Happy Pride Month! Celebrate with These 24 NJ Pride Events this Month
Happy PRIDE! June is National Pride Month and there is plenty to do to celebrate. Although we are all about celebrating the LGBTQA community year-round, we are excited about these upcoming events this June 2021.
Side note: We wish we started this list earlier since a lot of great events have passed…but we didn’t know COVID restrictions would lift so quickly.
Show us your PRIDE decorating contest
Now – June 13
Join Medford Pride and Destination Medford for the first ever show us your PRIDE home and business decorating contest! All businesses and homes within Main Street Medford and Medford Village are welcome to participate.
Main St, Medford, NJ
Woodbury Heights Pride Festival
June 10, 5PM – 10PM
Music, community, love. Socially distanced outside music performance. Bring your masks and lawn chairs.
Starbucks, 1008 Mantua Pike, Woodbury Heights, NJ
Haddon Township “Ride with Pride” parade
June 10, 6PM – 8PM
The Haddon Township Parade “Ride with PRIDE event” will take place on Haddon Avenue between Strawbridge and Crystal Lake. The Starting Line for the parade will be sent to confirmed participants and is just a short walk from the parade.
Use your creativity and some fun materials to decorate your nonmotorized bike or wheeled contraption (stroller/wagon/scooter) in a unique and artistic way to #showyourpride at Haddon Township’s Inaugural Pride Parade.
Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ
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Haddon Township PRIDE Parade and Events
June 10 – 12
Haddon Township, in close collaboration with the Haddon Township Equity Initiative (HTEI), is hosting its first annual PRIDE Parade and festivities in celebration and support of its LGBTQIA+ community. With a June 10th PRIDE Parade kicking off the festivities, HTEI and Haddon Township have created multiple events throughout the week to create connection, show support and share resources.
Berkeley Heights Diversity Council Pride Celebration
June 11, 4:30PM – 6:30PM
“In partnership with the Berkeley Heights Diversity Council and the SAGA Club at Governor Livingston High School, the Summit Area YMCA is proud to host our annual community Pride Celebration on June 11, 4:30-6:30 PM at Columbia Park in Berkeley Heights. This free, family-friendly fun event welcomes all to celebrate and support love and equality in our community! Bring your friends, family, your picnic blankets and/or food to hang out with the Y and show your support!
We will also be collecting hygiene supplies and toiletries for New Alternatives in support of Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth in NYC through June 11. New Alternatives provides a range of services designed to help LGBTQ+ youth succeed in transitioning to stable adult lives and welcomes all youth as they are with no barriers to entry.”
Columbia Park, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Pride in the Park
June 12, 1PM – 4PM
Red Bank Recreation will be hosting a Pride event on June 12th at Riverside Gardens Parks! Event is free! DJ TALLSPEEDY, KID’S ACTIVITIES, AND MORE
Riverside Garden Park, 40 W Front St, Red Bank, NJ
Boonton Rainbow Pride
June 12, 12PM – 8PM
The day will begin with a presentation with the Mayor. Afterwards, we encourage people to walk up Main Street using the sidewalks and pick up lunch or a Pride Plate Special from one of our many wonderful restaurants and shops. End your walk at Grace Lord Park where you can picnic with your family, participate in an interactive art exhibit, and listen to music and speakers!
Grace Lord Park, Boonton, NJ
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Sussex County Pride Rally
June 12
Annual Pride Rally 6/12 at 12pm on the Newton Green! Sussex County Pride is the LGBTQ+ organization in Sussex County, NJ. Pride, Action, Advocacy .
Newton Green, Newton, NJ
Athleta Tice’s Corner Pride Party
June 12
What’s In Store? 11am FREE Zumba Class followed by kisses and cuddles from adoptable puppies from Wise Animal Rescue. Makeovers by Red Queen Cosmetics with natural, mineral-based makeup and skincare products *portion of proceeds will be donated to Born This Way Foundation. Auburn Jewelry Pop-Up shop with hand-made jewelry from multiple collections, including the Pride collection. There will also be photo ops, pride cupcakes, refreshments, pride stickers, and a special sweepstakes!
Athleta Tice’s Corner, 427 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
SoHa Pride Fest
June 12, 11AM – 4PM
SoHa PRIDE Fest hosted by the SoHa Arts Building & Haddon Township in support of the Haddon Township Equity Initiative. Come out to the SoHa Arts Building and enjoy a day of art, music, crafts and so much more – all in the name of LOVE!
1001 White Horse Pike, Haddon Twp, NJ
Bayard Rustin Center For Social Justice Virtual Pride Power Hour
June 12
Billy Porter, Jane Lynch, Sam Sparro, Emilio Delgado Luis on Sesame Street & Bob straight outta’ Sesame Street, Wesley Stace, Sampson McCormick, Son of Baldwin Robert Jones Jr., Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta & his handsome other 100% the good Dr. Matthew J. Miller, John Easdale Dramarama, Maggie Smith, Senator Bob Menendez, Senator Cory Booker, Maurice Ruffin, Antigone Rising, Everett Bradley, Khalisa Rae, Tamara Winfrey Harris, April Reign, John Fetterman & his lovely better half Gisele Barreto Fetterman, Billie Jean King, Olive Joseph, BRCSJ Board Officers Peniel Joseph, Erin Worrell, Wey-Wey Kwok, & Carol Watchler, & many other fab folx that we can’t quite reveal yet, all welcomed by our delightful co-hosts Ms. Jill Sobule, Mike Hot-Pence, HARMONICA SUNBEAM
, & Robt Seda-Schreiber.
Garden State Equality Walk
June 12 and 13 in Atlantic City and Montclair
The Equality Walk is Garden State Equality’s largest annual community fundraiser. In past years, we’ve had hundreds of individuals in attendance and raised over $100,000. The funds we raise will support the innovative work GSE is doing in the areas of policy, education, and health. Every day, our team is busy advocating for the LGBTQ community in our state and offering programs that can serve as models for other states, agencies, and organizations.
Ocean Casino Resort, 500 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ (June 12, 12PM)
First Congregational Church of Montclair, 40 S. Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ (June 13, 1:30PM)
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Toms River Pride
June 13, 11AM – 5PM
Ocean County’s 3rd Annual Pride Festival in Downtown Toms River Celebrating the Jersey Shore’s LGBTQ+ Community.
11:00AM Opening Ceremony
11:30AM Festival Opens
4:00PM Drag Shows
5:00PM Festival Closes
Downtown Toms River, Toms River, NJ
North Jersey Pride Picnic
June 13, 3PM – 7PM
Join for a community gathering celebrating LGBTQ pride! They’ll bring the music and food trucks, you bring the blankets and beach chairs! Allies very welcome! Let’s (finally) be TOGETHER in PRIDE!
Memorial Park Amphitheater, Maplewood, NJ
5th Annual Pulse Memorial & Project REAL Benefit Show
June 13, 12PM
The 5th Annual Pulse Memorial and Project REAL Benefit show will be held OUTSIDE across the street from Georgies! Come out for a day full of live bands, drag queens, vendors, and more! And yes, there will be a beer truck!
Performances by:
Chill Smith
Heather Hills
Des and the Swagmatics
David Ross Lawn and Blaise
Black Flamingos
The Shady Street Show Band
With drag performances by:
Pissi Myles
Rhedd Rhumm
Lady Celestina
Kinsey Spectrum
Janelle Galliano
and more TBA!
1301 Main St, Asbury Park, NJ
Cost: $10 minimum donation, 100% of proceeds go directly to Project REAL
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Englewood Pride Flag Raising
June 15, 6PM
celebrate Pride Month in Englewood with a flag raising and ceremony at Englewood Public Library. Special guest Margaret Josephs from the RHONJ.
Englewood Public Library, 31 Engle St, Englewood, NJ
Collingswood Pride Night
June 16, 5PM – 8PM
Come out for a night celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community! Collingswood is well known as an inclusive community valuing each of its residents for who they are and what they add to the fabric of the Borough. Our diversity and uniqueness is part of what makes Collingswood where you want to be!
Let’s have fun as a community and share resources for connection from advocacy groups including PFLAG, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and our own Collingswood Public Library. Get Ready! We’re kicking off the night at 5:30pm with Drag Queen Story Hour with Philadelphia’s favorite drag queen, Brittany Lynn of Drag Queen Mafia.
Get creative and paint the flag that represents YOU. Play some games, enjoy live music, dress in your best pride gear and pose for pics in our photo area with photographer Peg Schnyer. Most of all, have FUN with your neighbors!
Lawn at the Scottish Rite, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood, NJ
3rd Annual Fleet Feet Montclair Pride Stride Run & Walk
June 17, 6PM
Join for the 3rd annual Fleet Feet Montclair Pride Stride Run & Walk in partnership with Montclair Brewery and Diadora! Funds raised and registration fees will be donated to OUT Montclair, a new organization dedicated to fostering community and providing support and solidarity for the LGBTQIA+ population of Montclair, NJ.
101 Walnut St. Monclair, NJ
Big Queer Block Party
June 18, 6PM – 10PM
Turn it up and turn it out for the biggest, queerest night of Pride Month! Amazing music, live drag, belly dance, and vogue performances and more from dusk til dark in the festive heart of Maplewood Village – Free to all and all welcome! Music by Mr. Michel with special performances by Harmonica Sunbeam & Vogue For Me.
Maplewood Village Maplewood, NJ
Pride Rainbows Cookie Decorating Happy Hour at Capitoline
June 24, 7:30PM – 9PM
The original gay pride flag flew at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade celebration on June 25, 1978… Join Capitolone on the eve of this anniversary to decorate the most amazing set of rainbow cookies, including a flag!
Capitoline, 639 Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ
Adult Pride Skate Night at The Branch Brook Park Skating Center
June 25, 9:30PM – 11:30PM
Celebrate Pride on the Skate Floor for Some Music, Dancing & Fun! MUST BE 18YRS + TO ATTEND WITH A VALID ID
Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center, 7th Avenue, Newark, NJ
Cost: $12 – $16, Tickets must be purchased in advance
PRIDE ’21 Morris County Pride
June 26, 11AM – 3PM
Join us for Morris County Pride’s second annual LGBTQ+ Pride event Come celebrate and support the Morris County LGBTQ+ community with us! You’ll find fabulous food vendors, outstanding musical and drag entertainment, a magician for the kids, along with sponsors and vendors who are proud to support the local LGBTQ+ community and share available resources.
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Cost: $8, Kids under 10 are free
Newark LGBTQ Community Center’s Monthly Drag Bingo
June 30, 7PM – 8:30PM
The fabulous and incredible Harmonica Sunbeam will be hosting four rounds of hilarious and charismatic bingo. Prizes will be awarded at each round so y’all better bring that game! Okaaayyyyyy. Make sure to bring your drinks, some light shade, and we will provide the entertainment, honey. Register to get your bingo board — you can use just one ticket/board for all four rounds or purchase multiple tickets/boards to increase your chances of winning!
Cost: $10
