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BC PRIDE CELEBRATIONS / AUGUST / SEPT /
For The Love Of Drag is a charity show produced by Phantom Haus Events at Taylight Kitchen! Each month we support a different cause! Aug 27.
You're couriousagely invited to drinks, dinner & whatever questionable life choices follow the city's favourite unhinged duo ~ Amy Grindhouse & Velvet Ryder. Aug 9
This two-night comedy festival bookends New West Pride Week with incredible stand-up, big personalities, and plenty of rainbow-fuelled hilarity. Aug 4 & Aug 11.
Discover Vancouver's queer history on the Really Gay History Tour. This is one of North America's very first queer history tours, and your guide Glenn Tkach… Aug 9 • 16 • 23 • 30
This year's theme, Every Kind of Everything, anchors a lineup of more than 80 productions featuring international and local creators. Sept 10-20.
The Fringe Festival is lighting up Granville Island every night with a mix of your fave local performers, refreshments, and fun activities at our covered outdoor patio. Sept 5-7. Sept 10-20.
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the CAMP MIASMA slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, ‘Hacks’) for resurrection. Aug 14 - 27.
Are you ready for New West Pride: The Extended Cut?! We're back with 2 FULL WEEKS of Pride fun in Downtown New West and surrounding area. Aug 4 - 15.
We're cranking the jukebox to 11 for COYOTE SLUTTY -> an evening of rock 'n' roll burlesque inspired by the iconic 2000 cult classic Coyote Ugly. Aug 27.
The theme, Every Kind of Everything, reflects a season of over 80 shows by artists from around the world, two days of free Kids Fringe programming for children and families, and the return of the all-ages Fringe Patio with free nightly music and entertainment
SUM gallery presents To Be Black, Is To Be Free, a duo exhibition by Vancouver-based artists Simone Chnarakis and Valérie d. Walker. The exhibition honours Emancipation Day by centering 2SLGBTQIA+ Black resilience, lineage, and liberation.
SUM gallery presents To Be Black, Is To Be Free, a duo exhibition by Vancouver-based artists Simone Chnarakis and Valérie d. Walker. The exhibition honours Emancipation Day by centering 2SLGBTQIA+ Black resilience, lineage, and liberation.
Taylor Miwa, a Port Moody-based photographer shares her photos of this year’s Port Moody Pride.
It’s time for Vancouver’s secrets to come out of the closet. From drag kings and two spirit warriors, to queer church ministers and transgender crime fighters, this walking tour is a celebration of the unsung heroes who forever changed the social fabric of our city.
Public Disco's Pride Block Party returns to Mount Pleasant on Saturday, August 1, marking 10 years of the non-profit's journey of turning unconventional urban spaces into pop-up dance-floors. Tickets are already 80% sold out.
A Vancouver comedy show has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance a feature film documenting the community behind North America’s only regular stand-up event for trans women. Here’s how you can help.
The Autistic Queer & Trans Peer Group, hosted by Canucks Autism Network, provides a regular, supportive space dedicated specifically to Autistic queer, trans, and questioning adults. No official diagnosis required.
Because there are many of us elders out there, given the baby boom bubble and all, I thought I would outline my Pride dance card and maybe it will help you with your own planning.
Often, Pride is presented as a riotous, colorful party, but for many in the queer community, that feels overwhelming or unattainable. Don't worry! There are so many ways to celebrate Pride. Here are a few suggestions.
Every video game can feel uniquely queer when viewed through an LGBTQ+ lens. Players have long invented subtext, flirted with non-player characters beyond explicit dialogue options, and projected their own identities onto digital protagonists.
Ask a queer twenty-something in Vancouver where community happens now, and the answer isn't always a bar on Davie Street. It's just as likely to be a Discord server, a Twitch stream…
Finding a therapist who understands your identity avoids having to do the exhausting, unpaid work of educating the person meant to support you.
Pride season in Vancouver runs July 17 through August 3 this year. The Vancouver Pride Society's main stretch of events lands July 25 to August 2, under the theme "Unapologetically Queer."
The best plans are usually the ones nobody overthinks. A game on the screen, food going cold because nobody paused, friends talking over the rules and one more round before anyone thinks about leaving. That is its own kind of Vancouver night.
AI glasses are no longer just futuristic devices for tech enthusiasts. They are becoming everyday accessories for people who want technology to feel easier, lighter, and less tied to a phone screen.
Travelling is one of the most popular forms of relaxation, but this is also what stimulates creative thinking and strategic planning.
I've been part of Vancouver's queer scene for about 8 years now. Started small—just me nervously showing up to a drag brunch in 2018.
