Three upcoming local all-ages events will celebrate queer joy and community, albeit in very different ways.

QueerCore Fest, an all-ages punk and hardcore festival that centers “BIPOC, queer, trans, gender-diverse, and femme artists,” will debut at CitySpace in Easthampton on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. Performances will start at 4 p.m.

The lineup includes Space Camp (experimental hardcore punk), who will be celebrating the release of their album “how could i not be your girl?”; Film and Gender (punk); Eevie Echoes and the Locations (“queercore grunge punk”); Muda! (hip-hop); K.O. Queen (“fast hardcore punk” by an all-trans band); I Have No Mouth (hardcore, all Hampshire College students); and, according to the event listing, “a thrilling surprise announcement the day before!”

As the organizers wrote in a social media post announcing the festival in July:

“We believe in our bones that live music is one of the most powerful invitations to instantly feel the shared humanity with everyone else in the room. We believe that rallying around each other in these moments can be one of the greatest acts of resistance, liberation and reclamation of our humanity as it sends a signal into the world that says ‘We are here! We’ve always been here! We belong here!’ And from this place, we collaboratively build the world we know is possible.”

The event will raise money for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. The event organizers said in an Instagram post: “As a local event with the goal of supporting a vibrantly interconnected queer and allied community, we believe it is vital to reach out with similar intention in solidarity with other marginalized and oppressed people’s [sic] around the world.”

QueerCore Fest will also have a maker’s market (with free admission), representatives from local LGBTQ organizations, and food trucks.

Sliding-scale tickets currently start at $20 and will go up to $25 on the day of the event. Some $10 tickets will be available at the door.

N-95 masks will be required “as a means of radical community care and solidarity.”

As the organizers wrote: “The music will be loud! The voices will be proud! And, we want you there to be a part of it with us!”

Queer Kids Fest, a “joyful festival of music, art, books, and creativity for 2SLGBTQIA+ kids, families, and allies,” will be at 33 Hawley on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Admission is free.

The event will also feature music by Carrie Ferguson and the Grumpytime Club Band, a “red and gold family music party band including kid musicians and costumed dancers,” who play “high-energy funky folk-pop” that is “highly danceable and truly fun for all ages, highlighting themes of inclusivity, social justice, Earth stewardship and LGBTQ youth/family pride.”

All participants between the ages of 6 and 19 are eligible to perform five-minute open mic slots of “songs, jokes, stand-up comedy, skits, fiddle tunes, piano pieces, dance, show & tell, yo-yo stunts, anything you want!” Interested performers can sign up on a Google Form via the Facebook event page.

Resilient Community Arts will have “materials for kids to make and decorate hats and flags they’ll get to wear/wave in the parade held at the end of the fest,” said administrative coordinator Jessica Stephens in an email.

On-site vendors will include Crooked Stick Pops, a popsicle company in Easthampton that sources most of its ingredients locally; and High Five Books, a children’s bookstore in Florence, who will have a pop-up book shop and will host authors Sarah Prager, Alex Gino, and Corrie Locke-Hardy for book signings. (Locke-Hardy, who works at High Five, spoke with the Gazette earlier this month about their new book, “The Revolution Will Be Well Fed,” a cookbook of recipes made for social activism and community organizing, which will be for sale during the fest as well.)

On Saturday, Oct. 12, over 20 queer vendors will display their wares at the inaugural Queer Curiosities Outdoor Market. The event will be held in Northampton behind Thornes Marketplace.

Northampton artist Kit Pedraza and The Majestic Saloon are teaming up to produce the event, which will also feature live music by DJ Cachetona, and a raffle with items donated from participating artists. Proceeds will go to the Northampton nonprofit Translate Gender.

The market will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.