The 2024 Boston Pride for the People Festival (BP4TP) will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2025.

*Please read the Festival rules on our website here. The rules are located at the botton of the page.
*Please note that registration fees increase on April 1st and again on May 1st.
*This is a rain or shine event, all sales are final.
Food vendors must inquire festival@bp4tp.org
The BP4TP Block Party has a separate registration form, please visit our website.
For the latest information about the Festival please visit:

www.bostonprideforthepeople.org



Boston Common Festival Start Time: 12:00pm
Boston Common Festival End Time: 6:00pm
*Please note that there are two exhibitor locations, one at the Boston Common and another at City Hall Plaza, named the Block Party which has a separate registration form. The Boston Common Festival is held 12-6pm . The City Hall Plaza is a 21+ event, which takes place 2-8pm.



Our Mission:
Empower through creating LGBTQ+ community, and a culture of respectfully reaching across differences to support and love one another.

Celebrate and honor the rich, diverse, creative, and fabulous culture of LGBTQ+ communities, and impart knowledge of LGBTQ+ history and a sense of pride among LGBTQ+ youth.

Commemorate the Stonewall riots and memorialize the queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of color (QTBIPOC) activists at the forefront of the 20th century lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, plus (LGBTQ+) movement.

Educate on the presence and impacts of oppression and advocate against oppression through disrupting and dismantling systems that cause harm to LGBTQ+ people, especially LGBTQ+ people who face multiple forms of marginalization.



INSURANCE
In accordance with City of Boston guidelines, all Festival vendors are required to provide proof of insurance that covers any liability connected to your space and exhibit. As in years past, all vendors/exhibitors are required by the City of Boston to have an insurance certificate on file that names Boston Pride for the People, the City of Boston, and the City of Boston Parks & Recreation as additionally insured parties. Please contact your existing insurance provider to obtain this certificate of additionally insured.

The cost of your registration does not include the cost of insurance. If you are unable to obtain this certificate of insurance from your existing insurance provider, you can obtain affordable insurance coverage from Boston Pride for the People's insurance partner Casswood Insurance.

*Group insurance prices will be available as the event approaches. The Festival team will send out updates in the coming weeks.

There is no opt-out option for this insurance coverage.



THE PURPOSE OF THE BP4TP FESTIVAL

The purpose of the Boston Pride for the People Festival is to:

create a community of support among LGBTQ+ individuals and families, organizations, small businesses, and ally corporations
uplift LGBTQ+ owned and BIPOC owned businesses
advocate for the lives and humanity of LGBTQ+ people
celebrate the richness and complexity of LGBTQ+ community, and
continue to advocate for equity and inclusion for all queer people, especially those who face intersecting forms of oppression


WHO SHOULD APPLY FOR REGISTRATION

Nonprofit groups
Community groups
Small businesses that are owned by or primarily serve the LGBTQ+, POC, and/or disabled communities
Ally corporations who pledge to not donate or support anti-LGBTQ legislators or initiatives
Political organizations
All groups must have DEI policies or iniatitves incorporated in their business practices.


Criteria for reviewing applications for the BP4TP Festival includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Providing products, services, information, and/or experience that supports the mission of BP4TP and the BP4TP Festival
Demonstrated commitment to and support of LGBTQ+, disabled and POC communities
Proposed product, services or menu (quality, pricing, uniqueness)
Agreement to adhere to established procedures
Timing and order of applications received


Supporting the mission and purpose of BP4TP and the BP4TP Parade, Festival, and Block Party.

In order to participate in the Boston Pride for the People Parade and Festival, all organizations, affiliates, and individuals must:

Support the mission and purpose of the Boston Pride for the People organization and Parade
Abide by all Festival Rules, Terms and Conditions as outlined below
Acknowledge that a failure to honor the mission and purpose of the BP4TP Parade, or a failure to comply with the Rules, Terms and Conditions, could result in penalties, including exclusion from current and future events, as well as financial penalties
Groups determined by BP4TP to be hate groups, including those designated as such, by the Southern Poverty Law Center, will not be permitted to sponsor or participate in any BP4TP events

Expected Vendors at This Event

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