Office of State History

The following are some examples of LGTBQ+ Pride Month Events and LGBTQ+ History Events taking place at museums and historical societies across New York State.

Capital-Saratoga

Capital Pride 2025
Sunday, June 8, 2025
11:30am
Capital Pride
More information: https://www.518capitalpride.com/

History & Hops: Queer Stories Uncovered—A Pride Month Celebration
Thursday, June 12, 2025
6:00pm
New York State Museum
More information: https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/history-hops-queer-stories-uncovered-pride-month-celebration

BrainFood: LGBTQ+ Stories from the Collections – Celebrating Pride Month
Friday, June 20, 2025
12:00pm
New York State Museum
More information: https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/lgbtq-stories-from-the-collections

Love Wins: A Celebration of Marriage Equality in New York
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
12:00pm
New York State Museum
More information: https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/love-wins-celebration-marriage-equality-new-york

Queer Revolutionary: The Trials of Robert Newburgh
Friday, June 27, 2025
12:00pm
New York State Library
More information: https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13782473

Pride Day at the New York State Museum
Sunday, June 29, 2025
10:30am
New York State Museum
More information: https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/programs/pride-day-new-york-state-museum

New York City

LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Historic Queens Pride
Sunday, June 1, 2025
11:00am
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/01/lgbtq-pride-month-historic-queens-pride

Defying Norms: A Queer Self-Portrait Journey
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 
3:30pm
Washington Heights Library, NYPL
More information: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/06/04/defying-norms-queer-self-portrait-journey

Meet the Curator: Fred W. McDarrah: Pride and Protest
Friday, June 6, 2025 
12:00pm
New York Historical
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/meet-the-curator-fred-w.-mcdarrah-pride-and-protest?date=2025-06-06

LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Pride in the Bronx
Sunday, June 8, 2025
2:00pm
Pelham Bay Park
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/08/lgbtq-pride-month-pride-in-the-bronx

Pride Party!
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
3:30pm
Melrose Library, NYPL
More information: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/06/10/pride-party

East Village Queer: Writers & Writing Below 14th Street
Thursday, June 12, 2025
6:00pm
Tompkins Square Library, NYPL
More information: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/06/12/east-village-queer-writers-writing-below-14th-street

Blueprints of Resistance: Lessons from LGBTQ+ Activism Past and Present
Friday, June 13, 2025 
6:30pm
New York Historical
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/blueprints-of-resistance-lessons-from-lgbtq-activism-past-and-present?date=2025-06-13

The Library After Hours: Pride
Friday, June 13, 2025
7:30pm
New York Public Library
More information: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/06/13/library-after-hours-pride25

LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Hart Island Pride
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
10:00am
Hart Island 
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/17/hart-island-tour-south-island

Midtown Neighborhood Walk of Queer History
Friday, June 20, 2025
10:30am
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, NYPL
More information: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/06/20/clone-midtown-neighborhood-walk-queer-history

LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Walk With Pride
Saturday, June 21, 2025
11:00am
Allison Pond Park
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/21/lgbtq-pride-month-walk-with-pride

Lentol Garden’s Family Pride Party
Saturday, June 21, 2025
3:00pm
Lentol Garden
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/21/lentol-gardens-family-pride-party

LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Come OUTside
Sunday, June 22, 2025
1:00pm
Salt Marsh Nature Center
More information: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/06/22/lgbtq-pride-month-come-outside

Gallery Tour: Fred W. McDarrah: Pride and Protest
Thursday, June 26, 2025
11:30am
New York Historical 
More information: https://www.nyhistory.org/programs/gallery-tour-fred-w.-mcdarrah-pride-and-protest2?date=2025-06-26

NYC Pride: The March
Sunday, June 29, 2025 
11:00am
NYC Pride
More information: https://www.nycpride.org/event/nyc-pride-march

"Queer Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: A Writing Workshop"
Monday, June 30, 2025
5:00pm
Harlem Library, NYPL
More information: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/06/30/celebrate-pride-month-harlem-library-queer-voices-harlem-renaissance

Long Island

Long Island Pride Celebration
Sunday, June 8, 2025 
12:00pm
Long Island Pride
More information: https://lipride.org/about-us/

Pink Triangle Legacies: Holocaust History and the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights
Monday, June 9, 2025 
4:30pm
Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County
More information: https://www.hmtcli.org/events/gc4z55s2kbjebdaxss2k67blypk5tx

Pride Month Art: Keith Haring
Friday, June 13, 2025 
6:45pm
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
More informationhttps://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=8-43097.0

Rainbow Lantern Walk
Friday, June 13, 2025 
7:30pm
Sunken Meadow State Park
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=37-43103.0

Planting Pride: Love Blooms Here!
Saturday, June 14, 2025 
5:00pm
Planting Fields
More information: https://plantingfields.org/happenings/planting-pride-2025/

Pride in the Park
Sunday, June 22, 2025
10:00am
Hempstead Lake State Park
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=31-42997.0

Hudson Valley

Westchester Pride 2025
Sunday, June 1, 2025 
12:00pm
The LOFT LGBTQ+ Community Center
More information: https://www.loftgaycenter.org/westchester_pride_hosted_by_the_loft

Kingston Pride
Saturday, June 7, 2025 
10:00am
Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center
More information: https://www.lgbtqcenter.org/calendar/kingston-pride

Stanford Pride 2025
Saturday, June 7, 2025
1:00pm
Stanford Pride
More information: https://www.stanfordnypride.org/events

Rockland Pride Sunday 2025
Sunday, June 8, 2025 
11:00am
Phyllis B. Frank Pride Center of Rockland County
More information: https://rocklandpridecenter.org/event/rockland-pride-sunday-2025/

Poughkeepsie Pride
Saturday, June 14, 2025
10:15am
Dutchess Pride
More information: https://www.lgbtqcenter.org/calendar/poughkeepsie-pride

Yonkers Pride Festival
Saturday, June 14, 2025
1:00pm
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=37-43819.0

Beacon Pride
Sunday, June 15, 2025
1:00pm
Queer Family Network
More information: https://www.lgbtqcenter.org/calendar/beacon-pride

Finger Lakes

Southern Finger Lakes Pride Festival
Friday, June 13, 2025 - Saturday, June 14, 2025
11:00am
Southern Finger Lakes Pride
More information: https://www.soflxpride.org/pride-festival

Greater Niagara

Buffalo Pride: The Parade
Sunday, June 1, 2025
11:00am
Buffalo Pride
More information: https://buffalopride.org/the-parade/

PRIDE WALK: Nature is a Rainbow
Saturday, June 7, 2025 
1:00pm
Letchworth State Park
More information: http://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=19-43299.0

Pride Walk at the Falls
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
6:00pm
Niagara Falls State Park
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=46-43024.0

Southern Tier

Binghamton Pride Palooza in the Park
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Binghamton Pride
More information: https://binghamtonpride.org/pride-events-2034/

Thousand Islands

2025 Potsdam Pride Festival
Saturday, June 14, 2025
11:00am
Potsdam Pride
More information: https://potsdampride.org/

Watertown Pride Flag Raising
Saturday, June 21, 2025
10:00am
Watertown Pride
More information: https://watertownnypride.org/

Central New York

Ithaca Pride Rainbow Fest
Friday, June 13, 2025
7:00pm
Ithaca Pride
More information: https://www.ithacapridealliance.org/ithaca-pride

Fifth Annual Cazenovia Pride Festival
Saturday, June 28, 2025
4:00pm
Lorenzo State Historic Site
More information: https://parks.ny.gov/events/event.aspx?e=15-43535.1.7

North Country

Plattsburgh Pride Fest 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025
3:00pm
Plattsburgh Pride
More information: https://www.goadirondack.com/event/pride-fest-2025