Halifax Pride Festival
The Halifax Pride Parade has been postponed. The instagram feed reads:
- In the interest of safety and to assist in recovery efforts, the Halifax Pride Board along with Halifax Emergency Management have made the difficult decision to reschedule the Halifax Pride Parade. A rescheduled date will be announced.
All events are listed here - there is no separate Halifax Pride calendar. Got an event to add? Here's how to do it yourself, or you may send an email with all the details.
- 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- ππ Rainbow Cup 2023
- HalifaxRainbowDodgeball is hosting its third annual LGBT dodgeball tournament during Halifax Pride. Everyone signs up as an individual, and we will put you on a team! The tournament includes round-robin games and an elimination playoff. As usual, we'll be playing adapted WDBF rules with 7" foam balls. One team will win the honour of being immortalized on the coveted Rainbow Cup trophy.
- Afterparty: We've worked out a discount for the NauticusEvents Pride event that night for tournament participants. We'll send full details in your post-registration confirmation (sent in batches every couple of days).
- More information and registration online. Registration cost is $25 per participant.
- Location: Zatzman Sportsplex, Dartmouth
- 11:00 a.m. to Noon
- SO FETCH Dog Walk
- Calling all puppers and hoomans! Let's go for a dog walk around Point Pleasant Park. We'll meet at the southern end of the Lower Parking Lot, Section B (look for the rainbows) and leave shortly after 11am. Pooches and hoomans are encouraged to wear some rainbow flare. We'll do a 40-50 minute loop around the park that sticks to off-leash areas, taking a quick midpoint break. Gendered washrooms are located at two points along the route. Following the walk, stick around for ice cream sandwiches, freezies, and treats for all, even pups! See the link below for Point Pleasant maps and general park info.
- Location: Point Pleasant Park, 5530 Point Pleasant Dr, Halifax, NS B3H 1B5 (LOWER Parking Lot, Section B)
- Noon to 2:00 p.m.
- Parents and Guardians of Trans Kids Meet-up
- An informal meeting for parents and guardians of gender diverse youth with owner and community advocate Jay Aaron Roy to chat, share resources and ask questions.
- Facebook event link here
- Message or email jay@capeandcowlcomics.ca to sign up.
- Cost is free. Masks required.
- Location: Cape and Cowl Comics and Collectibles, 622 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville
- 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
- RRANS + Queer Arabs Present: Community Picnic π
- You're invited to the RainbowRefugeesNS Community Pride Picnic! We invite LGBTQI+ newcomers and everyone in the Halifax community to pack a picnic, bring a frisbee, and come on out for an afternoon of fun together with facepainting by local drag talent. Bring some fun games and come celebrate LGBTQI+ joy, friendship, and community.
- Free! No registration is required.
- Location: Sullivan's Pond Park, Dartmouth
- 2:30-4:30
- Socialist Revolution not Rainbow Capitalism sponsored by Socialist Fightback; BMO community room of Halifax Central library.
- For more info contact Insta @socialistfightbackhalifax or https://marxist.ca/join
- 7:00 p.m.
- Film: Compulsus
- Tara Thorne's first feature, Compulsus on the last weekend of Pride! Tara Thorne and cast members will attending to take part in a Q&A after the screenings!
- Driven by rage, empathy, and something she canβt yet name, Wally (Lesley Smith) secretly patrols the streets at night, taking physical revenge on abusive hipster men on behalf of the survivors who canβt. When law-abiding Lou (Kathleen Dorian) enters her world, love and revenge clash, threatening to infiltrate their relationship.
- Tickets are $8.75.
- At CarbonArcCinema?, 1747 Summer St, Halifax (basement of the Natural History Museum; parking lot entrance)
- 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
- Can't Stop Pride
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- Pride is about ecoming together to celebrate our achievements as a community. Itβs also about visibility, solidarity, and hope. There is a big hole at the centre of our Pride celebrations this year; the Garrison Grounds will not be host to any official Pride events.
- In the past, these events have served as an accountable and inclusive space where we can meet new friends, exchange ideas, heal, dance, and most importantly, love.
- Bring blankets, snacks, and music. Stay Hydrated.
- Additional info on Instagram.
- Location: Garrison Grounds, Halifax
- 7:30 to 10:00 p.m.
- F*cking Trans Women
- Fο»Ώ*cking Trans Women is the beginning of the conversation.
- Fο»Ώor so long we've gone into the hook up scene, relationships and situationships unprepared and the time has come that we change that. Based on the zine by the same name, this solo-performance circles the ideas and stories of two different trans women trying to navigate intimacy and hot fucking sex with bodies that don't fit the norm.
- Tickets range from $10 to $20. Doors open at 7:30, show starts at 8 p.m.
- Location: BusStopTheatre
- 8:00 p.m.
- North Brewing Drag Show
- Join the Haus of Jeckyll (Heckella Jeckyll, Miranda Wrights & Eden Disorder) and our amazing special guests as we bring you a show you won't forget! For tickets contact Tyson at 902-223-7243!
- RSVP on Facebook.
- Location: North Brewing, 899 Portland Street, Dartmouth
- 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
- NightSpa - Mixed Gender Bathhouse Party
- This night will be a special part of the 2023 Halifax Pride Festival! No real theme for this night as it will be the first time many will be hearing that Halifax's only bathhouse is now mixed gender.
- NightSpa is Halifax's only mixed gender, private members, clothing optional Spa.
- Cost: Varies by rental options $25-40 per person
- No walk-ins, apply to become a member today 19+
- www.NightSpa.ca
- 8:30 p.m.
- π³οΈβπPride Never Ends
- Hosted by The Haus Of Towers (AnitaP, Jocelyn Towers& Sara Tonin)
- Tickets: $20 in advance (e-transfer to jagerxanita@hotmail.com $20 with names of guests) or $25 at door.
- More information online.
- Location: in the show bar at IndulgeNightclub
- 8:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
- UndergroundLoveAffair Blacklight Pride Party
- UndergroundLoveAffair is back again for the hottest event during Halifax Pride!β€οΈβπ₯β¨οΈπ Join to transform the dance floor into a tantalizing blacklight paradise of radiant queer bodies. Featuring our Toronto based headliner, @julesworth_ and some of the best queer Djs and drag, go go boys and flow performers Halifax has to offer!
- Is that love in the air or is it lust?? Come find out for yourself at the hottest, sweatiest and best queer dance party Halifax has to offer.
- More information on Facebook.
- Cost: $20 Advance Online Tickets | $30 Cover at Door
- Location: Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street
- 9:00 p.m.
- Drag in Colour
- RichardRockhard and MikeHunt will be your hosts for the evening as we explore the magic that is POC Queer Pride. There is a stunning lineup of POC excellence for your viewing pleasure with a special out-of-town guest. Tight lip syncs, mind-blowing choreo and thought-invoking performances; we will leave you GAGGING!
- Cost: $15 presale (e-transfer to Richard Rockhard) or $20 at the door.
- More info on Facebook.
- Location: StaggersPub
- 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
- π³οΈβπNauticus Halifax Pride Week Dance Event
- Announcing the return of global Pride-favourites DJ/Producer ALAIN JACKINSKY ( π¨π¦ MontrΓ©al) and DJ JB BURGOS ( πΊπΈ Fort Lauderdale) - together for one very special night of vocals and beats. π΅
- Close out Halifax Pride π³οΈβπ in style as we take over the incredible Performance Hall at The Light House Arts Centre. Featuring a concert-level JBL VTX sound system, club lighting and lasers, this is one night of dance & house music you won't want to miss!
- Everyone regardless of gender and sexual orientation is welcome. This will be a night for celebrating our differences and diversity with love, respect, and dancing! πΊ
- π A portion of proceeds to be directed to local 2SLGBTQ+ and youth-related charities.
- Cost: Tickets ($29 advance) can be purchased at the NauticusEvents website: https://www.nauticus.ca/tickets
- Location: The Light House Arts Centre, 1800 Argyle Street
- 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
- Happy Birthday, Gay*by!
- We are so happy that you were born and we canβt wait to celebrate you! Gay* Birthday is our chance to celebrate all the queer birthdays at once while dancing the night away in the bottom floor of the Belmont Building. Birthday suits are strictly forbidden but fancy dress is highly encouraged!
- *Just want to drive it home here that Gay* Birthday is named as such because it rhymes! In reality this dance party is a celebration of all 2SLGBTQI+/queer identifying folks who are over the age of 19.
- Advance tickets are $17.31.
- Location: Belmont House, 33 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
- 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
- Jocks & C*cks
- A sportswear party hosted by GSpott.
- Tickets: $15.38 in advance.
- Location: In the nightclub side of IndulgeNightclub
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