Gay Ogunquit for about 20 years each Labor Day Weekend, but the event goes back much further than that, according to Maine Street Bar co-owner Eddie Gayhart.
There will also be an LGBTQ+ history scavenger hunt, and fireworks. Adjacent to the music area will be a traveling circus group set up in the Ogunquit Village School playground, and an art walk will take place starting from Perkins Cove to the downtown. with the Mallet Brothers from Portland headlining. Live music will take place on a stage all day from 10 a.m. Pearce said the day will celebrate three areas of pride for Ogunquit – music, its fishing heritage and its LGBTQ+ community. “This is our 40th-anniversary party that’s been three years in the making,” said Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Alice Pearce.īonaire, a celebration of Ogunquit, will take place June 11 in a closed-off section of Shore Road. Ogunquit Beach celebrates 40th birthday, first Pride eventĪ 40th-anniversary bash was set for 2020 to commemorate Ogunquit’s 1980 separation from Wells as its own municipality, but the coronavirus pandemic hampered those plans. The park will also continue its tradition of having fireworks on the beach every Thursday at 9:45 p.m. Playland’s Arcade, which has over 200 games ranging from vintage to state-of-the-art, is already open for the season on weekends and will open daily starting June 10.