- 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Pride Service
- Celebrate Pride with your spiritual side! With prayer, song, and story, all are invited to gather and center on the deep meaning of Pride. Part of StMargaretsBayPride.
- St. Luke’s is an Affirmed Ministry and everyone is welcome. More details online.
- Location: St. Luke's United Church, 5374 St Margarets Bay Rd, Upper Tantallon
- 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Drag Brunch
- The legendary ElleNoir hosts a fabulous afternoon filled with spectacular performances, delicious food, and great company! Enjoy a variety of lively performances and games by local drag performers as you sip mimosas and indulge in tasty brunch dishes.
- Tickets: starting at $15. Reserve seats for your entire party or you will not be seated together!
- Location: StardustBar, 1688 Barrington Street
- 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Drag Me to Bangers & Brunch
- Grab your glitter, your besties, & your Pride parade after party energy and join us for Drag Me to Bangers & Brunch: Cavicchi’s loud, proud, unapologetically queer brunch celebration and vendor showcase! Hes, shes, theys and gays welcome!
- StMargaretsBayPride is especially excited to offer 10 free vendor spaces (a gayborhood market, if you will) for LOCAL 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs and creators to showcase their businesses, art, and passions. Supporting queer-owned and queer-led businesses is a huge part of what our event is about.
- More details online. This is free and open to all ages.
- Location: Cavicchi's Meats, 5411 St Margarets Bay Rd, Upper Tantallon
- Noon to 2:00 p.m.
- Crush and Connect: Meet an Intersex Service Dog
- This is a free, all-ages community event hosted by Wellness Wags Assistance Dogs. The event invites community members to connect with Crush (she/they), a unique intersex service dog in training, while learning about intersex representation, inclusivity, and the role of service dogs in supporting diverse communities. More info online.
- Location: GlitterBeanCafe, 5896 Spring Garden Rd
- Noon to 3:30 p.m.
- Gay Gardens: A Pride Themed Drawing Workshop
- Celebrate Pride at the MacPhee Centre with a relaxed hands‑on drawing workshop exploring colourful flowers and leafy plants! In this workshop participants will learn simple still‑life techniques that make drawing feel relaxed and creative. From observing shapes, sketching what you see, and adding expressive details, participants will be invited to set up easels in our garden or alongside our hydroponic tower and literally draw inspiration from nature. From pansies to green carnations and Lavender Menace, we will also explore how flowers have and continue to be powerful symbols of joy and resistance for the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Please note that this workshop prioritizes youth participants but will also open to the general public.
- Ticketes: free but registration required.
- Location: MacPhee Centre, 50 Queen Street, Dartmouth
- 1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
- Intro to Impact with FloggingFairy and BoyWonderMB
- Interested in learning about spanking, flogging, paddling, and more? HaliHoEvents is bringing you a Pride education exclusive—one day only! Come learn about impact play with FloggingFairy? and BoyWonderMB?. Part of the Winnipeg kink community for over a decade, this educator duo is making their East Coast debut this Pride. FloggingFairy? is a pansexual, demiromantic switch, while BoyWonderMB? is a cishet ally top, and together they share a passion for kink education. On July 19, they'll cover impact play history, safety, possible outcomes, and the tools of the trade, with plenty of time for questions, discussion, and skill-building. Bring your own tools for a hands-on practice session and receive personalized tips to help troubleshoot challenges in your impact play. Whether you're completely new to impact play or looking to expand your skills and knowledge, this class is the perfect way to kinkify your Pride and level up your play. Capacity is limited, so if you're interested, reserve your spot early. Follow @halihoevents on Instagram for more information and updates!
- Get Tickets Here
- Location: BusStopTheatre, 2203 Gottingen Street
- 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Our Creaky Bones
- Bummed out by the trans scene being mostly 20 year olds? Come on out to the Trans 35+ Picnic on Citadel Hill overlooking the Garrison Grounds!
- We will provide some blankets to sit on but you gotta bring your own snacks and drinks! If you feel the trans label applies to you, you're welcome here!
- Info via Instagram.
- Location: Citadel Hill
- 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Family Day
- Join HalifaxPride for a day of family fun! There will be entertainment galore, including: Face painting by KC’s face painting; Theatre performances by the Mermaid Theatre and the Neptune Theatre School; Drag Storytime; Bouncy castles; Lawn games; Craft tent run by Wonder’neath & The YouthProject; and A sing along with the Eastern Front Theatre Geese
- There is fun to be had for everyone so you don’t want to miss it!
- Location: Garrison Grounds
- 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- BBQ Fundraiser for MannaForHealth by MissVicki
- MissVicki's annual fundraiser! No need to RSVP, just show up.
- Location: 18 Portia White Court
- 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Dancing With Pride: The Hustle
- Join us for a FREE class to learn the Hustle in a safe space that celebrates all bodies, abilities and identities. All ages welcome, no partner required. Class will be held in the Lilian Piercey Hall at the Maritime Conservatory. Instructor: Cole Richardson
- Sign up online.
- Location: Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, 6199 Chebucto Road
- 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Pride Interfaith Celebration
- Universalist Unitarian Community
- Presenters from diverse spiritual communities will share about being part of their faith and ways in which they are welcomed and made comfortable. Music and snacks.
- Location: UniversalistUnitarianChurch, 5500 Inglis Street
- 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
- Ease into Electro with FloggingFairy and BoyWonderMB
- Interested in learning about violet wands, TENS units, e-stim toys, and other fun things that go zappity zap? HaliHoEvents is electrifying your Pride with a one-day-only education exclusive! Come learn about electro play with FloggingFairy? and BoyWonderMB?. Part of the Winnipeg kink community for over a decade, this educator duo is making their East Coast debut this Pride. FloggingFairy? is a pansexual, demiromantic switch, while BoyWonderMB? is a cishet ally top, and together they share a passion for kink education. On July 19, they'll cover electro play history, safety, possible outcomes, and the tools of the trade, with plenty of time for questions, discussion, and skill-building. Bring your own tools for a hands-on practice session after the learning portion and receive personalized tips to help troubleshoot challenges in your electro play. Whether you're completely new to electro play or looking to expand your skills and knowledge, this class is the perfect way to kinkify your Pride and level up your play. Capacity is limited, so if you're interested, reserve your spot early. Follow @halihoevents on Instagram for more information and updates!
- Get tickets here
- Location: BusStopTheatre, 2203 Gottingen Street
- 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Sweet & Sour Tea Dance featuring Star Doll & Mya Foxx
- Are you ready to dance the afternoon away?
- Join hosts TrinityFoxx, BrookeRivers & RachealLush for the fourth annual - Sweet & Sour Tea Dance with guests Star Doll & MyaFoxx from Canada's Drag Race season 6. Including DJ JoshuaReid and gogo performers The Majoras.
- 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, and Provincetown, these events bring community together to celebrate & dance the day away.
- Tickets: $15 Limited Early Bird, $20 General, $30 for Meet and Greet with Encor3 gift. Meet and Greet event at 3 p.m.
- Location: StardustBar, 1688 Barrington Street
- 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Night Spa - Masc: The Dump
- Masc, short for Masculine is Night Spa’s special night for Men & Thems. Think of it as a more conventional bathhouse experience. A consent focused social night, filled with flirting, fun & some hardcore play! For the 4th year in a row, this is a part of the 2026 Halifax Pride Festival and will be happening the afternoon after Parade Day while many visitors are still in town. Get your tickets now as we will only have 75 spots available. We recognize that in the past this venue was traditionally for gay men only and this night is a focus on returning some of that space that was taken from that community.
- While not just for cis-men this night will be focused on those looking for masculine on masculine connections. 2199 Gottingen St has been a queer bathhouse since 2003. It has gone under a few different names in the past, Seadogs, Torpedo, Seadogs (again) but is now Night Spa. This is still a queer bathhouse but now we strive to be more inclusive. Our mixed gender events are open to everyone regardless of their gender, sexuality or however they may identify but some of our events, such as Masc, are focused on specific types of connections and thus limit who may attend. Our Masc mailing list currently has over 1000 men, trans and non-binary individuals on it and Night Spa has over 5000 active members in total between all of it's mailing lists. If you have not looked into if NightSpa is right for you, now is that time. NightSpa is a private, members only venue.
- Location: NightSpa, 2199 Gottingen Street
- 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Queer Newcomer & Immigrant Pride Party
- Come celebrate your authentic self as a queer newcomer or immigrant in Halifax with snacks, music, and party vibes! Dance to the tunes, share your experiences, and connect with others in a fun, safe, and joyful environment. There will also be other fun activities to enjoy.
- This event is free, dry, sober, and accessible. We will play soft music in the beginning so people can socialize comfortably, and later on, transition to dance beats. More info online.
- Location: Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall, Floor 1, 5440 Spring Garden Road
- 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Pride Paddle and Flotilla
- Join StMargaretsBayPride and SUP Yoga Halifax at Shining Waters Marina for a special 75 minute stand up paddleboarding lesson followed by a SUP parade / flotilla on the water! Join in for the whole event, or just come for the flotilla.
- No experience is required.
- Tickets: $25, online.
- Location: Shining Waters Marina, 148 Nautical Way, Tantallon NS B3Z2P3
- 6:00 p.m.
- Sunday Social: Pride Edition!
- Join us for a casual LGBT+ meet-up to celebrate an awesome Pride week! Drop in, play games, make friends!
- Join us for an evening of drop in games to celebrate Halifax Pride week! No group or exerience required! Just stop by after your daytime pride events for some food and some board games. Like a wrap party but with board games (so better?)! Casual, welcoming play environment. Please note, the cafe is All Ages for regular games. Any guests under 14 must be accompanied by a chaperone!
- Tickets: Register online. Admission is $10+tax per person and will be paid at the event, no need to prepay through eventbrite! The admission fee grants everyone access to both the event, and our collection of 600+ board games before and after the event (provided there is space)! Drop in event deal: spend $15 on food and drink*, receive half-off admission!
- Location: Board Room Game Cafe, 1256 Barrington Street
- 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Drag Bingo
- Get ready for a night where bingo gets a glow-up.
- Drag Bingo is back as part of the Halifax Pride Festival, serving up big laughs, bold performances, and just enough competition to keep things interesting. Hosted by some of the region’s fiercest drag talent, this is not your quiet community hall bingo. Expect high-energy hosting, ridiculous prizes, and plenty of audience participation. Play along for your chance to win, or just come for the show. Either way, you’re in for an evening of camp and comedy.
- Tickets: $17 (+ fees). Tickets will be available at the door, subject to capacity, however door pricing will be $5 higher than advance ticket prices. Doors open at 6:30pm, Bingo starts at 7:30pm. This is a 19+ event.
- Location: Garrison Grounds
- 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- X of Pride Drag Pageant 2026
- XofPride is a celebration of alternative drag, bold artistry, and the performers who thrive outside the box. For eight years, this pageant has provided a platform for weird, wonderful, and boundary-pushing artists to showcase their creativity through a themed runway and talent presentation. Hosted by Bridget Von Snaps and Vanity Station, contestants will be judged by Halifax drag icons Beef Pattie, Aaris, and Randi E. Rogenous as they compete for the title of X of Pride.
- Tickets: Advance tickets are $15, $20 regular (+ fees).
- Location: Grafton Street Dinner Theatre, 1741 Grafton St
- 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- AroAce Intimacy
- Part of Venus Envy's Pride Series Events.
- Branching off from our Intro to AroAce workshop, we will be exploring how to move through and participate in the world of allosexuality for those who fall in the ace spectrum, in a way that feels true and honest with themselves. We will be doing a facilitated group discussion mixed with sharing ideas and resources on how to navigate overall intimacy with yourself or others, as well as how to cultivate romantic/sexual/relationships with allosexuals (casual or not!). Both Allosexual and Asexual individuals are openly invited to this space to exchange thoughts, questions, or even just to connect and get to know your local Ace friends!
- This workshop is FREE but registration is required
- Location: VenusEnvy, ONLINE
- 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- StarMaker: Queer Open Mic & Stage
- Are you a dancer, drag performer, spoken word artist, comedian, musician...?! If you've got a talent, we've got the stage for you! StarMaker? is an open stage for all Queer talent, so sign up and show us your stuff. Details and sign-up online.
- Location: StardustBar, 1688 Barrington Street
- 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- 80s Music Bingo
- Hosted by ZaraMatrix. No cover.
- Location: BacklotHfx, 2103 Gottingen Street
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