🏳️🌈 Local Pride Round-up 2025 🏳️🌈
Let's look at all sorts of Pride events being held near Dracut, MA~
Happy Memorial Day weekend, my fellow Dracuteers, neighbors, & allies! I hope everyone is having a nice weekend despite the unusual late-May chill in the air. I hope everyone participating in the Dracut Memorial Day Parade have a nice, smooth march tomorrow.
The final week of May is upon us which heralds the coming of Pride Month! I've aggregated a diverse list of Pride events that are all within ~1 hour drive from Dracut, give-or-take, depending on traffic and transportation. From library programs to neighboring parades to town festivals, there's a lot to do for Pride this June 2025! The list below focuses mostly on all-ages or teen events & programming. Events are presented in chronological order, separated into 3 brackets of time:
🏳️🌈 Saturday, May 31st thru Saturday, June 7th 🏳️🌈
Event: 3rd Annual Newburyport Pride
Time & Place: Saturday, May 31st, 12pm Parade; 1pm-4pm Festival at Brown Square in Downtown Newburyport, MA 01950
Info: https://www.newburyportpride.com/parade
Event: Arlington 2025 Teen Pride Prom (Grades 6-12)
Time & Place: Saturday, May 31st, 6pm-9pm. Arlington Community Center, 27 Maple ST, Arlington, MA 02476
Info: https://www.robbinslibrary.org/event/arlingtons-2025-pride-prom/
Event: Tri-Town Pride Parade
Time & Place: Sunday, June 1st, 1pm-4pm, W Common ST, Topsfield, MA 01982; hosted by the Tri-Town Human Rights Coalition
Info: Tri-Town Pride Parade Facebook Event Page
Event: Pride Button-Palooza (Teen program)
Time & Place: Tuesday, June 3rd, 3pm-5pm, Haverhill Public Library, 99 Main ST, Haverhill, MA 01830
Info: Haverhill Public Library Program
Event: Danvers Pride
Time & Place: Saturday, June 7th, 1pm-3:30pm at the Rotary Pavliion at Peabody Park (aka Library Lawn) in Danvers, MA 01937
Info: Peabody Institute Library, Danvers Facebook Post
Event: LGBTQ+ Fund Brunch
Time & Place: Saturday, June 7th 10am-11:45am at Cobblestones on 91 Dutton ST, Lowell, MA 01852
Info: GLC Foundation LGBTQ+ Fund Brunch
Event: Greater Lowell Pride
Time & Place: Saturday, June 7th–12pm Flag Raising at Lowell City Hall; 1pm-4pm Pride Festival at 160 Pawtucket BLDV, DCR Lowell Heritage State Park, Lowell, MA 01854
Info: https://www.greaterlowellpride.org/festival
Event: Make Your Own Pride Zines with AL BENBOW (ages 11+)
Time & Place: Saturday, June 7th, 11am-12:30pm, Rowley Public Library, 141 Main ST, Rowley, MA 01969
Info: More Info & Register HERE
🏳️🌈 Sunday, June 8th thru Tuesday, June 17th 🏳️🌈
Event: 4th Annual Waltham Pride
Time & Place: Sunday, June 8th, 11am-4pm on the Waltham Commons, 610 Main ST, Waltham, MA 02452
Info: https://www.walthampride.org/
Event: 5th Annual Windham Pride Festival
Time & Place: Sunday, June 8th, 12pm-4pm, Windham High School, 64 London Bridge RD, Windham, NH 03087
Info: https://www.windhamdei.org/about
Event: Teen Pride Week at the Waltham Public Library (Grades 6-12)
Time & Place: Daily June 9th through June 12th after-school Pride-themed crafts (pronoun pins, watercolor flags, friendship bracelets, & more) at the Waltham Public Library, 735 Main ST, Waltham, MA 02451
Info: Waltham Public Library Events
Event: [Virtual] "Pride Was a Riot: The Story of the Stonewall Uprisings and Organizing in Boston Since 1968" webinar
Time & Place: Monday, June 9th, 7pm, via Zoom, presented by The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
Info: Eventbrite Event Page
Event: [Virtual] Inclusive and Diverse Book Recs with Bookstagrammer @sometimesleelynnreads
Time & Place: Thursday, June 12th, 7:30pm-8pm, via Zoom, sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library
Info: Ashland Public Library Event Calendar
Event: Theatre Fights Fascism: A Musical Revue Protest Benefit
Time & Place: Friday, June 13th, 7:30pm – Angels, Demons, Gods, & Heroes; Saturday, June 14th, 7:30pm – Fighting for Us, Finding Ourselves; Chelmsford Center for the Arts, 1A North Road, Chelmsford, MA, 01824
Info: Chelmsford Center for the Arts Ticket Page
Event: Boston Pride for the People
Time & Place: Saturday, June 14th, 11am, Pride begins at Copley Square in Boston, MA 02116
Info: https://www.bostonprideforthepeople.org/
Event: Teen Pride Party
Time & Place: Tuesday, June 17th, 2pm-4pm, Haverhill Public Library, 99 Main ST, Haverhill, MA 01830
Info: Haverhill Public Library Event Calendar
🏳️🌈 Friday, June 20th thru Saturday, June 28th 🏳️🌈
Event: Tewksbury's Carnival on the Common
Time & Place: Friday, June 20th, 5pm-7pm, Tewksbury Town Common, 15 East ST, Tewksbury, MA 01876
Info: Hosted by Tewksbury GSA Club & Prevention Partners of Northern Middlesex
Event: Nashua Pride
Time & Place: Saturday, June 21st, 3pm-6pm; parade starts from Nashua City Hall – festival grounds at Nashua Public Library, 2 Court ST, Nashua, NH 03060
Info: Nashua Pride Event Facebook Page
Event: Queer Book Fair
Time & Place: Saturday, June 21st, 12pm-8pm, CosMom ConShop, 100 Main ST Suite 2, Nashua, NH 03060
Info: https://cosmomconshop.com/queerbookfair/
Event: 2025 North Shore Pride Parade & Festival
Time & Place: Saturday, June 28th, [time TBA], Salem Common, N Washington Square, Salem, MA 01970
Info: North Shore Pride Event
Event: Youth After Pride Party
Time & Place: Saturday, June 28th, 5pm-8pm, NAGLY Salem, 2 East India Square #121, Salem, MA 01970 (for LGBTQ+ youth/allies ages 11-23)
Info: https://northshorepride.org/event/nagly-youth-after-party/
Are you planning on attending any of these events? Or is there a different pride parade, festival, or program you're interested in that wasn't mentioned here? Let us know in the comments! (Only Rainbow Dracuteer members may comment on blog posts. Both free and paid membership receive commenting privileges.) If there's an event you think we missed including, we'd love to see it linked in the comments as well~
Remember–the first Pride was a riot. Have a safe & jubilant Pride Month, everyone~
