Bellows Falls Pride 2025

Bellows Falls Pride
"The Gay Experiment in rural Vermont"
Since the 1970s Bellows Falls has been a home for the LGBTQIA+ community, with the historic Andrews Inn, the first Gay bar in the state of Vermont. A lot has changed since then, but what remains the same is Pride in the area and Pride in the people living here. Join us for community activities throughout
the year!
"enjoy what you are!"


Pride Banner hangs across the Square June 2023




Bellows Falls Pride brings you social events, educational spotlights, and community building.
From drag events, dance parties, tea and cocktail events, we have something for everyone. Keep connected on our socials and on the webpage for coming events throughout the year.
Be sure to join us for upcoming events.
Upcoming Events
October 12
Sunday
Ciao
36 Square, Bellows Falls, VT
T-Dance
4 - 7 pm
brought to you by Ciao,
and Fallsland
No cover. Must be 21+
Disco, pop, house, techno, and fun in the historic Andrews Inn
October 8th
Wednesday
Bellows Falls Opera House
7 Square, Bellows Falls, VT
Don't be a COWard
speak up for queer rights!
Celebrating National Coming Out Day
by speaking up and showing up for those who can't
Doors at 6:30 pm
Speakers 6:30 - 7 pm
Movie: 7 pm
Guest Speaker and Movie Night

Thomas Renner,
Interim Mayor of Winooski
-Greetings from the office of US Senator Bernie Sanders
-Remarks from Thomas Renner, Interim Mayor of Winooski and LGBTQ+ activist
-Special gift to all patrons from The Blue Pig Vermont

Opera House
7 the Square
$6.00


Sponsor: LGBT National Help Center




October 11th
Saturday
Ciao
35 Square, Bellows Falls, VT
Don't be a COWard
speak up for queer rights!
Celebrating National Coming Out Day
by speaking up and showing up for those who can't
Guest Speaker and Dance
Hor'd: 7 - 8 pm
Speaker: 8 - 9 pm
Dance DJ Wooly Mar: 9 - Midnight
Join Bellows Falls Pride with special guest speaker,
Michael Haley, Attorney from GLAD for a night of celebrating and honoring the community. Come out for a night of
solidarity and dance.

Michael Haley
Attorney at GLAD







Haley joined GLAD Law as a Staff Attorney in July 2024 and has worked on two lawsuits challenging the administration’s ban on transgender military service, as well as cases challenging employer discrimination against transgender employees, and GLAD Law’s first-in-the-nation challenge to the executive order attempting to bar transgender girls from sports. He has been a part of legislative efforts in both New Hampshire and Vermont. Most recently, GLAD Law was part of a coalition that supported the passage of the confirmatory adoption bill in Vermont (“An act relating to confirmatory adoptions.” H.98), a vitally important step for protecting families formed through assisted reproduction, including LGBTQ+ families. He is board president of New Hampshire Outright—a Portsmouth, NH nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ youth—and committed to advancing LGBTQ+ rights and equality through both law and advocacy.
DJ Wooly Mar hails from southern VT and co-founded Brattleboro Queer Dance Parties in 2017. She customizes her sets to suit specific events and audiences, playing a multi-genre mix of intergenerational music including hip hop, reggaeton, alt-pop, and dance electronic.
CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF TICKET SALES


October 19th
Sunday
Annual
TWEED RIDE and
TEA
Meet up at 11 am at the Square with
RIDE out at 11:30 am
Get your bike ready for a jaunt or two around town decked out in tweed or your fall finery, then head in to the Flat Iron Coop for tea and snacks.
Riders are encouraged to dress in tweed or costumed as they feel comfortable, but not required.

October 24th
Friday
Looking Back/Moving Forward:
Vermont Stories of LGBTQ+
Caregiving & Community
Rockingham Free Public Library
6 - 7:30 pm
Followed by reception and dance at Ciao Popolo
This gathering – featuring a performative talk with slides by scholar, writer, and performer Andrew Ingall, discussions with community leaders about LGBTQ+ aging and caregiving, Q&A, and reception/dance party – is part of Resilient Patterns, a state-wide festival presented by Vermont Humanities. The primary focus of Ingall’s lively presentation is on his distant cousins Warren Kronemeyer and Leon Ingall, who lived in Townshend, Vermont from 1980 to 2007. In his multi-platform project Warlé, Andy uses genealogical research, archival documents, photography, artifacts, oral history, movement, and creative nonfiction to “re-member” ancestors he never met. With insights from guest speakers, he will explore how Warren and Leon’s struggles and successes compare with two other notable couples in Vermont history: Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake of Weybridge, whose relationship as “help-meets” was considered a sacred marriage by their 19th century neighbors; and Thom Herman and Jeremy Youst, who from 1979 to 1984 owned and operated the Andrews Inn, a gay-owned hotel, bar, and disco in Bellows Falls. The project is supported in part by the Vermont Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
December 4th
Thursday
Bellows Falls Opera House7 Square, Bellows Falls, VT
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Viewing time Noon - 8 pm
3rd Floor of the
more details to
come soon!
