Pride month may be June, but Charlotte celebrates in August.
The Charlotte Pride Festival and Parade on Saturday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 16 will be swelteringly hot and shut down some city roads.
The weekend of celebrations will take place around First Ward Park in Uptown, and is expected to bring in $15.8 million in economic impact and 200,000 visitors, according to organizers. Attendees and drivers should expect traffic and congestion around the event and closed roads…