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Pride Festival 2026

📅 Saturday, June 27th
Pride Festival | ⏰ 12:00 - 5:00 PM | 📍 21 Farewell St, Newport, RI

The Newport Pride Festival is filled with vendors, performances, food trucks, and fun! Below are all the details you need to know for the day of. 

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The Newport Pride Festival & Parade is proud to partner with Bike Newport and the “Get There By Bike” initiative to provide high capacity bike racks, maps, routes, and support for this event. Click here for all the relevant information!

Confirmed Vendors & Food Trucks 
More coming soon!

Artists:

  • Art by Jennifer Marmo

  • Bead Mama

  • Crooked Tail Crafts

  • 1556 Coqui and Grain

  • Florals & Photography by Kathryn Tay

  • Kileymaycrochet

  • M.EYE Images

  • Rhode Island Glassworks

  • Sam Glevick Art

  • The Knitting Faun

  • TT's Trinkets

  • 2 Zebras Art

Businesses:

  • Airhead Archive (vintage clothing, accessories, and art) 

  • Charter Books

  • KWC Marketing / Innseason Resorts

  • Renewal by Andersen

  • RI Home Improvement


Non-Profits:

  • AARP RI

  • AIDS Quilt RI

  • AIDS Project Rhode Island

  • American Cancer Society - Cancer Action Network

  • Bridgewater State University Pride Center

  • Downtown Designs Gallery

  • Free Mom Hugs

  • Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England

  • Haus of Codec

  • Interweave at Channing Memorial Church

  • League of Women Voters, Newport County and LWVRI

  • Minority Stress and Trauma Lab of URI

  • Newport Art Museum

  • Newport Classical

  • Newport County Prevention Coalition

  • Newport Mental Health

  • Newport Public Education Foundation

  • Newport Singles 

  • Ocean State Center for Independent Living (OSCIL)

  • PFLAG Greater Providence

  • Potter League For Animals

  • Pride in Aging Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island Abortion Fund

  • RICARES

  • ​RI Deportation Defense

  • SouthCoast Fair Housing

  • TGI Network of Rhode Island

  • Tiny Paws Kitten Care of Rhode Island

  • Women's Resource Center

  • ​Youth Pride Inc. 


Food Trucks:

  • Bitter Sweet Lemons - Fresh-squeezed handcrafted lemonades, dirty sodas, specialty drinks, apple nachos, loaded popcorn, and other fun dessert treats.

  • Friskie Fries - Homemade crispy golden fries topped with everything from chili and cheese to general tso's chicken. 

  • Kona Ice - Refreshing tropical shaved ice - 30 plus flavors plus sugar free and dye free options. 

  • Kristi’s Kraftails - All natural fresh fruit low sugar refreshing mocktails in bottles, seasoned savory Cashews that are low in salt but packed with fun bold flavors, and takeway bags packed with vegan gluten free cookies made with homemade apple cider. 

  • Nanu Burmese Fusion - Asian fusion food like spring rolls, chicken wings, dumplings, noodles, sushi, and bento boxes. 

  • Newport Creamery - Ice cream including Awful Awfuls (it's like a milkshake but so much better), sundaes, scoops of ice cream in a cup or a cone, and cookie ice cream sandwiches. 

  • Turner Bros. LLC - American classics like hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, plushies, and pulled pork.

Pride Fest Performers & Schedule

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Drag Queens & Kings:

  • Mackenzie- Newport Pride Fest emcee, Provincetown's neon hype girl.  

  • Darren Tashine- A whimsical and magical drag king adventure with a giant-winged fairy look.

  • Falcon- A Drag King transplanted to Lincoln Rhode Island from Birmingham Alabama. They bring energy, emotion and southern charm to the stage, as The 2024 Mister Central Alabama Pride. 

  • Forrest Fleur​-  Forrest Fleur is a farmer, organizer, scholar, and New England’s favorite FREAK of nature. Based in Providence, RI, she is known for bringing her production SHE ATE to farm/outdoor venues in the rural pockets of the Northeast. The lab tests are back and report 6 crowns and titles, a thriving micilicl network, ample available carbon, and curiously cunty drag. 

  • Lulu Levity- The bodacious drag bombshell of Providence, RI, spreading queer love and joy!

  • Sauvignon Blanc-  Sauvignon Blanc is not just the *IT GIRL* of wine anymore - she is your pop-star princess of New England! Starting her drag journey in December 2023 in Hartford, Connecticut, Sauvignon embraces the stage with high-energy, glam and camp.

  • Terrible Sue-  Energetic, fun, and celebratory drag featuring a handmade, RI themed dress. 

  • Valerie Joy- Valerie Joy hails from RI, where she apparently learned to slay the drag scene, starting in 2022. She's known as the Ballard Queen, but don't be fooled - she can also bust a move and twirl it out with the best of them.

  • Zest- Did somebody say sequins? Zest is a high energy glamorous diva ready to stunt and bring the energy!

  • Kvng Neptune - A Kind, bass boosted, fashion forward tribal leader of drag & a king of queens for the people! Representing culture & the duality of feminine & masculine power w high energy performances

Music & Dance:

  • Abby Moskow- An ethereal Pop/Rnb experience sprinkled with harmony stacks and divine feminine energy-- you can expect affirmations written to melodies, lots of riffing, and fairy vibes. 

  • Alex Kehm- Poetic indie pop, with themes of trauma, grief, and queer identity. 

  • Corry Michaels- Get ready to sing, dance, and join the party. Corry Michaels brings infectious pop music, strong live vocals, choreographed dance moments, and audience interaction to every performance. His engaging stage presence and upbeat original songs create an unforgettable experience that turns spectators into participants.

  • DJ Mad Bvnny- Mad Bvnny is a DJ from Providence known for high-energy sets blending house, tech house, EDM, and crowd-favorite modern mixes with heavy basslines and explosive drops. With a style that balances underground club energy and mainstream appeal, Mad Bvnny creates immersive sets designed for packed dance floors, late nights, and sweaty warehouse vibes.

  • Ginger- Rnb singer/songwriter who immerses Soul, Funk, and House music into her distinctive sound. 

  • Quorus- Quorus is Newport's first and only LGBTQIA+ chorus for teens and adults.​

  • Singing Resistance - Building a mass movement of singers to protect and care for our communities, grounded in love, nonviolence, and solidarity. 

Performances:

  • Newport (A New Musical)- Performance of the new musical "Newport," set in 1919 Rhode Island, where the jubilation of a post-war homecoming gives way to a web of secrets, desire, and betrayal. Part love story, part historical thriller, Newport asks a question as timely as ever: what do we owe to others, and what do we owe to ourselves?”

  • Wicked Queer Puppet Theater- The Hope-a-Motive is an all-ages puppet show about a Train that runs on Hope. The Hope-a-Motive carries us across time to understand our lineage as change makers in a broken world. 

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Newport Pride is Proud to be a member of:

Newport Pride Center Open Hours:

Wed, Thu, Fri, 1 PM - 5 PM

Sat, 10 AM - 2 PM

42 Spring St, Newport, RI

Phone:

401-324-7131

 

Payment and donations by check can be sent to

"Newport Pride."

P.O. Box 3443

Newport, RI 02840

©2024 powered by Newport Pride non-profit 501 (c)(3)

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