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Pride Along the Hudson 2025

Make the most of LGBTQ+ Pride season with BGHV’s annual roundup of events happening all across the Hudson Valley.

THIS WEEKEND: Kent, Kinderhook, Poughkeepsie + Yonkers,

🎭 Queer Summer Theater Season is Coming Up – Check Out the LGBTQ+ Programming Hitting Local Stages

✨ This Week: Beacon Litfest, Pride Weekend @ Omega, Sapphic Nights x The Robyn Party in Kingston & More

Happening This Week

Sunday Jun 15th

Disco Kaftan @ The Roosevelt Bar

The Roosevelt Bar
288 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508

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Monday Jun 16th

Paper Spells – Group Exhibit / Opening Reception

The Lamb Center
41 Market St, Saugerties, NY 12477

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Monday Jun 16th

Finding Your Remedy: A Tarot + Herbalism Workshop

balm in gilead herb shop
587 Abeel Street, Kingston, NY 12401

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Monday Jun 16th

Table Top Role Playing Game (TTRPG) Club

Dutchess County Pride Center
766 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

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Monday Jun 16th

Queer Speed Friending

Happy Valley Barcade
296 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508

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Monday Jun 16th

Big Eden – Free Screening!

Story Screen Cinema
160 Fairview Avenue. Suite 78, Hudson, NY 12534

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Tuesday Jun 17th

BIPOC Group

Dutchess County Pride Center
766 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

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Tuesday Jun 17th

Paper Spells – Group Exhibit / Opening Reception

The Lamb Center
41 Market St, Saugerties, NY 12477

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Tuesday Jun 17th

C.U. Next Tuesday Queer Night

Salt Box Bar
10 Crown St, Kingston, NY 12401

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Tuesday Jun 17th

Queer Men’s Taco Tuesday @ Unihog (Hoosick Falls, NY)

Unihog
2 Center Street, Hoosick Falls, NY 12090

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Sunday Jun 15th

Qigong with Jill Ann Schwartz

Opus 40

Sunday Jun 15th

Q-MoB Queer Men’s Coffee Klatch @ Euphoria (Troy, NY)

Cafe Euphoria

Sunday Jun 15th

Old Dutch Church Pride Service ’25

Old Dutch Church

Sunday Jun 15th

Q-MoB Queer Men’s Walking Group: Guided Tour Historic West Stockbridge, MA

Number 6 Depot Coffee Roastery & Cafe

Sunday Jun 15th

Legendary Looks: The Art of Effects Design in House Ballroom Exhibition

ArtsWestchester

Sunday Jun 15th

Paper Spells – Group Exhibit / Opening Reception

The Lamb Center

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Upcoming Events by Big Gay Hudson Valley

Orchard Disco: Independence Weekend

There’s nothing more patriotic than living your best life, so join NYC’s DJ Bright Light Bright Light for a night out packed with pop, dance, and vintage disco vibes.

Saturday July 5th (Bad Seed Hard Cider Taproom, Highland)

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Orchard Disco: Queer Summer Nights

Revel in the summer heat at a night out with the full spectrum of our community, complete with disco + vintage pop beats from NYC’s DJ Patrick Kyle.

Saturday August 9th (Bad Seed Hard Cider Taproom, Highland)

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Out on the Farm 2025

BGHV’s all-ages queer Fall festival is everything you want in an autumnal night out: pumpkins, flannel, barnyard burlesque, cider donuts, haaaayrides, and more. Tickets go on sale later this Summer.

Saturday October 4th (Bad Seed Hard Cider Taproom, Highland)

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The 2025 Queer Summer Theater Season Kicks Off in the Hudson Valley

BGHV2025-06-07T10:03:50-04:00

Summers upstate mean lots of live entertainment. The teams behind Vassar's Powerhouse Theater, Bard's Summerscape, and The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck have a packed slate of queer entertainment on deck for the 2025 season.

RECAP: See Pics + Video from Pride in the Sky 2025

BGHV2025-06-02T22:09:34-04:00

Big Gay Hudson Valley kicked off Pride season 2025 with a celebration on the Walkway Over the Hudson complete with community festivals, a nighttime dance party and a parade of two of the world's largest pride flags - one rainbow + one trans.

What You Need to Know for Pride in the Sky 2025

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Get all the details about parking, free shuttles, what to wear, food & drink, and more at BGHV's starlit kickoff to Pride season.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈On Sunday, May 18, 2

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈On Sunday, May 18, 2025 we had the honor of introducing one of the World’s Largest Transgender Pride Flags at Big Gay Hudson Valley’s Pride In The Sky On the Walkway Over The Hudson.

Measuring 125 ft in length and 16 ft in width, thank you to the hundreds that helped us to carry not just this flag, but also a 600 ft. section of the World’s Largest original 8 color Gay Pride flag made by Gilbert Baker (its creator) himself across the Walkway.

Brought together in the center, this was our way of showing that we’ll always be there to support our trans siblings by not letting the ‘T’ in LGBTQ+ be erased.

Made possible thanks to hundreds that supported out GoFundMe, this team’s Pride flag will now spend Pride season appearing at other Pride events in New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Albany and New York City!

Thank you to @madexhudson for constructing this giant symbol of resistance as we all come together for Pride!

#gayhudsonvalley #biggayhudsonvalley #hudsonvalley #pride #lgbtq🌈 #transpride #trans #transgender #transgenderpride🌈 #🏳️‍⚧️ #🏳️‍🌈

🌈 It’s PRIDE ALONG THE HUDSON season! Plan yo

🌈 It’s PRIDE ALONG THE HUDSON season! Plan your 2025 LGBTQ+ Pride month calendar with BGHV’s annual guide to celebrations happening up & down the Valley.

👉Swipe to view and tap the link in our bio to read the full guide online.

✨Thanks to @ruralmodernist for this season’s fab artwork

#hudsonvalley #biggayhudsonvalley #lgbtqtravel #lgbtqpride #pride #instagay #iloveny #transpride #prideflag #queercommunity #lgbtq #queer

Thank you to everyone that joined Big Gay Hudson V

Thank you to everyone that joined Big Gay Hudson Valley for Pride In The Sky on Sunday, May 18th on the @walkwayoverthehudson ! Spanning the mighty Hudson River, the event brought together both sides of the river in support of our LGBTQ+ Community.

Pride In The Sky featured two community festivals - one on the each side of the Walkway in Dutchess and Ulster Counties.

At 6pm we marched two giant Pride Flags across the Walkway with the support of hundreds of volunteers. The first being the World’s Largest Trans Pride Flag which was made right here in the Hudson Valley by @madexhudson, the creation of which was made possible thanks to hundreds of donations from community members. The second was a portion of the world’s largest original 8-color Pride flag made by its creator, Gilbert Baker himself.

The evening featured live music & entertainment by the @minorikeys , @sirgogogadget @justandramada @charleybisquit along with an incredible DJ set 212 feet in the air brought to you by @prephab and @superiorsounds - photos by @hvfoodphotography + aerial footage by @etvisualss

This free event was made possible by our very good friends at the organizations and businesses below. Pleas be sure to thank them for their support of the Hudson Valley’s LGBTQ community and for making events like Pride In The Sky possible.

✨WMC Health
✨Hudson Valley Credit Union
✨I LOVE NY
✨NY State Dept of Health
✨Upstate Modernist
✨Destination Dutchess
✨Ulster Tourism
✨NY State Deptartment of Parks
✨CDPHP
✨Hamilton & Adams
✨Central Bark
✨Q92FM
✨Orthopedic Associates
✨Superior Sounds

As we head into Pride season, let’s continue to celebrate one another and lift each other up. We are all so very lucky to call the Hudson Valley home and we can’t thank you enough for celebrating with us last night at Pride In The Sky.

Visit biggayhudsonvalley.com for a full list of everything happening during Pride season and we’ll see you again at the Orchard Disco at Bad Seed in Highland on Saturday Night, May 31st!

#hudsonvalley #biggayhudsonvalley #prideinthesky #lgbtqtravel #lgbtqpride #pride #instagay #iloveny #transpride #prideflag #queercommunity

📣 Pride In The Sky has been RESCHEDULED to SUND

📣 Pride In The Sky has been RESCHEDULED to SUNDAY, MAY 18th as a result of the forecast for rain and potential for thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon.

✨EVENT SCHEDULE
We’re retaining as much of the Pride In The Sky event calendar as possible with a few adjustments to timing (see the list below). Our community festivals on both side of the Walkway will now start at 3PM and the event will now end at 9PM.

10AM Pride Fun Run / Walk
Highland (West) Gate

2PM Drag Story Time with Katarina Mirage
🆕 NEW LOCATION: Highland (West) Pavilion

3PM - 9PM Pride In the Sky Community Festivals & Evening Celebration
Both Sides of the Walkway

4:30PM Proud Pet Pawrade
Highland (West) Gate

5PM Rally / Remarks in Highland
Highland (West) Pavilion

6PM Flag Processions in Poughkeepsie & Highland

ℹ️ Tap the link in our bio for full details.

#biggayhudsonvalley #gayhudsonvalley #prideinthesky #poughkeepsie #dutchesscounty #ulstercounty #iloveny #upstategays #lgbtq #pride #escapenyc

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