Woodstock PrideFest is coming back to the historic Woodstock Square and surrounding areas this weekend.

While events are scheduled throughout the weekend, perhaps the most notable one is the Pride parade stepping off at 11 a.m. Sunday.

A familiar face will be in the parade lineup – co-grand marshal Joe Weyland is returning to the parade this year after he survived a heart attack at last year’s PrideFest.

“I’m getting a redo at it,” Weyland said.

Last year’s Woodstock PrideFest parade had already taken place and he was getting ready to give his speech at Woodstock PrideFest last year when he had what he described as a “widowmaker” heart attack.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, that’s a “type of heart attack in which you have a full blockage in your heart’s biggest artery.”

Weyland said he lost his sister-in-law to a heart attack about four months before experiencing his own episode of cardiac arrest.

Weyland said a friend luckily found him collapsed on the ground.

“If he hadn’t found me, I’d be dead,” Weyland said.

Weyland said he was in the hospital for several weeks and had a quintuple bypass. His recovery took probably six months, he said.

Weyland was originally tapped to be the grand marshal in last year’s Pride parade.

Last year, a portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt was on display at Unity Spiritual Center in Woodstock during Pride.

Weyland said he gave a speech the Friday of Pride weekend last year, but he didn’t get a chance to speak on Sunday.

“I have my speech from last year,” Weyland said.

But Weyland said Tuesday he needs to reread it and tweak it ahead of this weekend’s festivities.

“I got some things to say,” Weyland said.

Weyland said most of his family will be in attendance to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his second chance.

The other grand marshal of this year’s Pride parade is Katherine Brooks, a Woodstock resident who is an Emmy Award-winning TV director, producer and filmmaker, according to a news release from the Woodstock Pride organization.

PrideFest kicks off Friday evening with “An Evening with Katherine Brooks,” which “will feature stories from Brooks’ career, creativity, filmmaking journey, and personal experiences in what organizers expect to be one of the most unique conversations ever featured during PrideFest weekend,” according to the release.

If you go

• Friday, June 12:
• An Evening with Katherine Brooks: Doors open at 7 p.m. at The Loft at Ethereal, across the street from the Old Courthouse.
• Saturday, June 13:
• Field Day and Color Run: Field Day check-in begins at 9 a.m. at Emricson Park. Color Run participants can check in at 11 a.m. and the run begins at 11:30 a.m.
• PrideFest Community Chalk Art Walk: Check-in is at 9 a.m. and the event takes place at the Emricson Park walking path.
• Pub Crawl: check-in begins at 6 p.m. at the bandstand at Woodstock Square.
• Sunday, June 14:
• Parade: steps off at 11 a.m. at Dean Street School, and the route loops around the historic Woodstock Square and ends back at the school.
• Festival: a festival with food, entertainment and vendors is set to run until 5 p.m. on the Square.