trump that are seen has harmful to the LGBTQ community.

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Streets one block north and south of Santa Monica Boulevard will be closed from Fairfax Avenue to Doheny Drive from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The following streets are also expected to be closed between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday.:

-- Crescent Heights Boulevard from Romaine Street to Fountain Avenue

-- Norton Avenue between Havenhurst Drive and Laurel Avenue

-- Holloway Drive between Santa Monica Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard

Additional information on street closures, parking and a complete schedule of events is available at lapride.org.