- 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Free Rainbow Pancake Breakfast
- Join us at Power House Youth Centre for a free Rainbow Pancake breakfast on July 17th from 10-11:30 am. Open to 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and allies ages 13-24. More info online.
- Location: Power House Youth Centre, 1606 Bell Road
- 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Free Mini Renaissance Fair
- Join us at Power House Youth Centre for our Mini Renaissance Fair! Wear a costume (if you like), play games, make themed arts and crafts, enjoy music, food, and drinks, and make new friends! Open to 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and allies ages 13-24.More info online.
- Location: Power House Youth Centre, 1606 Bell Road
- 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Halifax Pride Flag Raising
- Once again, Halifax Pride kicks off the Pride Festival with the annual flag raising. With words spoken by our board members and supporters, join us at Grand Parade July 16 to celebrate community, authenticity, visibility, and of course, Pride. More info online.
- Location: Grand Parade
- 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Queer Crafternoon & BBQ
- Join St. Margaret’s Bay Pride for a BBQ, arts & crafts, board games, live music, and more. Make connections across the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in St. Margaret's Bay and beyond. More info online.
- Location: Labour Day Picnic Cafe, 12286 Peggys Cove Rd, Glen Haven, NS B3Z 2R6
- 5:00pm - 7:00pm
- Queer Bodies are Sacred: A Community-Based Therapeutic Art Event
- An opportunity to celebrate queer bodies as a liberatory act of resilience and resistance. Community members of all ages are invited to our sober, accessible, and brave space to contribute to an artistic banner that EDNS will walk with in the Halifax Pride Parade on Saturday, July 18th.
- Get tickets here
- 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Movie: the Birdcage with Cole Harbour Public Library
- Join us for a screening of the camp comedy classic, The Birdcage.
- Armand Goldman (Robin Williams) and his long time partner, Albert (Nathan Lane), run a popular cabaret nightclub together in South Beach, Florida. When their son, Val, comes home to announce his engagement to an ultra-conservative U.S. Senator's daughter, Armand and Albert scramble to put on a straight facade.
- Rated 14A | 1996 | 1h 59min
- Cole Harbour Public Library, no registration, entirely free, for teens and adults
- Info online.
- 6:00 p.m.
- Youth Game Night
- A drop in game night (video games and board games available!) that takes place at Power House in Halifax. For 2SLGTBQIA+ youth ages 12-25. More info online.
- Location: Power House Youth Centre, 1606 Bell Road
- 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- RRANS Hangout - Pride Materials Edition
- Inviting community members to join RainbowRefugeesNS at our weekly hangout to make buttons, t-shirts, signs, and more with us for the Halifax Pride Parade. We'll also be doing some tie-dyeing and have t shirts available for people, or you can bring your own!
- Find out more online and email Info@rrans.com to register.
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Spectrum Connect: Identity & Pride with Art
- Two-Spirit, Trans, & Non-Binary Voices Unite Identity & Pride with Art 🌈 This month’s session will focus on exploring our identities and what Pride means to us through prompts (to get us thinking) and a guided art-based activity meant to help us visually represent our identity, gender journey, and who we truly are. This can be done through writing or a visual art medium like a drawing. We will also have lots of time and space for shared conversation and peer connection. All art materials will be provided by Healthy Minds Cooperative! Whether you’re just beginning your journey or have years of lived experience, you belong here.
- At: GlitterBeanCafe
- Tix here
- 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- Halifax Gay Men's Chorus Open Rehersal
- Ever thought about joining the Halifax Gay Men's Chorus, or are you just interested in spending an evening singing with us? Come for a special Pride rehearsal and see how we make the magic happen! Light refreshments will be served. Info online.
- Location: StAndrewsUnitedChurch, 6036 Coburg Road. The entrance is through the side doors of the church.
- 7:00pm - 11:00pm
- My Big Gay Trivia Night
- Think you know your Gaga from your Grindr? Your Stonewall from your Schitt’s Creek? Join HaliHoEvents and hilarious host Abhishek Bhuchar for My Big Gay Trivia Night at Chain Yard this Pride! We’re serving up laughs, cider, delicious food, spicy trivia, and gay AF sex toy prizes just for you! Teams must have a minimum of 2 players and a maximum of 6 players, so gather your chosen fam, your trivia queens, and your most chronically knowledgeable friends
- At: Chain Yard Urban Cidery & Taproom
- More info: Instagram
- 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Dyke Night Acoustic: Constant Craving
- We are very pleased to have been chosen to host, Dyke Night Acoustic: Constant Craving – featuring performances by Moira & Claire, Salt Lamp, Julia Cunningham, Averi Chandler, Adina Fraser & Tara Thorne – hosted by Pillow Fite’s Art Ross and Jade Bennett.
- Kick off your Pride week with this special edition of Dyke Night Live. We’re challenging six local queer artists to select one song from a sapphic artist (eg. KD Lang, Tracy Chapman & Tegan and Sara) that helped shape their songwriting and musical style, and one original song. Constant Craving is set to be a magical queer musical experience you won’t want to miss!
- Tickets: 25 + HST advanced or $35 at the door.
- Location: Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street
- 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- Femmes4Femmes Comedy Night
- Come on out to RadPride's Femmes4Femmes Comedy Night! It'll have a truly incredible lineup of comics for yas, with Truly Am headlining and Just For Laughs Alumni Clare Belford (@clarble) hosting! It'll also feature Sara Graham, Roz Kennery (@rozagainstthemachine), and more! [Details via Instagram].
- Cost: PWYC, $10 suggested. Doors at 7:30, show at 8.
- Rules: A sober, masked event.
- Location: RadStorm, 2177 Gottingen Street
- 9:00 p.m.
- melaNATION: A QTBIPOC Showcase
- melaNATION: A QTBIPOC Showcase is a high-energy celebration of Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour artists, blending live performance with a full-on party atmosphere. Headlined by Fantasia Royale Gaga and hosted by ElleNoir, the night features a dynamic mix of drag, music, and movement that carries from the stage straight into the crowd.
- melaNATION centres QTBIPOC voices and artistry, creating space to celebrate culture, talent, and community. Expect big performances, a packed dance floor, and an electric start to the festival weekend.
- Tickets: $10, online. This is a 19+ event.
- Location: Garrison Grounds, 5566 Sackville Street
- 9:00pm - 2:00am
- HOE DOWN - HOMO UP
- 🌈 Let’s kick off Pride Week in Halifax the right way! 🤠 HOE DOWN, HOMO UP is taking over Rumours for a night of country bangers, queer anthems, and nonstop dancing! 🎩 FREE cowboy hats for the first 25 people 🎥 Video Dance Party 🎧 MIKE G 🕘 9PM–2AM 🚪 NO COVER
- No cover
- Location: RumoursHFX, 1668 Lower Water Street
- 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
- Tapette presents: The Céline Dion danse party!
- After over 10 years of selling out this party in Toronto and Montreal... DJ Phillippe brings the legendary Céline Dion danse party to the East Coast for the first time ever inside the gorgeous @2037gottingen for Pride weekend! Join him for a FULL night of Céline hits, misses, remixes and rarities, Dion go-go twins and a show from Zara Matrix!
- Location: Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street
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