Hunterdon UU is a Pride Partner for this week of festivities in Frenchtown, New Jersey!  Make the trip to this charming, eclectic river town for Frenchtown Pride Week 2023, including “the World’s Shortest Pride Parade.”

June 17 (Saturday): Pride Flag Giveaway at FUMC, 1-3PM 

Inviting all in Frenchtown to come to pick up a pride flag/flag hardware for putting up flags in Frenchtown during Frenchtown Pride and all year long. Free to the public! Flags and hardware donated by Frenchtown Pride and Harvest Success Center. Come by the Frenchtown United Methodist Church on 3rd St. to say hi and get a flag for your home or business! 

June 18 (Sunday): Pride Flag Installation in the Downtown 8:30-10AM

We’ll be putting the Pride flags on poles in the flagpole holes around downtown along Bridge, Race and Harrison. Downtown will be bursting with color by mid-morning! 

June 20 (Tuesday): Queer Kickball, Old Frenchtown Field, 6-8PM 

An open-roster kickball game with seltzer provided by Hunterdon UU Fellowship and popcorn and mini-pride flags supplied by Harvest Success Center. The Love Frenchtown Heart will make an appearance, as well as large pride flags on the batting cage and lots of fun. Registration for joining a team starts at 5:30PM, so arrive before 6:00PM if you want to be on the field. Otherwise join us on the sides in the bleachers and cheer our teams on to fun and possibly a victory! 

June 22 (Thursday): Pride Chalking, Downtown Sidewalks, 5-7PM 

All are invited to come downtown in Frenchtown, grab some colorful chalk and draw and write images and messages of love and pride on the sidewalks. This year, acclaimed local artist Lorraine Cahill will be setting up shop to do a special pride-themed piece of large sidewalk art in chalk pastels – come see her at work and then make your own sidewalk art! 

June 24 (Saturday): Pride Ride & Pride Picnic, Old Frenchtown Field through Downtown and Sunbeam Lenape Park, 1-3PM 

Folks with wheels of any kind are invited to meet up at Old Frenchtown Field starting at 12:30PM for a short ride down Harrison St. with a loop downtown. Wear fun outfits and decorate your “rides”! At the park there’ll be prizes for decorated wheels and costumes, cookies from Frenchtown United Methodist Church, cold Seltzer from the Hunterdon UU Fellowship, and Popcorn from Harvest Success Center, along with some music and outdoor games. The Love Frenchtown Heart will make an appearance for selfies, too! We encourage participants and spectators to bring their own picnic lunch or get some takeout downtown and enjoy a casual and chaotic Pride Picnic! 

June 24 (Saturday): World’s Shortest Pride Parade, 2nd & Race to Sunbeam Lenape Park, 1:15-1:30PM 

As the Pride Ride passes 2nd and Race, those that wish to walk behind our riders to Sunbeam Lenape Park are welcomed to join in on foot for a first-ever Frenchtown Pride Micro-Parade that is only 1,104 feet long. We anticipate the parade will take 15 minutes from start to finish! Participants should station themselves in front of the Frenchtown Firehouse located on 2nd St.

Groups that wish to join in the parade need to register online at: https://forms.gle/3LqutwCq8qNqZw616

Expect it to be smallish, quirky, eclectic, arty, and authentic – in other words, like Frenchtown! 

All Pride Week: Queer Icons Art Display, Porch of the Frenchtown Inn

ArtYard is bringing its Queer Icons exhibit out into downtown for Pride Week. These pieces will be displayed on the porch of the Frenchtown Inn for the duration of the week.