The sun came out on Saturday for the annual Pacific Pride Festival, where the community gathered at Chase Palm Park to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride and recognize this year’s theme: “Out. Proud. Unstoppable.”

Pride in Santa Barbara is traditionally celebrated in August. Santa Barbara kicked off the week on Monday by hoisting a rainbow flag up the city’s flagpole for the first time in the city’s history.

Julio Roman, executive director of the Pacific Pride Foundation, said earlier this week that this year’s theme represents an effort to create communities where people can be themselves amid current efforts to diminish transgender rights.

“…this flag is more than color and fabric,” Roman said Monday. “Today, flying over our city has become a statement and a symbol. You belong here. You are valued here, and your story is a part of Santa Barbara’s story.”

Festivalgoers on Saturday stopped by informational booths — including, among many others, Sutter Health, Healing Justice Santa Barbara and Quilts Project Gold Coast — grabbed bites to eat and danced to the festival’s extensive lineup. Ada Vox, a former “American Idol” and “Queen of the Universe” contestant, was this year’s headliner.

The festival will wrap at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Santa Barbara will close out its Pride Week on Sunday with Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara’s LGBTQ+-affirming service and  Wildcat Lounge‘s Drag Glitter Brunch.

Check out more photos of the Pacific Pride Festival on Saturday morning below.