West Hartford Pride Celebrates 6 Years!

West Hartford, Connecticut June 2025: The West Hartford Pride Planning Committee is excited to announce the sixth annual West Hartford Pride celebration taking place on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 10:30am-6pm.  This event is free and open to the public. Last year’s festival day was an incredible afternoon of joy and community and we are pleased to announce that the festival will once again take place in the parking lot of West Hartford Town Hall. This year, among other incredible talent we will be welcoming host and headliner, from Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Heidi N Closet  as well as welcoming back crowd favorite Sister Funk, Carrie Ashton, Pride 247-365, DJ Romulus III, and more than two dozen drag performers. The West Hartford Pride festival closes out a month of celebration and activities and is our main event!  The month-long series of events begins June 2nd at 5:30pm with a flag raising at Unity Green where we will be joined by Attorney General, William Tong. (Full event list can be found at our website).

On Festival day, A rally is planned for 10:30 am on the front steps of Town Hall.  Featuring the voices of our youth, our town delegation and other special guests.  This rally is meant to spotlight what we are doing here in West Hartford and in the state of Connecticut to protect and embrace our community in the face of ever restrictive legislation being passed across the country.  We are proud to announce that the rally, the main stage, and our family tent will have ASL interpretation.

West Hartford Pride events highlight the multifaceted contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community, along with the diverse businesses and cultural venues the town has to offer.  More than a party, WeHa Pride celebrates talent across the spectrum of arts, culture, music, and performance. The whole family is welcome to take part in events throughout the day.  Inclusivity is a priority for the West Hartford Pride Planning Committee and its sponsors. We welcome people from across the spectrum of age, gender identity, race, sexuality, ability and class. This promises to be an event where everyone can see a piece of themselves celebrated and reflected back at them.

We’d like to thank our sponsors for this event,  The Town of West Hartford, Gilead Sciences, media sponsor Fox 61 and our Presenting Sponsor, Circle Care. We are proud to be partnering with Circle Care, a non-profit medical center dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care to all. Offering comprehensive primary care, specializing in the needs of the LGBTQI+ community and people living with HIV. We are also excited to share that the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce has named West Hartford Pride Nonprofit of the Year, 2024.