A PRIDE & VEGFEST

The World’s First Pride & Vegfest!

WHEN: June 28, 2025 from 12-5pm

WHERE: 21 Fairground Road, Springfield VT 05156

WHAT: Vendors, Speakers, Food Demos, Music, Family Friendly, lots of FUN!

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This FREE event is organized by VINE Sanctuary, an LGBTQ+ led animal sanctuary in Springfield, VT.

Interested in sponsoring or vending? Have any questions?
Email us! michelle@vinesanctuary.org

2025 VENDORS

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SPEAKERS

MEG TAMULONIS

Meg is the volunteer curator of the Vermont Queer Archives with the Pride Center of Vermont in Burlington. Her day job is Manager of Collections and Exhibitions at the Fleming Museum of Art at the University of Vermont. She is a board member of the New England Museum Association and the Mill Museum in Winooski.

AARON ALMANZA

Aaron Almanza has been an LGBTQ+ activist since the early 90s. He is the Executive Director of the LGBT National Help Center which runs the national crisis prevention hotlines. He is a resident of Claremont NH and is found up and down the Connecticut River active with local Pride and LGBTQ+ community groups. Two of his side projects Qbar Upper Valley, a monthly queer gathering and Little Queery Free Book Bike are chances to build community and form connection. He recognizes that the current climate is scary and incredibly unpredictable but knows that the only way forward is together. He is a speaker, community leader, and helper when needed.

pattrice jones

pattrice jones is a founder of VINE Sanctuary, an elected trustee of Springfield Town Library, and a member of the Town of Springfield’s Declaration of Inclusion Implementation Committee. A social justice activist since the 1970s, pattrice knows that taking action is the best use of sorrow and anger caused by injustice. An internationally recognized ecofeminist scholar and speaker, pattrice has authored numerous works, including The Oxen at the Intersection (which is about Vermont) and Bird’s-Eye Views: Queer Queries About Activism, Animals, and Identity.

Honey LaBronx

Honey LaBronx is a New York City–based drag performer and social-justice advocate, best known as the creator and host of the YouTube series The Vegan Drag Queen. Her one-woman drag show has toured 73 cities across five countries, raising funds for over 100 LGBTQ+ and animal-rights organizations while sparking dialogue on animal rights, racism, and queer liberation.

A Milwaukee native, Honey (actor, singer, playwright, and theatrical photographer Ben Strothmann) was among the eight Queer Rising members arrested in 2011 for blocking traffic as an act of civil disobedience to demand marriage equality alongside her drag mother, Bob the Drag Queen. Today she uses the magic of drag to bring together audiences who might not otherwise meet—inviting each to see their own struggles reflected in others and leaving everyone with practical ways to advance collective liberation.