Connect Media Group is proud to present the third annual HoliGAY Market! This market is a place where you can shop from local LGBTQ+ and ally artisans, crafters, makers, and retailers. This year, proceeds will benefit Nashville Launch Pad. Support those who support you and shop the Connect HoliGAY Market.

Learn more or apply to be a vendor here.

Join us for a special evening where you can meet the Launch Pad board while also shopping to give back! Kickstart your celebration of National Coming Out Day and enjoy sips and sweets along with 20% of your purchase going back to Nashville Launch Pad. We will mingle and have a casual panel discussion so that you can get to know more about our board members’ heart for our mission.

Please register ahead of time so we know to expect you!

Can’t make it in person? Use code GIVEBACK-HAJYH at kendrascott.com to support virtually!

Join us at The Dive Motel for a Queer Disco Pool Party that also just to happens to be a Launch Pad fundraiser. $20 at the door gets you access to music by The Queer Agenda and DJ Treux, drag performances, vendors, and more! This event is 21+

The first annual Pride Comedy show at Zanies new 100 seat space called the Lab featuring local drag artists with local and touring comedians. A portion of ticket sales will go to Nashville Launch Pad.

Join us at Patagonia Nashville for a weekend-long celebration of diversity and unity. This event is designed to connect people with the vibrant LGBTQ+ communities and safe spaces in Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville. Drop by anytime to meet representatives from organizations that are creating safe spaces within the queer community, including Launch Pad! Complimentary food and drinks will be served throughout the day.

Join us as we raise our voices AND awareness & support for Nashville Launch Pad with a good old fashioned hymn sing. Our inaugural Leslie Jordan memorial hymn sing was SUCH a magical night that we decided to make it a monthly moment. Sing along to all your old favorite hymns, but in a judgement free zone….and with booze! (Or mocktails if that’s how you roll.) Special guests, raffle prizes, portion of sales going to a different cause each month. Hosted by Jenny Piper with Krazy Kyle at the piano.⁠ Be sure to reserve your table!

Join us for an Ice Cream Social! Just mention Launch Pad at the register and 25% of your purchase with be donated to Launch Pad. What a delicious way to give back!

Please join us for a delightful breakfast to celebrate the work of Nashville Launch Pad and the impact you are making on the unhoused community of LGBTQ+ and allied young adults. In addition to breakfast, this event will include a silent auction, and plenty of storytelling. Hosted at the Community Center at Belmont UMC.

Purchase Sponsor packages here.

Purchase Individual tickets here.

Who’s Ready to Party, Shop, and Raise some (FUN)ds for Charity???? Nashville Cheer is having a #Pride Kick-Off Party with performances from local artists, vendors, and MORE!! Will we see you there??

Launch Pad will be featured in the weekly service at Connection UMC speaking about the work of safer sleep as part of the series "Stories of Hope." In this series, Connection is calling on their congregation to “Get inspired to live out the Easter story by learning how organizations in Middle TN are sharing hope with our community.” We join a great cadre of featured community based agencies including Trinity Community Commons, Community Resource Center, hapi, MashUp, etc.

Join the Nashville Women's Triathlon – a day of empowerment, endurance, and personal triumphs, set against backdrop of the iconic Parthenon in Nashville's premier urban park. Nashville Launch Pad is the official nonprofit partner for this event.

Join us for a Pint Percentage Night at Hi-Wire Brewing. There will be games, prizes, and (of course) beers! 10% of all sales will be donated to Launch Pad.

Join us for SOLID's 14th Annual Music Row Madness

Teams may have up to six players and can register using the link on the home page. The team fundraising minimum is $1,000, with proceeds benefiting our 2024 SOLID Shares partners: Brookyln Heights Community Garden, Special Olympics of Tennessee, Nashville Launch Pad, Hope on the Row, and Musicians on Call. Over the past two years, SOLID has raised more than $40,000 in donations through this event; we need your help to reach this year's fundraising goal of $30,000! Special game advantages will be available for top fundraising teams.

Not a Bowler? You can still enjoy by purchasing a Spectator ticket! Are you a freelancer or don't have enough players in your squad for a team? Come out and bowl with a Free Agent ticket! There will be plenty of areas to network such as the lounge, arcade and diner. All event attendees will have access to a catered meal, cash bar, arcade, pool table, and more fun!

Shitty Hawkins presents: Hair Ball! Wear your best, wildest, artistic expression atop your head, and dance the night away for a great cause! HB will be Nashville’s first installment of a long-running nonprofit initiative by Fruits Hair Lab.

$20 tickets will be on sale December 8th @ 10am via The Basement East. Available at door day-of for $25. The donation recipients chosen this round are Inclusion TN + Nashville Launch Pad: 100% of ticket + door sales will go directly to these organizations.

Hair Ball has tons of fun in store for y'all: The night will kick off with a 90's/Y2K DJ set by Boy Howdy, followed by local icons DJ Manrelic, Vidalia Anne Gentry, and Cya Inhale!

The culmination is a dance-off, which is THE tradition of Shitty Hawkins! We're doubling the prize packages this round, including a Door Prize, Best Hair Award, and 2 Dance-Off winners! There will even be party favors while supplies last. We hope to see you there!

The Nashville Flea Market at The Fairgrounds Nashville is considered one of the top ten flea markets in the country. Approximately 800 to 1200 dealers and vendors from 30 states offer their wares to the buying public every month.

Founded in 1969, the Nashville Flea Market has been in operation for almost 60 consecutive years. The mission is to provide a venue for traveling and local vendors to make a living while offering the community an alternative to the traditional, big box shopping experience. Nashville Launch Pad will have a table set up so come by and say hello!

The Nashville Flea Market at The Fairgrounds Nashville is considered one of the top ten flea markets in the country. Approximately 800 to 1200 dealers and vendors from 30 states offer their wares to the buying public every month.

Founded in 1969, the Nashville Flea Market has been in operation for almost 60 consecutive years. The mission is to provide a venue for traveling and local vendors to make a living while offering the community an alternative to the traditional, big box shopping experience. Nashville Launch Pad will have a table set up so come by and say hello!

It’s time for all of us to do our small part to help our community and our neighbors, to make sure Everybody Eats. Everybody vs Racism is teaming up with a coalition of organizations to help feed, educate, and give resources to families in need. If you know any families in the Nashville community that need a hand up then send them our way.

It’s time for a bar crawl, for a good cause. Join us as we Thrift, Drift, & Gift!Thrift - Go find a gently used like new coat or jacket.Drift - Bring the jacket to the bar crawl as we drift between our partner locations.Gift - Donate the jacket at the final stop The Lipstick Lounge.All coats will be donated to Launch Pad who will be accepting undergarments as well.

Schedule:

12pm - Noble’s

1pm - Beyond the Edge

2pm - Drifters

3pm - Lipstick Lounge

Connect Media Group is proud to present the HoliGAY Market! This market is a place where you can shop from local LGBTQ+ and ally artisans, crafters, makers, and retailers. Our first HoliGAY Market was virtual in 2021 and we are excited to announce our first in-person market! This year proceeds will benefit Nashville Launch Pad. Support those who support you and shop the Connect HoliGAY Market. Learn more here.

You're invited to come dance your a** off this fall at The Midwest Princess Tour! Chappell Roan will be performing in Nashville at Brooklyn Bowl on October 7th, every show is themed and it’s gonna be SO FUN 💖 Chappell has invited Launch Pad to table and collect donations at the show, so come say hey before you dance the night away!

Show out for your LGBTQ friends for this special "Pride Doesn't End in June" themed Makers' Market held on September 30th in 12th South. Event will be held from noon-3pm and feature local products sold by our LGBTQ community members.

Our young adults have to find their way through a maze of resources in their search for safe sleep. It is important that we as staff and volunteers know about the systems they are navigating so that we can better support them. Join us for a presentation that will touch on resources availble for housing assistance in the Nashville area, struggles our young people consistantly encounter, and how we try to support them through it. Sign up today on the Eventbrite Page.

This presentation will be facilitated our very own Program Director, Micah Sciarappa