Weir River Farm, Hingham: Fall Festival
The Fall Festival is one of our most loved events, welcoming between 1,000 and 1,500 people annually. This year, the festival will run from 10AM-5PM on September 28, and will feature live music, food and ice cream trucks, beer trucks, crafts and activities, local vendors, visits with barnyard animals, and more. The first hour of the festivals is designated as a Sensory Friendly Festival Hour. This portion of the festival offers a dedicated hour with a reduced number of guests and quieter sensory friendly environment.
PRIDE Conversation Circle for Grades 7-12
Pride Conversation Circle.
Allies are also welcome. Join WPP and our friends at Teen Room at Tufts Library to have a safe space to connect with others teens and have a respectful conversation about all things Pride—related (feel free to come listen if you’d prefer not to talk).
PRIDE Flag Raising Ceremony at South Shore Health
Join us in celebrating South Shore Health’s commitment to our LGBTQIA+ community at their PRIDE flag raising ceremony on June 4.
Reach out at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com for further details.
Pride Proclamation 2024 - Town Council
Show the Town Council and the entire town how important this proclamation is to all of us. Show up for the reading of the 2024 Pride Proclamation, usually at the start of the meeting.
Image: WPP members outside Town Hall after John Abbott read the 2023 Pride Proclamation.
ROCK THE PRIDE !!!
Join us Friday evening on May 31st for an exciting night of Kindness Rock Painting for Pride!
WPP Scholarship Award Recipients
Weymouth Pride Project will award a $750 scholarship to two graduating WHS seniors who exemplify our mission to celebrate and support LGBTQIA+ community members.
Image: Last year’s WPP scholarship recipient
Spring Festival at Weir River Farm
Grab your friends and family and join us at Weir River Farm for our Spring Festival! Visit with our farm animals, climb aboard a tractor, and make a farm craft! Participate in the implementation of a beautiful art installation designed by Aaron Asis and Illegal Art. Don’t forget to play some fun festival games, get a farm tattoo, and enjoy live music!
Weymouth Pride At PWHL Boston's Pride Night
Join Weymouth Pride at PWHL Boston’s Pride Night.
Teen DIY Mini Sneaker Keychain Craft with WPP
Teen DIY Mini Sneaker Keychain Craft with Weymouth Pride Project (Grades 7-12). Register at Tufts Even Calendar. Registration for this event opens Tuesday, January 30 at 9am.
Nurturing Potential: Fostering Vibrant Trans Futures
SAVE THE DATE!
Nurturing Potential: Fostering Vibrant Trans Futures
Monday, November 6th at 7PM
Hingham High School Auditorium
We are thrilled to host Tre'Andre Valentine, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition and Dr. Katie McBrine, for an important evening of understanding and discussion about gender, sexuality and supporting our transgender youth and friends in the community. We are pleased to be co-hosting this event with the Hingham Pride Project and the Trans/Parent Support Group of the South Shore. Free and open to the public.
[alt: White text on a purple background reads, "Let's Talk. Nurturing Potential: Fostering Vibrant Trans Futures, Mondays, November 6 at 7pm, Hingham High School Auditorium." In the middle are headshots of Tre'Andre Valentine and Dr. Katie McBrine. Logos for the Hingham Pride Project, Hingham Unity Council and Trans/Parent Support Group of the South Shore line the bottom of the image.]
2nd Annual Boo at the Barrel House
We’re planning our 2nd annual Boo at the Barrel House for October 29 from 2-5pm. Stay tuned for details.
Cohosts: Annemarie and Michael
Questions? Email at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com
"My Queer Faith" with Kimayo
On Monday, October 23rd at 7:00 p.m., Old South Union Church - Weymouth will welcome folk-pop artist Kimayo for a special concert titled “My Queer Faith.” In this performance, Kimayo opens up about her life, personal struggles, and overcoming hardships. From coming to terms with and celebrating her sexuality, to wrestling with her faith, she offers her experience with humility and vulnerability. Through poignant songs and narrative, Kimayo invites us all to welcome, affirm, and love unconditionally.
This concert is sponsored by OSU's Open and Affirming Task Force in honor of National Coming Out Day. After the concert, there will be a panel discussion and refreshments. All are welcome! This concert is free (although we welcome freewill donations) and open to the public, so invite your friends to what promises to be an inspiring event!
**This concert is open to adults and mature teens with parental discretion as this event contains sensitive topics relating to physical and mental health.
And here's the link to the event page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1391083244777994/
2023 Pumpkin Give-A-Wey
Come visit the WPP booth at this popular family event. Location: Weymouth High School
Cohosts: Annemarie, Mark, Charlie
Questions? Email at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com
Tufts Library's Welcome to Weymouth
Have you moved to Weymouth within the last couple of years? Are you looking for ways to get more involved in your new community? Join us for the Welcome to Weymouth community fair! The event will take place at Tufts Library on Saturday, September 30th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Cohosts: Michael. Mark
Questions? Email at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com
Irish Heritage Day Parade
Weymouth Pride Project will walk in the Irish Heritage Day Parade. This will be our third year in attendance. Hope you’ll walk with us.
Cohosts: Annemarie Reardon, Michael Yavorsky
Questions? Email at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com
Parade Decorating Event
We’ll be decorating bikes, trikes and strollers, and the WPP car. We’ll have everything you need to create some bling, along with donuts, juice and coffee. Immediately afterwards we’ll have to the Hamilton School for our 10am roundup for the Irish Heritage Parade. Please join us. We’d love to have a lot of families and kids join us this year.
Cohosts: Michael Yavorsky, Annemarie Reardon
Questions? Email at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com
The 2023 Walk for Hope and Recovery Festival
WPP will host a resource table at this Festival organized by Old South Union Church, the HEALing Communities Study, and the Weymouth Health Department.
Cohosts: Mark Russell, Charlie Martin
Questions? Email at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com
Weymouth Day 2023
Join us as we bring our Villages together and celebrate our wonderful community!
The Aldous Collins Band will headline our musical lineup. The Town Hall event will feature vendors, organizations and businesses from all over Weymouth and the South Shore! Food trucks, kids games, and more.
Co-hosts: Liz Perry, Charlie Martin
Questions? Email at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com
WPP Queer Hangout: Drag Bingo at Club Cafe
Weymouth Pride presents Queer Hangout: Drag Bingo at Club Cafe.
Sign up here: https://fb.me/e/U4A8AbyJ
Co-hosts: Lizzie and Roberta
Questions? Email at weymouthprideproject@gmail.com
WPP Presents Queer Hangout
Join WPP Presents Queer Hangout at Food Truck Friday at Weymouth Town Hall on Friday, August 4 at 5pm.
Come down, bring a chair, grab some food, have the kids get their faces painted by Handful of Fortunes and have some fun!
Queer Craft Night - Sneaker PRIDE
Sneaker Pride!
Let’s get together to do some sneaker art! Bring your own pair of white, canvas shoes* and we will provide the fabric markers. Design examples will be available to help get the creative juices flowing.
*For the markers to work, your shoes must be a canvas-like material. The color will not take on leather, pleather, and other smooth surfaces. Sandals with white webbing straps will also work.
Check back for registration details
Queer Hangout
Join us for our very first Queer Hangout hosted by WPP at Barrel House Z. This event is low key and casual, a space to hang out and meet other queers. Drinking beer is optional. Barrel House Z has tons of games if people are interested. While we love our allies, we’d like to use this opportunity to bring our queer community together. Queer attendees are welcome to bring their ally friends and family. FREE.
PRIDE Dance Party
Join us for a fun & exciting dance party to benefit The Weymouth Pride Project. Arthur Murray Dance Center of Weymouth will provide a 1-hour lesson at 6pm followed by an hour to show off what you’ve learned.
Hull FireFly Storytelling at Weir River Farm
In honor of Pride month, the theme for this Hull FireFly Storytelling is COMING OUT STORIES. Personal stories of coming out to friends, family, colleagues, or being on the receiving end of a coming out story. Please plan to share a true story to inform, to inspire and to entertain some new friends – or just sit back and listen! Speakers are limited to 3-5 minutes.
Pre-registration is required for this event. This event has a rain date of Wednesday, June 28. For more information or to register, visit: https://thetrustees.org/event/87977/
WPP Presents Pride, PJs and a Puppet
Join us for a fun and interactive puppet storytime with Leigh Baltzer from Through Me to You Puppetry. This program is recommended for ages 0-5 but families and kids of all ages are welcome. Multipurpose Room 138 at Tufts Library, Weymouth.
Advanced registration is required. Tufts Library Event Calendar (https://weymouth.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/2023-june/)
Needle Felted Rainbow Decoration Craft Night with Weymouth Pride Project
Come join The Felted Bee and Weymouth Pride Project to make a rainbow from wool using the technique of needle felting.
Class will be held at: The Felted Bee Studio, 83 East Water Street, Studio W407, Rockland.
13+ please and pre-registration is required (https://fb.me/e/1a2h1pcqB). A portion of the class fee will go to support Weymouth Pride Project. All Are Welcome!