Philadelphia kicks off Pride Month by marching record-breaking 600-foot flag through the city

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Pride Month begins on Sunday, but the kickoff starts Friday in Philadelphia.

A record-breaking 600-foot Pride flag will be marched through the city.

The march began at the Museum of Art at 9 a.m. and is expected to arrive in Manayunk by 11 a.m.. It will then head to City Hall by 2 p.m., where Mayor Cherelle Parker will raise the city's pride flag at 3 p.m.

Philadelphia's official Pride March begins at 6th and Walnut streets at 10:30 a.m. Sunday before heading to the Gayborhood for a big festival.