Nashua Pride Festival & Parade

Nashua Pride is a parade and festival that was previously presented by the City of Nashua and is now coordinated by the Downtown Nashua Association with the Pride Empowerment Network. The festival at Holman Stadium has a main stage with live performances, food trucks, vendors, community organizations, and family activities.

Nashua PRIDE was once presented by the City of Nashua and is now coordinated by the Downtown Nashua Association, part of Great American Downtown, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to strengthen downtown Nashua through events, small business support and community programming. The Pride Empowerment Network joined as a collaborating sponsor, and all event proceeds benefit NH Outright.

The parade starts at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument and ends at Holman Stadium, where the festival takes place. The free festival features a main stage with performances throughout the day, including drag shows at 4 and 6 p.m., along with food trucks, local vendors, community organizations and activities for all ages. Local artisans, makers, businesses and community groups can apply for vendor space, and performers of all kinds, from musicians and dancers to drag artists and spoken word performers, can apply to take the stage. The official ticketed after party, ICONS, is held at Martha's Exchange Restaurant and Brewery on Main Street.

As a nonpartisan nonprofit, the organizers do not allow political tabling, petitioning or political items inside the event grounds, though guests may collect signatures outside the gates. Harassment of vendors or attendees and unauthorized filming or photography are also prohibited.

Pride events celebrate LGBTQ+ people and mark the Stonewall uprising of June 1969. Most combine a parade or march with a festival of performers, community groups, vendors and food.

Nashua Pride Festival & Parade has included parade and festival.

The organizer has not announced dates for 2027 yet. In 2026 it was held June 20, 2026. It usually falls third Saturday of June.