Annual Event
The Pride in the Hills Festival
The Pride in the Hills Festival is an annual event. Proceeds and donations from this event support the Pride in the Hills Fund at Connecticut Community Foundation, a charitable organization.
Through grants to nonprofit organizations, the Pride in the Hills Fund aims to celebrate and improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) people in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills.
The Mission of the Pride in the Hills Fund is to support, inspire, and celebrate LGBTQ+ people in the Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills. Our Vision is that we help create communities where all LGBTQ+ people thrive. The Purpose of this event is to raise funds that we distribute back to the community and propel our mission further and faster.
The Pride in the Hills festival takes place on the grounds of Spring Hill Vineyards, a bucolic setting in the Litchfield Hills featuring the following amenities:
An imposing 60-foot tall antique grain silo serves as our festival sentry
A vintage Airstream repurposed as a bar
A 1929 boxcar on rails retrofitted as bathrooms
An outdoor amphitheater consisting of 120 tons of pink granite seating, overlooking a huge circular white granite stage designed by Mark Mennin
Previous honorary hosts have included Anderson Cooper, Mia Farrow, Larry Kramer, Lindsay Law, Marsha Mason, Jack O’Brien, Alan Shayne, Stephen Sondheim, Norman Sunshine and David Webster.
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