tell us what's happening at the oakland pridefest. , we're going to have a big party, a big festival with three stages in downtown oakland, and this is our second year having pridefest oakland and is our first year that we're making it this big. we're involved in a lot of the community, local artists; but we also have amazing headliners like big freedia, crystal waters, and madame gandhi. damian: all right. michael, why is it a big deal, and what took so long to bring this to oakland if it's only the second year? michael barajas: yeah. so there have actually been other organizers in place that have done prides historically. we wanted to really take pride and elevate it in a way similar to san francisco pride. a lot of people travel for san francisco pride. san francisco pride has always been the pinnacle of prides in the bay area. however, the majority of people of color are black and brown folks, gender queer folks. people that really span that diversity net are in oakland and for whatever reason we have not really elevated those voic