Comedienne Rosanne Barr, a Salt Lake City native, has been named Grand Marshal of the 2011 Utah Pride Festival.
“I’m kicking off my pro-gay, pro-labor, pro-women’s-rights, pro-secular-societies campaign for president of these United States,” Barr quipped in a statement. “Coming home to SLC, as Queen of the Utah Pride Festival, into the new center of Western Culture, is a thrill that I will remember for as long as I can!”
Barr starred in the five-season TV comedy “Rosanne” and has written three books. Her most recent, Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm, came out earlier this year. Barr stopped in Salt Lake City on her book tour.
The Utah Pride Festival kicks off June 3, with a Grand Marshal Reception for Barr, and runs through June 5. Barr will lead the festival’s parade through downtown Salt Lake City on June 5. For festival details, click here.
