Both of Rehoboth’s beach hamlets attracts a different kind of LGBT crowd. With more than 200 LGBT-owned and operated businesses, it’s no surprise that this sandy hamlet is one of the most bustling gay beach communities in the United States. These include resorts, hotels, inns, and many LGBT-owned bed and breakfasts and guest houses as well. What’s more, you’ll find a great variety of accommodations options here. Today, gay hotels in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware are more a way of life than anything else. For a beach town founded in the 1870s, Rehoboth developed a gay friendly vibe very early on. Within the small confines of this quaint seaside community in Delaware, the LGBTQ public can feel absolutely at home. The word “Rehoboth” has biblical origins and is a “place for everyone” – and it’s true. We at the Oldfather Group of Compass RE wish our friends in the local gay and lesbian community a happy and joyous Pride Month for 2021.Naming a town can be daunting – how’re you to know what the town could possibly transform into? In the case of the charming seaside Rehoboth Beach, the founders were spot-on. Learn more about the Annapolis Pride Parade & Festival here. This festival is held in downtown Annapolis, Maryland, on October 30. Learn more about the Upper Chesapeake Bay Pride Festival here.Īnnapolis Pride Parade & Festival (October 30). This festival is held in Havre de Grace, Maryland, on October 9. Upper Chesapeake Bay Pride Festival (October 9). Learn more about the Howard County Pride Celebration here.
This festival is held at Centennial Park in Ellicott City, Maryland, on October 2. Howard County Pride Celebration (October 9). Learn more about the 2021 Delaware Pride Festival here.
This festival is held at Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware, on October 2. Learn more about the Westminster Pride Festival here.ĭelaware Pride Festival (October 2). This festival is held in Carroll County, Maryland, in downtown Westminster, on July 10. Other larger Pride Month festivals in the local region for 2021 include: Or you can learn more about this event at Organizers of the annual Pride parade and festival usually held in nearby Salisbury, Maryland every year announced recently that the event has been cancelled for 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns, but will return on June 25, 2022. The event features appearances by Pink, Lil Nas X, Troye Sivan and several other entertainers and will be streamed live on CAMP Rehoboth's Facebook page. by visiting On a local level, CAMP Rehoboth is joining LGBTQ community centers around the United States for a special event called "Can't Cancel Pride 2021" on Friday, June 4, beginning at 9 p.m. Learn more about this year's Pride Month events in Washington, D.C. The parade is one of more than a dozen events planned during Pride Month in the nation's capital. will also be hosting a number of Pride events this month, highlighted by a caravan of cars being dubbed the "Colorful Pridemobile Parade" on Saturday, June 12. Learn more about this event at Washington, D.C. The nearest festival to Delaware during Pride month in June will be held in Baltimore between June 13 and 20, highlighted by a Pride parade on Saturday, June 19. It's not being held, however, until early October this year, with other Pride events in neighboring states and municipalities also taking place in later months. This festival in the state capital region is the largest LGBTQ gathering in the First State and gives the community exposure on a statewide level, promoting platforms of diversity and equality. Most people familiar with the Oldfather Group's home base in Rehoboth Beach know that this area has a pretty significant LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community that's centered around Baltimore Avenue and the extremely active CAMP Rehoboth Community Center.įor years, first Steve Elkins and now David Mariner have overseen CAMP Rehoboth, its programs and the huge number of volunteers who help the organization run smoothly year after year in the "Nation's Summer Capital."ĬAMP Rehoboth members play a big part each year in the annual Delaware Pride Festival in Dover, as they almost certainly will again in 2021. June is "Pride Month" in the United States, an opportunity to recognize the struggles of the country's gay and lesbian communities and an even greater chance to foster inclusion and acceptance of all Americans.