Kick off #CapeAnnPride Week 2024 “Out by the Ocean” with featured guest Alana Thicc and the time-honored tradition of Sunday afternoon cocktails to fine disco tunes by DJ Salomon. No cover charge, 21+, Pride-themed drinks.

Over the course of his short years, Latouche lived a remarkably dynamic life; like a brilliant star, he
pulled some of the most important artistic figures of 20th-century American culture into his brief orbit.

We’ll honor #LGBTQIA+ seniors as we kick off #CapeAnnPride!

Join us for a #CapeAnnPride raising at Gloucester City Hall at 11 AM.

Join us Friday, May 31st to kickoff #CapeAnnPride Weekend with “Sunset Sessions: Pride Edition” at Beauport Hotel's Birdseye Rooftop! Featuring live DJ entertainment from The 617 Event Group, dance along to your favorite beats, sip on handcrafted cocktails and take in the sweeping views of the Gloucester Harbor. Make sure to bring your suit if you want to take a dip in the pool or hot tub! This event is for 21+ adults only.

All attendees will be entered to win an overnight stay here at Beauport Hotel with tickets to North Shore Music Theatre.

This event is in collaboration with Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and the Cape Ann Pride Coalition. A portion of the ticket sales from this event will benefit the Cape Ann Pride Coalition

Join us at The Cut with DJ Coleslaw for the “Final Friday/First Pride” kick-off dance party for #CapeAnnPride 2024! No advance ticket purchase necessary, and NO cover at the door. Join us and one of Cape Ann’s best DJs for a dance party that’s going to make history!

Join North Shore Pride’s annual flag raising in Manchester at Town Hall.

Enjoy the singular, eclectic, beautiful creativity of Gloucester’s own Henry Davis Sleeper, widely acknowledged as one of America’s first interior designers, and widely known as a gay man even in his lifetime. Don’t miss out on making a free tour of this National Historic Landmark part of your #CapeAnnPride Saturday.

Join us at Cape Ann Lanes as we celebrate the first #CapeAnnPride with a focus on LGBTQ+ Youth, Families, and Friends “Bowling with Pride!” Reservations encouraged!

Strike a pose for #CapeAnnPride at MAGMA! Let your body move to the music at this age 14+ event that’ll teach you how to let your inner superstar shine. $20 tickets; advance registration recommended.

Let’s get social at LaneSide Pub & Brewery! Casual mix and mingle event for #CapeAnnPride; no reservations needed; 21+.

“Jump into June” Drag Show Contest, brought to you by North Shore Pride. Tickets available at https://thecutlive.showare.com/ $30 in advance; $35 at the door. 21+ event. Doors at 7 PM; show at 8 PM.

Gloucester’s youngest rock-band (7th-grade through high school), Kicked Off the Bus, brings their support to #CapeAnnPride with their live gig at Whale’s Jaw Cafe. $5 tickets at the door.

Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church is holding a celebratory Pride service, Sunday, June 2, at 10:00 a.m. Special music by the Steve Lacey Trio, featuring Rhiannon Hurst. Everyone is welcome as you are!

Join #CapeAnnPride for a beach party hosted by the North Shore Health Project to kick off the “Gayest Summer Ever!” here on Cape Ann. Free STI testings and other health resources available.

Celebrate #CapeAnnPride Month with the whole family through books, art, music, and sea creatures at the Cape Ann Museum Green! Join the Cape Ann Museum, Sawyer Free Library, Maritime Gloucester, and the Open Door for the Pride Family Picnic on Sunday, June 2 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm presented as part of the first Cape Ann Pride Weekend. Free reservations required.

Hosted by Maritime Gloucester - join us for Pride on the Pier Tea Dance to close out a great #CapeAnnPride weekend with a full ticketed bar, music by DJ Billy Burgoyne, and summer snack catering by Burnham’s Clambake.

Tickets $20 in advance online or $25 at the door day-of. 21+; rain or shine.

This First Friday will continue #CapeAnnPride month as a “Lavender Speakeasy.” Free and open to the public.

Continue the artistry, community, and fun of #CapeAnnPride with live, original music brought to you by “What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?” and Jessye DiSilva!

The June 9 worship service here The First Congregational Church of Rockport, UCC will focus on LGBTQ+ Pride. The Rev. Derek van Gulden will be preaching and leading worship.

Join the safe and welcoming community at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Gloucester for a special Pride Service. (Exact time to be determined.)

This #CapeAnnPride Month, join members of the community in celebrating Gloucester’s important and often overlooked role in transforming Queer culture and the arts, locally, regionally, and nationally.

With readings by community members from works by CharlesOlson, John Wieners, Robert Duncan, Gerrit Lansing, Daisy Alden, and many others, including, for the first time, newly unearthed poems by John Hays Hammond Jr. himself.
The evening will culminate in a reading of a unique illuminated version of “Abbadia Mare,” a poem written by Gerrit Lansing in the Museum’s Guest Book in 1959 about the building and personally dedicated to Hammond.

Good Witches and Bad Witches alike! Join us in celebration of #CapeAnnPride month for a brief family-friendly examination of the Queer history of the popular ABC sitcom “Bewitched” and its cast, including the 1991 coming out of actor Dick Sargent and the pride activism of Sargent and the show’s star Elizabeth Montgomery, followed by a free screening of “Darrin on a Pedestal,” a 1970 episode of the program shot on location in Gloucester and at Hammond Castle Museum.

Join other Queer film fans for two classics from the 1970s: “Tell Me You Love Me, Junie Moon” (starting Liza-with-a-Z Minnelli) and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” with the timeless (and time-warped) Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter.