Saturday, June 1, 2024
Essex Pride Festival
at Maple Street Park
#EssexVTPride
We're so excited to bring the Essex Pride Festival back for a second year to our greater Essex and Essex Junction community! This will be a special place to celebrate, honor, and hold space for our LGBTQIA+ friends, neighbors, loved ones, and family. We hope you'll join us!
The day begins at 1pm with a walking/rolling parade from the entrance of Maple Street Park down to the Festival field. We'll kick off the Festival with Vermont's chapter of Drag Story Hour featuring Emoji Nightmare and Katniss Everqueer, and an afternoon filled with performances by local artists and musicians and activities for folks of all ages. Throughout the day, there will be vendors and local organizations, as well as a Community Canvas that we invite everyone to contribute to. We'll begin and end the event with a joyful and celebratory dance party with GAYBAR.
Scheduled to Perform
Vermont Drag Story Hour
Featuring Emoji Nightmare and Katniss Everqueer
Our Sponsors & Partners
*All sponsors will also have tables at the Festival. Please say hi and thank them for helping us in this awesome celebration of queer people!
The Vendors, Artists, and Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont (ACLU-VT)
Astrobridge Artistry
Audubon Vermont
Bakuretsu Con/Anime Society of Vermont
Bernie's Mitten Maker
Between The Willows
Brownell Library
The Campy Bird Print Studio
ChubbySpaceCat
DandyLions Curiosities
Essex CHIPS
Essex Democrats
Fin the Dragon Art
Free Mom Hugs VT
FreeHer VT
Gail Marlene Schwartz
Growing With Wonder
Guilford Photography
Hazelbuds Clay Co
HoneyBee Heather
Lyric Theatre Company
Rebecca & Sallyann Majoya
Mocha Bliss
Moms Demand Action
Monster Mash Ink
National Association of Social Workers - Vermont Chapter
The Neon Chemist
Northern Song Tie Dye
Nosey Nooks
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Pride Center of Vermont
Pride and Prosperity Network
Reboot Coaching
The RehabGYM
Rutland County Pride
Sangha Studio
Scaredy Cat Art
Simpatico Designs
St. Albans Pride Corps
Strange Effect
Studio Fisk Aveda
They Create
Vermont Moms
Vermont Secretary of State's Office
Voices for Inclusion in Essex and Westford (VIEW)
Woolf Den Homestead
With food from:
Maharaja Spice
Only Cannoli
Southern Smoke
Pizza Bottega
El Gato
South End Sliders
Hook & Peel Pizza
Kingdom Creamery
Grumpy's Hot Dogs
Nourish
Dried n True Sweets n Treats
The Venue
Maple Street Park
75 Maple Street, Essex Junction
Maple Street Park is home to a variety of multi-purpose fields, baseball fields, a volleyball court, and other fields available for rent to individuals or organizations. Essex Junction Recreation and Parks has generously offered their large pavilion space and soccer field for the Essex Pride Festival.
Accessibility Information
The Festival pavilion is accessible by a flat, dirt, walkway and is about the length of a football field from the entrance. Maple Street Park has two areas for accessible parking - one at the entrance near the basketball courts, and another at the main Park entrance. There will be some seating available, with park tables, park benches, and bleacher seating throughout the area, but we also encourage you to bring your own preferred seating. Our incredible friends from Inclusive Arts Vermont will be available to support access needs as well.
Our aim is for this to feel as inclusive as possible. If you need anything that isn't outlined above, please contact us at EssexVTPride@gmail.com by May 15.
