TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT!!!

THE EVENT OF THE YEAR IS HAPPENING IN THE LITCHFIELD HILLS OF CONNECTICUT

PRIDE IN THE HILLS

Saturday, June 15, 2019
6 - 10 PM

The Pride in the Hills Online Silent Auction is now open!
Preview this amazing collection of items and see what inspires.

 
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the pride in the hills festival

 

the EVENT OF THE YEAR IS HAPPENING at Spring Hill Vineyards!

Performance by Pilobolus • Wines by Spring Hill Vineyards • Spirits by Litchfield Distilleries and County Wine • Craft Beers by Black Hog • Delicious bites by Litchfield Hills’ exquisite restaurants • Love and laughter by KBJB Live Events and the New York Queens • Silent Auction • Interactive Sculpture by Sam Funk and dancing in the open air with DJ Zeke Thomas.

TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT! All ticket holders must be 21 or older.

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Proceeds and donations from this event will 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.

To read more about the mission of the Pride in the Hills Fund and statistics from a 2018 joint study with the Human Rights Campaign and The University of Connecticut CLICK HERE.

 
 
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The Pride in the Hills festival will take 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

 

thank you Sponsors + Hosts

Corporate Sponsors

 
 
 
 

PATRON SPONSORS

PLATINUM

Tim & Stephanie Ingrassia

DIAMOND

Daniel Sanchez & James Murphy

GOLD

Jane Whitney Gruson
Christopher Herrmann & Joseph Lorino

SILVER

Kevin Jennings & Jeff Davis
Kevin Comer & Rick Distel
Andrew Flatt & Richard Lorenti

BRONZE

Ethan Geto
Paul Marcarelli & Ryan Brown
Rod Oneglia
Lyle Saunders
Andrew Ward
Maria & Glenn Taylor
Kevin Vilke & Christian Jensen

And the support of Paul Arnhold & Wes Gordon, Judith Koch & Barb Eler

 

 

co-chairs

Kevin Jennings
Christopher Herrmann

 

 

HONORARY HOSTS

Anderson Cooper
Larry Kramer & David Webster
Stephen Sondheim
Mia Farrow
Jack O’Brien
Marsha Mason
Alan Shayne & Norman Sunshine
Lindsay Law

 

love is too beautiful to be hidden in the closet

-UNknown

 
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tHE gILBERT bAKER pRIDE fLAG

 

In 1978, Gilbert Baker was asked to design a flag at the request of Harvey Milk for a gay pride event, he had no idea that the rainbow flag he would create would become the worldwide symbol, helping to define the modern LGBTQ movement.