Dragonship Haven supports the Middletown PrideFEST!
Hosted by Barony of Dragonship Haven - Middletown, CT
Event date: June 7th, 2025
Event Last Modified: April 25th, 2025
Event details
From the PrideFEST page:
Middletown PrideFEST is the State of Connecticut’s largest pride event held in downtown Middletown, Connecticut, on the first Saturday of June (6/7). PrideFEST starts at 12 pm and ends at 10 pm. PrideFEST is an all afternoon street festival that includes family friendly fun and activities for all ages. PrideFEST consists of the Middletown Pride March, Pride Rally, Pride Showcase Concert, and a Tea Dance. Vendors and food trucks will be located on Main Street. Don’t forget to stop by the Middletown Pride Merchandise Tent to purchase your exclusive Middletown Pride swag, sign up for our newsletter, and learn about what we do all year. PrideFEST draws over 35,000 individuals, 130 vendors, and 80 marching groups from all over New England to downtown Middletown.
We acknowledge that some people may have concerns for personal safety, we agree that your safety is paramount. We can say from our observations of the 2024 event, that the local Middletown Police, Emergency Services, and Fire Departments are ALL very supportive of this event and maintain a positive high profile at this event. The vendors and attendees are wonderful. This should be an amazing day!
Plan for whatever the weather brings to the day. I remain hopeful that it will be a beautiful day and we can showcase all the amazing pageantry that makes the Society the amazing experience that it is. At the time of this writing, we do not have a formal assembly/demo location, but given our pageantry, folks will know we are there. Step out in your spiffiest kit, bring your personal arms and banners for display and plan to have a wonderful day.
If you plan to march in the parade (we plan to), be at the north end of main street by 11 AM. Parking may be problematic in the area due to the number of attendees. we will see what we can arrange for shuttles. Please plan to bring drinks as needed. There are food and drink vendors available for purchase.
IMPORTANT NOTES: Consider this a DRY site. There are establishments on Main Street if you'd like a drink, but nothing may be open in the public areas. You MAY NOT throw things to attendees. If you wish to give things away, you must HAND anything to the attendees. I would ask that participants plan to bring NO weapons to the site. While they are integral to so much that we study, we want to promote a safe environment for all.
In the case of severe weather, the event reserves the right to postpone the event. We will use multiple methods to alert people if this were to happen. Please let us know you will be coming and include an email address.
Site Opens: 11:00 AM for the march / 12:00 PM (Noon) for general admission
Site Closes: 10:00 PM
Event Website
Event Location
Main Street - Middletown, CT
Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
Google Map
Directions:
Take your best route to central CT (91 or 95) to Route 9 in Middletown. Main Street Middletown runs parallel to Route 9 between exits 24 and 23A.
There are many public parking areas but these will likely fill up early. We will look to identify some supplemental areas as well.
Parade assembly will be at the north end of Main Street on Spring street. It will end at the southern end of Main Street at Union Park. The southern end of Main Street will remain part of the event for the day, with vendors and entertainment.
Registration Fees
Registration:
This is a public event. We are participating as a demo. There are no fees.
Feast:
There are food vendors available at the event.
The Barony will not be providing food.
Make Checks Payable to: Not Applicable
Contact Information
Event Steward:
Morgan ap Rhys ap Bran
(Steven Carter)
Baron@dragonshiphaven.eastkingdom.org
(860) 575-4502
Send Reservations to:
No reservations required.
Please let us know if you are planning to join us so that we can apprise the event coordinators of our numbers.
Email preferred (Baron@dragonshiphaven.eastkingdom.org)