Annual Pride Ceremony

The City of Framingham annually celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.

Join the City of Framingham in honoring and uplifting our LGBTQIA+ community during our 7th Annual Pride Celebration on Sunday, June 1, 2025.

✨ Pride Flag Raising Ceremony

📍 Front of the Memorial Building (150 Concord Street)
🕑 2:00 p.m.

The celebration begins with a meaningful and unifying Pride Flag Raising Ceremony. This year's event will be hosted by Mel Pace, Executive Director of OUT MetroWest, and will feature:

• Keynote Speaker: Cayden Davis, MetroWest Care Connection

• Remarks from LGBTQIA+ elected officials

• Speeches by student leaders

• A powerful moment of togetherness as we raise the Progress Pride Flag

This ceremony honors the strength, resilience, and diversity of our community.

🎉 OUT on the Block – Pride Block Party

📍 Memorial Building Parking Lot
🕒 3:00–6:00 p.m.

New this year! Immediately following the flag-raising, join us for OUT on the Block, a vibrant block party in partnership with OUT MetroWest. Celebrate with:

🍔 Food Trucks
🎶 Live DJ
🎨 Arts & Crafts
🛍️ 20+ Local Vendors
🍺 Beer Garden (21+) hosted by Jack's Abby Craft Lagers

🌦️ Event Details

• Free and open to all.

• Held rain or shine — come prepared to celebrate no matter the weather!

• Food, beverages, and vendor items will be available for purchase.

• The love, joy, and sense of belonging are always free.

💬 Why Your Support Matters

Now more than ever, your presence makes a difference. For seven years, the City of Framingham has proudly hosted this celebration, and each year, it grows stronger with the support of residents, allies, and partners. Showing up means showing support. Together, let’s celebrate diversity, inclusion, and pride.

Memorial Building Lights

The Memorial Building will be illuminated in rainbow colors throughout June, except for Flag Day weekend, when it will shine red, white, and blue.

The Progress Pride flag retains the standard six-stripe rainbow design as its base and adds black and brown to recognize marginalized people of color. It also uses light blue, pink, and white chevrons, which are also used on the Transgender Pride flag.

Due to technical and safety reasons, the building cannot be lit in black and brown.

Below is a list of what each color represents:

• Purple – Spirit
• Red – Life
• Orange – Healing
• Yellow – Sunlight
• Green – Nature
• Blue – Peace
• White, Pink, and Light Blue – Transgender Flag