What is the Fruit Loop?
In the most literal sense, the Fruit Loop is an area of downcity Providence with several LGBTQ+ bars and nightclubs in downtown Providence, all within fairly easy walking distance of each other. I've been using the name since about 2006, though I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure where I got it from and it's probably older than that!
In a bigger sense, the Fruit Loop could be described as our local queer social circles! It is the thriving LGBTQIA+ community of Providence itself. A celebration of queer joy in the smallest big city in the country.
And in the sense of this site and our social media pages, it's a resource to help us find each other, support each other, and celebrate each other — to lift up our voices together and magnify our impact and our visibility.
Hi, I'm Graham.
To be honest, I was being a little petty when I created this. Some of my friends could just never remember which events we were going to on a given weekend so I made this page to help them remember. (In their defense, there's often a lot of options!)
Despite that origin story, Fruit Loop PVD has grown into something really spectacular — a reflection of how truly incredible the LGBTQIA+ community of this city is.
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We're most active on social media. Find us for last-minute updates, cancellations, and community news.
Submit your events & info
Use one of the forms below to submit events, performer details, or DJ info to be listed on Fruit Loop PVD.
We review all submissions and update the relevant pages accordingly.
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We're most active on social media. Find us for last-minute updates, cancellations, and community news.
What we collect
Fruit Loop PVD uses Google Analytics to measure website traffic. This means when you visit this site, Google Analytics collects basic information about your visit — things like which pages you viewed, how long you stayed, what device and browser you used, and your approximate geographic location. This data is collected anonymously and is not tied to your identity.
What we do with it
We use this data for one purpose only: understanding how many people are using the site and how they're finding it. That's it. We are not selling your data, sharing it with third parties, building profiles, or using it for advertising targeting of any kind.
Google's role
The data collected by Google Analytics is processed and stored by Google, subject to Google's own privacy policy (policies.google.com). Fruit Loop PVD only sees aggregate, anonymized traffic statistics — we cannot identify individual visitors.
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Contact
Questions? Find us on Instagram at @fruit_looppvd or through our Facebook community.