long beach >> An estimated 80,000 revelers will descend on Long Beach today and Sunday for the 31st annual Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade.

Ross Mathews, a 34-year-old comedian and TV personality, will serve as grand marshal for Sunday’s parade along Ocean Boulevard.

The two-day festival along Shoreline Drive will include five entertainment stages (main, urban soul, Fiesta Caliente, country and dance music), with former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland headlining at today’s main stage, and pop singer CeCe Peniston (“Finally”). Latino pop trio Bellanova headline the Fiesta Caliente stage on Sunday.

A variety of food booths also will dot the festival grounds along with vendors selling music, T-shirts and swimwear.

The festival happens from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and Sunday on Shoreline Drive at Marina Green Park and the parking lot adjacent to Rainbow Lagoon Park. The festival is accessible along Ocean Boulevard at Linden Avenue and Shoreline Drive and Pine Avenue and Shoreline Drive.

General admission tickets cost $20. For information, call 562-987-9191, www.longbeachpride.com.

The Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade kicks off at 10:30 a.m. Sunday along Lindero Avenue and Ocean Boulevard, marching west to Alamitos Avenue.

Be aware of weekend road closures due to the festival and parade: Ocean Boulevard from Lindero to Redondo avenues closes at 5:30 a.m. Sunday; Ocean Boulevard from Lindero to Cherry avenues closes at 7 a.m. Sunday; Ocean Boulevard from Cherry to Alamitos avenues closes at 8 a.m. Sunday; westbound Shoreline Drive from Ocean Boulevard to Shoreline Village Drive is closed, along with eastbound Shoreline Drive from Shoreline Village Drive to Ocean Boulevard.

Ocean Boulevard at Redondo Avenue should start opening by 1 p.m. Sunday with the full boulevard reopened by 2 p.m.

Shoreline Drive reopens at 10 a.m. Monday.