Vermont marks Pride Week with events in Burlington, South Burlington, Winooski
Vermont marks Pride Week through Sept. 10, and as the weekend approaches so do several events geared toward celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.
Some of those celebrations involve music, some involve drag performances, while others are centered around enjoying the outdoors. The Pride Vermont parade in Burlington, honoring organizers of the 1983 march, caps a busy week. Another event in southern Vermont keeps the theme going later this month with a celebration of a gathering spot that became an early icon in the state’s LGBTQ+ history.
Read on to figure out if you want to join the party for the whole weekend or pick your spots to celebrate Pride Week in Vermont.
Sing along to Broadway
6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, a musical-theater sing-along lets the audience belt out a few show tunes or just enjoy the performances in the cabaret setting of the Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington. Free. www.vermontcomedyclub.com
Pride trivia at Simple Roots
6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, a Pride-themed trivia night, co-hosted by the Burlington Paint and Sip Studio, will benefit the Pride Center of Vermont, Simple Roots Brewing, Burlington. Free. www.pridecentervt.org
Miss Czechoslovakia presents 'Drama Queen'
9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, the drag performer Miss Czechoslovakia presents a queer revue of show tunes titled "Drama Queen," Vermont Comedy Club. $15. www.vermontcomedyclub.com
VSO celebrates LGBTQ+ composers
6-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra string quartet presents music by LGBTQ+ composers, South Burlington Public Library auditorium. Free; registration required. www.vso.org
Pride Ball rolls into Higher Ground
8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, the annual Pride Ball includes appearances by Thorgy Thor (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”) and Kaos plus performances by regional and Vermont drag entertainers, Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington. $20 in advance, $25 day of show. www.highergroundmusic.com
Pride Week takes over dog park
10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, the Pride Center of Vermont is organizing a Pride-themed dog park meet-up (expect rainbow/Pride outfits), Starr Farm Dog Park, Burlington. Free. www.pridecentervt.org
Sailing with Pride
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, sailing instructors in partnership with Pride Week will take Pride participants on a 45-minute sail on Lake Champlain, Community Sailing Center, Burlington. $5. www.pridecentervt.org
Queer Causeway bike ride
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, a queer bike ride travels 15 miles including the causeway in Lake Champlain, starting at Leddy Park, Burlington. Free. www.pridecentervt.org
Winooski celebrates Pride Week
4:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, the city of Winooski celebrates Pride Week with scheduled performances from Emoji Nightmare, Katniss Everqueer, DJ Gaybar and Brass Balagan, Rotary Park, Winooski. Free. https://downtownwinooski.org/pride-2023/
Monkey House hosts drag, burlesque
8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, the Onion City celebration continues with “Untapped,” a night of Vermont drag and burlesque, The Monkey House, Winooski. $12. www.monkeyhousevt.com
Burlington Pride parade and festival
Noon Sunday, Sept. 10, the weekend’s centerpiece, the Pride Vermont Parade commemorating the 40th anniversary of Vermont’s first Pride march, begins on Main Street in Burlington and culminates at Waterfront Park, where the Pride Vermont Festival takes place. Free. www.pridecentervt.org
Brattleboro celebrates Andrews Inn
10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, a day-long celebration of the Andrews Inn – a Bellows Falls dance club, restaurant, hotel and gathering place for southern Vermont’s LGBTQ+ community that opened in 1973 and lasted more than a decade – begins with an invitation to view the exhibition “Pride 1983” and for visitors to record stories to be included in the Vermont Queer Archives, followed at 5 p.m. by a panel discussion about the Andrews Inn and an Andrews Inn-inspired dance party featuring a pop-up bar, ‘70s décor and disco tunes, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. Free. www.brattleboromuseum.org
Contact Brent Hallenbeck at bhallenbeck@freepressmedia.com.
This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont Pride Week events hit Burlington, South Burlington, Winooski
