Roads Closed Saturday For Nashua Pride Festival

NASHUA, NH — The Nashua Pride Festival returns this weekend as colorful as ever after a long winter and an even longer global health crisis.

Head to Main Street on Saturday at 2 p.m. to follow the parade to the main festival at the Nashua Public Library parking lot, where you'll find tables run by PFLAG-NH, GLAD Boston, the NH Gay Men's Chorus and more.

A handful of local vendors will have tables as well, including Altar & Oddity and Naisies Glass.

Food trucks and live music will be there for the duration of the event, keeping festival-goers sated and swinging all day.

Among the sponsors for the event is BAE Systems, a weapons manufacturer whose presence at other Pride festivals some have taken issue with. When asked to comment on BAE's sponsorship, Nashua Pride told Patch:

Nashua Pride22 is extremely grateful for the many local businesses and individuals who have donated and stepped up to be sponsors. We are proud to support and uplift our LGBTQ community members, including our Nashua BAE System’s OutLink – their local LGBT and Ally Employee Resource Group – to our parade and festival. We look forward to a fun and upbeat afternoon.

Main Street will close to traffic temporarily for the parade. NTS routes 1, 2, 2A, 6, 6A, 7 and 12 will detour between 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

For more details on the festival, visit the Nashua Pride Festival Facebook page.