- 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Pride Youth & Families - Forest Ecosystem Walk
- Join Nature Nova Scotia for a vibrant and inclusive Forest Walk and Pride Celebration! Let's celebrate the beauty of nature and the diversity of our community! This youth and families event invites people of all backgrounds to come together, enjoy the great outdoors, and show their support for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. During this beautiful walk, we will learn about forest ecology, plant and tree identification and the importance of planting native species!
- Register online.
- Location: Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Parking Lot off of Dingle Rd.
- 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- 🏒 HFX Pride Cup 2024
- QueerHockeyNovaScotia welcomes queer hockey players to the second annual HFX Pride Cup. Find out more online.
- Location: RBC Centre, 259 Commodore Dr, Dartmouth, NS
- 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Out n' Aboot: A Pride Hike
- Does coffee and ice cream lakeside shared with like minded outdoorsy folks sound appealing to you? Do you like swag, and prizes? Then Join MEC Halifax and Hike NS at Susie Lake! We will meet at the back right corner of the Kent lumber yard on Chain Lake Drive to begin our hike at 10:30am. Please wear comfortable quick dry clothing, supportive footwear that you aren't afraid to get wet, and bring along a water bottle and snack. This trail is 3.1km with rough terrain, and moderate elevation gain so, some hiking experience is recommended. This hike will have multiple guides at different speeds so no need to worry about keeping up.
- Registration required.
- Location: Susie Lake Trail
- Noon to 12:50 p.m.
- Beer Yoga
- Join us for a fun & casual beer (and more!) & yoga event with @oliveyoga_ns hosted at Hardisty Brewing Co. on Sunday, July 21, at 12:00 PM Movement, laughter, and beverages—what a great way to start your Sunday! This is an event open to everyone. It is an inclusive environment for all genders and bodies. Tickets are $25 and include 40 minutes of yoga plus your choice of a beer, cider, mead, or 0% hop water. To reserve your spot: DM us 📞 902-377-4715 📧 info@hardistybrew.ca. More info online.
- Location: Hardisty Brewing Company, 958 Cole Harbour Road
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.
- Pride Brunch
- Enjoy a Pride brunch before show by Chelsi Madonna & Holly Arsenault. (Note: tickets needed for musical performance).
- Location: The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street
- 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Kazoo Jam!
- Join the HalifaxQueerEnsemble for the kazoo jam and kazoo-along with your favourite campy queer hits. Make some noise with us! Kazoos provided! All ages welcome! Info via Instagram.
- Location: Citadel Hill at Sackville and Queen Street
- 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Afternoon Delight - Pride Edition
- Who’s ready for an extra special Pride serving of Afternoon Delight?? Hosted by BunniLapin with the amazing cast of KristiDavidson, FarrahMoanz, SmythRyan?, HeckellaJeckyll and from Ottawa, Karamilk. This is a Pride show not to be missed! More info online.
- Tickets: $20 each, minimum order of 2.
- Location: Basement of Economy Shoe Shop,, 1665 Argyle Street
- 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Toujours Gay: An Afternoon With Chelsi Madonna & Holly Arsenault
- Chelsi Madonna is a musician and director based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. After graduating with her Masters in Performance from UBC, Chelsi has sung across Canada, Italy, and the Czech Republic. During her singing endeavours, Chelsi started a YouTube? channel, documenting her life in vlogs. After moving to Toronto, she was recruited by MUCH Music to join their Digital Creator program where she helped produce videos, interviewed at the MMVAs, starred in commercials, and participated in on-stage events. She currently has a cross-channel following of over 80K. After finding her new home in Halifax, Chelsi decided to open her own music studio titled, “Chelsi Madonna School of Music.” Part of this endeavour is directing a queer choir that grew from 8 to 50 in just under one year. As a proud queer woman, she is dedicated to building community, performance practice, and creating a space that is inclusive and welcoming to all.
- The piano has been Holly Arsenault‘s favourite toy since the ripe old age of 4 when she came upon the tired old upright at her grandmother’s house in Cape Breton. In the years since, she has traveled the globe as a pit musician, music director, sideman, soloist and leader of her own trio . These days, Holly lives and plays in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with forays into the wider world as opportunities and adventures beckon.
- Tickets: $30 + taxes and fees.
- Location: The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street
- 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Drag yourself to the Library! (An all ages youth Drag Show)
- Drag yourself to the Library! (An all ages youth Drag Show) This is a Drag & Talent show for youth to come and take up space! Hosted By Shayla Shenanigans and Co-Hosted By Kardiá Diamánti. ShaylaShenanigans is the Co-Founder of Halifax Queer prom & Camp SeaHorse? And has been doing Drag for 25 years this pride! Kardiá Diamánti Started doing Drag on this very same Stage as a youth and currently works at the Youth Project help youth in their community! Email Shayla at suntothfx@hotmail.com to Register as a performer!
- More info online.
- Location: Paul O'Regan Hall | Floor 1, Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road
- 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Pride Hot Tub Party
- The first weekend of the 2024 Halifax Pride Festival is winding down so why not come have an early evening party with us at Night Spa! The hot tub will be set to high and the lounge set to chill as you kick back, relax and make some new friends.
- Must be a Night Spa member to attend; Click here to apply! (19+)
- Location: NightSpa, 2199 Gottingen Street
- 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- Sweet & Sour Tea Dance featuring Kandy Ho
- Are you ready to dance the afternoon away?
- Join hosts TrinityFoxx & BrookeRivers for the second annual - Sweet & Sour Tea Dance with guest Kandy Ho from RuPaul's Drag Race season 7. Including DJ Joshua Reid and drag performers AnitaLandback?, MannyDingo?, RachealLush? & X.
- Whats a tea dance? Tea dances were events organized on Sunday afternoons in the queer community, originating in New York in the 50s and 60s. Now popular in places like Fire Island, & Provincetown, these events bring community together to celebrate & dance the day away.
- Our event will allow you to dance, enjoy local drag, GoGo? performers & Kandy Ho.
- Tickets: Start at $33.28 (including fees and taxes) - more for meet and greet.
- Location: Garrison Brewing Company, 1149 Marginal Road
- 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Amanda's Artists Talk with QueerCreativesSpace
- Join us on Sunday, July 21st, from 4:30 to 6 pm, for Amanda’s (he/her)/ @amanda1.3.1.2 artist talk. This will be in person at 2482 Maynard St. Kjipuktuk/ Halifax. Masks are required but can be provided on-site. ASL interpretation will also be provided.
- As a content warning, there will be mentions of sexual assault and police brutality shared in Amanda’s talk. There will be a low sensory room and stim toys on site, and folks are welcome to leave whenever they need to self-regulate.
- Amanda is a 2Spirit artist from the Ts'il Kaz Koh and Kawakatoose nations and is a guest in the Unceeded Mi'kmak territory. In this artist talk, Amanda will be speaking about his artistic process and how it intersects with his recovery from her drawn-out trial through colonial courts after he was wrongfully arrested. The arrest was committed on the 18th of August 2021 while she was leaving a protest. This protest was standing in solidarity with the unhoused folks who were violently displaced from their encampments by Halifax Regional Municipality and Halifax Regional Police. Amanda was found innocent but endured two and a half years of harm, stress, and abuse through the colonial court system after being violently arrested and assaulted by police.
- On a technical level, much of her work has been expressed through screen printing and mixed media methods. Through this work, he intersects issues of genocide being committed globally, abolition, accessible housing, police brutality, Indigenous Sovereignty, capitalism, colonialism, and the occupation of Indigenous land.
- This event is a PWYC event, with any donations going towards queer Palestinian organizations. If your PWYC capacity is $0, please still come, as we don’t want this event to be financially inaccessible.
- No pre-registration is required to attend.
- Participants who express ideologies rooted in forms of oppression, such as zionism, racism, transphobia, white supremacy, pinkwashing, and all the other icky oppression mentalities will be asked to leave.
- Access notes to the Wonder’neath space, where this event will take place, are in the provided link: https://tinyurl.com/bpa8xzky
- This artist talk is financially supported by Art NS and Support 4 Culture as part of QCS's 2023 awarded grant.
- Location: 2482 Maynard Street
- 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Puppy Pride Parade and Portraits
- Join Cassie from Wet Nose Images for a fun and fabulous stroll along Lake Banook with your dogs, including a snack/drink break at Sullivan's Pond. Dress your pups (and yourselves) in your most colourful outfits, because there will also be a contest for the best dressed dogs! For only $35 you'll receive a beautiful professional portrait of your dog in their Pride outfit… 50% will be donated to the SPCA, and then your pup's photo will be shared online for voting More info online.
- Location: Kiwanis Graham's Grove, 45 Grahams Grove, Dartmouth
- 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Hysteria: A Sapphic Dance Performance
- ‘and there was no dance, no holy place from which we were absent.’
- Inspired by the words of the ancient greek poet Sappho, HYSTERIA is a celebration of the fearsome power and joy of queer feminine creativity. This dance piece takes the form of a dreamy rite that explores the deeply personal relationship of the dancers with this embodied art. Queer artists and fans are invited to join us for a post-show social to make connections and build community.
- Featuring: * Allie Conistis * Chenlu Shao * Ebony Abe * Gabrielle Greener * Grace Flemming * Mina McGill * Nicola Popp * Rachel Kelly * Reese Villanueva * Sarah MacNeil * Yasmin Rashid Accompanied by Hilary Ilkay as the "Mistress of Ceremonies."
- Cost: Pay-What-You-Can at the door. More info online.
- Location: House of Eights Dance Studio, 5562 Sackville Street
- 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- No Pride in Pinkwashing: Pinkwashing 101 Workshop
- Do you have questions about Pinkwashing and/or the BDS Movement? Are you looking to engage in conversations about dismantling settler colonialism locally and globally? Do you want to deepen your understanding about on-going Palestinian liberation movements and Palestinian solidarity organizing throughout history? This workshop will examine sustainable, tangible, and care-based ways to intentionally foster crucial community conversations and take direct action in disrupting pinkwashing in our local communities and beyond. There is no 2SLGBTQIA+ liberation without liberation for all.
- This workshop will happen over Zoom and is open to participants 14+! Automated closed captioning will be provided along with visual descriptions. Prior knowledge not required, come as you are! If you require ASL interpretation, please email: youthproject@youthproject.ns.ca before July 16th, 2024.
- Advanced registration required.
- Location: online via Zoom.
- 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
- The Regulation of Desire (3rd Edition) Book Launch
- Join us for the launch of the 3rd edition of The Regulation of Desire with GaryKinsman, OmiSooreDryden, and RebeccaRose! First published in 1987, The Regulation of Desire became an essential work of scholarship on sexual regulation. Revised for the first time since 1996, the 3rd edition includes the emergence of the white neoliberal queer, the right-wing attacks on trans people, and the need for abolitionist, anti-racist queer and trans liberation movements.
- This launch is dedicated to the people of Palestine facing colonization and genocide.
- Advanced registration required.
- Location: this event is offered in person (masks required) at VenusEnvy, 1727 Barrington Street or online via Zoom
- 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
- Cher Night - A Drag Showcase
- Welcome to Cher Night - A Drag Showcase! Get ready to experience an unforgettable evening filled with dazzling performances inspired by the iconic Cher. Join us at Good Robot for a night of incredible talent and fabulous entertainment. Don't miss out on this one-of-a-kind event celebrating the music and style of the legendary Cher. Grab your friends and come ready to have a blast!
- Tickets: $22.63 including fees and taxes.
- Location: Good Robot, 2736 Robie Street
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