Help us make this event a success!
Come show your PRIDE with us! RAIN OR SHINE
Join us for music, drag, circus acts, children’s activities, and more on Sunday June 16th from 11-4pm by the Waltham Common bandstand. Various LGBT and social organizations will have tables on the common as well! NOTE: This is also Father’s Day, and the day after Waltham River Fest.
Wear something FESTIVE! This is PRIDE after all - go wild! (but keep it family friendly 🙂)
Bring cash to tip the musicians & drag performers (in mixed denominations)
Be respectful to other attendees and remember we all have different lived experiences!
Have a great time!
Highlights & Guests from 2023
Schedule of Events (TBD)
11:00AM - 12:00PM hour
12:00PM - 1:00PM
1:00PM - 2:00PM
2:00PM - 3:00PM
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Tables and Vendors (TBD)
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As an explicitly Open and Affirming congregation in the United Church of Christ (UCC), Agape is welcoming to all people, and in particular those who have been marginalized or outcast by church and society. Agape affirms that LGBTQIA persons are created wonderfully and beautifully by God just as they are.
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Boston Alliance of Gay WebsiteLesbian, Bisexual Transgender Youth or “BAGLY” provide support services for LGBTQ+ youth.
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The Boston Vet Center provides mental health counseling and benefits assistance and referrals to Veterans, Active Duty Service members and their families, including members of the Coast Guard, National Guard and Reserves. The Boston Vet Center offers individual, group, and couples counseling services focused on developing meaningful connections, developing skills to address PTSD, and achieving success in military and civilian life. If you're a Veteran who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, or a related identity, we can help you find counseling, support and referral services to meet your specific needs.
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Shop on Moody St, Waltham.
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Provides weekly meals on the Waltham Common for those in need.
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Food truck providing Haitian faire.
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The Little Queer Library provides free books about queer and LGBT+ people and issues to the Waltham, MA community and beyond.
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The help line is a completely free resource to anyone of any age in Massachusetts that just launched January 3rd and is available 24/7/365 in over 200 languages via text, chat, or phone. It is a huge part of Massachusetts's plan to make behavioral health resources more accessible. We do any type of call from routine/looking for resources, to urgent or crisis situations. Our call takers are train clinicians who do free assessments live then warm handoff's to the appropriate resource or appointment.
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Professional Face Painter.
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OUT MetroWest builds communities where LGBTQ+ youth thrive. Our free programs connect LGBTQ+ youth with supportive peers and LGBTQ+ adult role models.
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PCAC is an annual event currently being held at the Westin Waltham-Boston at the end of August. As our name implies, we are a popular culture and animation festival that serves an all-ages audience with a special focus on young adults and families. A large number of both our staff and constituents are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Offer a free sand art activity for anyone who stops by at the event.
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Indoor mini golf in the Seaport.
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Come connect with community. Heartwarming and fun. Consciously raising. Anti-capitalist. Share, Laugh, and receive support.
The Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn st, Cambridge MA, Sat June 11
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Queer vendor.
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Founded in 2010, The Chubby Chickpea aims to be at the cutting edge of Middle Eastern Cuisine, fusing traditional favorites and authentic recipes with fresh local ingredients and contemporary styles. As a Mobile Food Truck and full service catering company, The Chubby Chickpea is committed to making your meal or event top notch. With our customers in mind, we promise to deliver the very best in ethnic comfort food.
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Regional cosplay group with strong overlap with the LGBT community.
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Local cannabis dispensary.
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Food vendor.
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Support your local aspiring entrepreneur!
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A group that discusses and plans local action for gender, sexuality, and reproductive rights and justice.
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The Watch City Steampunk Festival is a free outdoor community festival held in historic Waltham, MA. Established in 2010, The Watch City Steampunk Festival brings steampunks and people of all ages and interests into Waltham, MA for a day of artisan and craft vendors, spectacular entertainment, food, fun and more! We will return for the Saturday of Mother’s Day Weekend, May 11th, 2024.
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Waltham Trans Alliance is a new organization dedicated to building radical trans community and power in Waltham.
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Voter Registration
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Willow Zietman is an artist blacksmith from Lunenburg, MA. She takes inspiration from plants, animals and fairy tales to make work that is elegant, humorous and often cute. For Willow, blacksmithing is about using traditional techniques to create forms that are surprising when looked at up close. Her work is about the details and quirks that make you laugh or smile.
https://willowthewispmetalwork.com/
http://www.prospecthillforge.com/
Interested in tabling or performing at the event NEXT YEAR?
Please send us an email to info@walthampride.org or contact us on Facebook to work out the details! We’re offering a stipend for performers, and tabling is free - just bring your own table / chairs!