The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture presents Pride Month programming throughout the month of June, highlighting LGBTQ+ artists and celebrating togetherness as a community. 

Pride Month 2025 Programming

Pride Family Day | Saturday, June 1 | 11:00am - 2:00pm | FREE

Glen Echo Park is proud to collaborate with the office of Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass to present the 5th annual Pride Family Day! 

RSVP (Preferred, not required) 

 

From 11am to 2pm on June 1, 2025, we invite families to the Bumper Car Pavilion to enjoy FREE activities, including:

❤️ Hands-on Arts & Crafts
🧡 Face Painting
💛 Roving Puppets from the Puppet Co.
💚 Carousel Rides (FREE tickets while supplies last!)
💙 Glen Echo Park Aquarium (FREE tickets while supplies last!)
💜 Snacks & Drinks, including Rainbow Cupcakes
🩷 Special Backdrop for Family Photo Op

 

Families can also enjoy the playground, the picnic area, and a variety of art galleries throughout the park.

FREE parking in our main parking lot at 5801 Oxford Road. Search "Glen Echo Park Parking" in Google Maps. Find more information and a link to our Park Map here.

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Suggested Donation: $10

Every contribution helps us present free festivals, concerts, preserve and maintain the Park's historic buildings, and more.

More Pride Month events with Councilmember Evan Glass  >>

Bumper Car Squares *Celebrating Pride* | Thursday, June 5 | 7:00pm - 10:30pm | $, FREE for Kids

On Thursday, June 5, from 7:00pm to 10:30pm, the Partnership presents a special Bumper Car Squares dance in celebration of Pride Month. Dancers can enjoy live music by The You Holler Stringband (comprised of four Old Time musicians who are all proud members of the LGBTQIA+ community) with calling by Janine Smith. Monthly Bumper Car Squares dances feature a lesson for all skill levels (free with the price of admission), followed a caller-led, rousing square dance to live music! Tickets are sold at the door and are $15 for adults, $5 for teens, and FREE for kids 12 and under! After the Pride Month dance, Bumper Car Squares will take a short break, returning with a dance in September.  Learn More about Partnership-presented Dances >>
 

 

 

Tickets sold at the door (cash, credit card, check accepted) | $15-adults, $5-teens, 12 and under FREE! 

Save these dates for amazing square dancing!

June 5 | September 4 | October 9 | November 6 | December 4

Summer Concert Series: Gina DeSimone and The Moaners *Celebrating Pride* | Thursday, June 12 | 7:30pm | FREE

Gina DeSimone & The Moaners are a DC-based blues and swing foursome that are sure to liven up any event with an eclectic mix of music from all eras! Since 2007, The Moaners have made their mark on the D.C. music scene with unrelentingly danceable tunes and fun-loving humor. The group's musically diverse backgrounds come together to deliver a night of enthusiastic fun, foot tappin' rhythm, and killer harmonies.
 

RSVP (Preferred, not required) 
 

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For 16 years, summer at Glen Echo Park has been synonymous with our weekly Summer Concert Series, where we present and support local musicians and performers who represent a diverse range of styles, influences, and cultures.

Learn More >>

June 12 – August 21, 2025 | Every Thursday, 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Bumper Car Pavilion

ALL CONCERTS ARE FREE  |  DANCERS ARE WELCOME  |  FREE PARKING  |  RAIN OR SHINE

Limited seating available — feel free to bring folding chairs

Beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks for sale in Bumper Car Pavilion courtesy of Praline. Bringing your own alcohol is not permitted.
 

RSVP for FREE Summer Concerts!

Thank you to our sponsor, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Foundation.

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FREE parking in our main parking lot at 5801 Oxford Road. Find more information and a link to our Park Map here. 

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Watch recordings of 2021 Summer Concerts Series >>

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Suggested Donation: $10

Every contribution helps us present free festivals, concerts, preserve and maintain the Park's historic buildings, and more.

DC Rawhides Dance | Saturday, June 21 | 7:00pm – 11:00pm | $

Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 7:00pm – 11:00pm, DC Rawhides presents an LGBTQ+ country western dance in the Bumper Car Pavilion. DC Rawhides is a 501(c)(3) organization, committed to ensuring that the tradition of same-sex country dancing in the Washington DC area lives on. They present inclusive, diverse, affirming, fun, high energy LGBTQ+ dances, where all are welcome, structured so all levels of dancers, including beginners, can participate. Tickets are $10 at the door and a one-hour dance lesson is included with the price of admission.

Learn More >>

 

 

 

Tickets sold at the door (cash, credit card, check accepted) | $10

LGBTQ+ Visual & Performing Artists Presented at the Park

Glen Echo Park is proud to emphasize diversity in its programming throughout the year. Recent LGBTQ+ exhibitions, dances, and performances include:  

"Becoming Ourselves" | Photoworks Gallery | March 7 - March 30, 2025

A showing of beautiful, joyful photos of trans and nonbinary adults and children, selected by a panel of trans youth. Inspiration. Aspiration. Hope. Shown in churches in Maryland and Virginia to celebrate T/NB congregants and community. Contributing photographers from London to Los Angeles including Salgu Wissmath, Octavia, Liam Wood, and Gwen Andersen.

Learn More >>

 

 

DC Rawhides Dances | Once a Month | Bumper Car Pavilion

DC Rawhides hosts once a month, LGBTQ+ country western dances in the Bumper Car Pavilion. DC Rawhides is a 501(c)(3) organization, committed to ensuring that the tradition of same-sex country dancing in the Washington DC area lives on. They present inclusive, diverse, affirming, fun, high energy LGBTQ+ dances, where all are welcome, structured so all levels of dancers, including beginners, can participate.

DC Rawhides Event Calendar >>

Directions and Parking >> | Park Map >>  

FREE parking in our main parking lot at 5801 Oxford Road. Search "Glen Echo Park Parking" in Google Maps. Find more information and a link to our Park Map here.