Bellows Falls Hosts Local LGBTQ+ Pride Festival! June 5-29

Since the 1970s, nearby Bellows Falls has been a home for the LGBTQIA+ community, with the historic Andrews Inn, the first Gay bar in the state of Vermont.

Throughout the month of June, Bellows Falls is once again a destination for the LGBTQ+ community in New England and beyond.

Echoing the days of the historic Andrews Inn, which was in business from 1973-1984 and located in the downtown Windham Hotel building, the gay community sought out the town as a place of safety and security.

Patrons would travel by train to the only LGBTQ+ friendly destination in the state for a weekend of dancing and house parties. It was described in 1979 as a “cultural cross between Mayberry and Fire Island”!

Bellow Falls 2025 Pride Festival Event Lineup Includes:

Wednesday Night LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL at Bellows Falls Opera House 7 the Square; 7 pm, $6.00

• Wednesday, 6/4 Brokeback Mountain; Windham Antiques, sponsor
• Wednesday, 6/11 MUTT; Studio 92, sponsor
• Wednesday, 6/18 Paris is Burning; Wunderbar, sponsor
• Wednesday, 6/25 Straight Jacket – Soon after marrying a woman for cover, closeted 1950’s Hollywood heartthrob Guy Stone begins to develop feelings for a male writer. National LGBT Hotline, sponsor

Saturday, 6/14 TRAIN RIDE FOR PRIDE WHISTLESTOP TOUR– “Show Up for Pride!” at VT Amtrak train stations from Essex to Brattleboro

Saturday, 6/21 Bryan Murphy returns to the Andrews Inn & Book signing

• Noon-1:30 Thomas Renner & Bryan Murphy, “Living an Authentic LGBTQ+ Life, Then and Now” – Ciao Popolo, Bellows Falls
• 2:00-3:30 Murphy Book signing, “Everyone on Stage for the Hawaiian Number!” – Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls

Sunday, 6/29 4pm-9pm DISCO T-DANCE! On the deck at Ciao Popolo w/DJ Rick McEachern

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