The Whistler Pride Festival returns this year bringing a full week of winter sports, parties, and festival events. Jan 25-Feb 1.

For the queer and 2SLGBTQiA+ communities, PuSh remains a space where bodies, identities, and histories can show up without translation. Jan 22-Feb 8

The Cultch presents the second annual Warrior Festival, a multi-week theatre festival focused on bold, urgent work from Canadian and international artists. Feb 11 - Mar 29.

Join Sunshine Coast Pride Society for our first Winter Pride! Feb 27 - Mar 8.

Babes on Babes takes over Maxx Fish as Whistler Pride's Official Sapphic Party! Jan 31.

In this playful workshop you’ll lip-sync, costume, and clown your way toward new drag personas and stage creations. Feb 10.

Part live art and part embodied meditation, Bardaje moves with feathers, ash, metallic paper, and ancestral ayoyotes to explore muxheidad—a third gender beyond binaries. Feb 2-3.

From the award-winning performance/comedy duo Creepy Boys comes SLUGS: a techno-punk concert, clown show and basement puppet nightmare about trying to have a good time while the world burns. Jan 29-31

The Inaugural BHM Motha Kiki Ball honoring Black motherlines, legacy, and ballroom culture with BlackOut, PuSh Festival, and Van Vogue Jam. Feb 7

Two visionary films featuring Lukas Avendaño—an internationally acclaimed performance artist and leading voice of the Muxe community in Oaxaca’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec—trace the intersections of body, land, and resistance within contemporary Mexico. Feb 2-3.

In TESTO, Wet Mess dives headfirst into the gloriously messy edges of drag, testosterone, and transition. Expect dykey desires, moustache meals, and a choreography of guttural sexuality that turns everyday life inside out. Feb 7 & 8.

PuSh has been the city’s midwinter anchor for more than two decades—a place where live arts are celebrated, where risk is rewarded, and where audiences engage with bold, audacious performances. Jan 22-Feb 8

The 29th annual Crawl will welcome visitors to intimately experience this vibrant and inspiring Eastside Arts District – the most densely populated community of artists across Canada. Nov 20-23

The 25 ^th Annual Chutzpah! Festival will include comedy that will have you in hysterics, theatre and dance pieces that explore belonging and togetherness, community-engaged storytelling, and a variety of musical offerings.   Nov 12-23.

The Whistler Film Festival returns with a diverse lineup of independent films from Canada and abroad.  Dec 3-7.

The 2025 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival takes place at the Roundhouse, featuring over 400 works, live performances, workshops. Oct 10-12.

The Salmon Arm Pride Project presents the Loud and Proud Celebration at Song Sparrow Hall. The weekend includes live music, food trucks, workshops, a DJ dance party, and a drag brunch with Freida Whales and the Pod. Oct 17-19.

The 37th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival takes place September 11-21, 2025 (online Sept 22-28) and will feature 100 bold, beautiful films from 25 countries.

This year’s 2SLGBTQiA+ program at VIFF brings together films that spotlight queer and trans lives from around the world, ranging from intimate personal stories to bold cultural expressions.   Oct 2-12.

This year’s Vancouver Writers Festival is once again bringing together some of the world’s most exciting voices, and we’ve highlighted the events that speak directly to queer readers and allies. Oct 21-25.