Where to Celebrate Vancouver Pride Week This Summer

Now that we're fully into summertime in Vancouver, it’s the perfect time to get ready for all the Vancouver Pride celebrations, festivities, and parties that are coming during the midway point of summer in the city!

While everyone might be familiar with the official Pride events, including the week-long Pride Festival leading up to the 47th annual Pride Parade, there are tons of other LGBTQIA2+ events during Pride Week happening all over Vancouver for everyone to enjoy!

From drag brunches to club nights, dance parties, street festivals, block parties, and much more, pick your preferred way to celebrate Pride in your communities.

Pride Events

Vancouver Pride Festival @ Sunset Beach – July 26–Aug. 3

Celebrate the week leading up to the big parade at the city’s joyful LGBTQIA2+ celebration of queerness with live entertainment, drag performances, DJ sets, music, club nights, parties, and community activations.

Vancouver Pride Parade – Aug. 3

Save your Pride energy for the big day on Sunday when everyone comes out to march and watch our queer communities celebrate inclusivity down Pacific Boulevard and Street!

Pride Week

Pride Kickoff Drag Brunch @ The Parlour – July 27

Come out to Yaletown for a fierce drag brunch to kick off Pride Week with a bang!

Cirque du Slay @ Rio Theatre – July 31

Forget about tradition circus acts and slay your way to this curiously queer and powerfully provocative night of drag, circus, comedy, and sexines, showcasing an all-queer cast that’ll flip your expectations.

Birdhouse Pride Festival – Aug. 1-3

Party all Pride weekend long at four unique block party events and locations with endless good vibes and even better live entertainment.

Normie Pride Fest 2025 – July 31, Aug. 1 & 3

Join the "Normies" during Pride season for the second edition of their action-packed, carefully curated festival at Celebrities Nightclub, The Waldorf, and Platform9.

Pride Drag Brunch @ The Lamplighter – Aug. 2

Eat, drink, and slay at one of Vancouver's favourite drag brunches at the oldest historic pub in the city with Canada’s Drag Race’s superstars.

Pride Drag Brunch @ Mila Pant Based – Aug. 2

Grab brunch and see a show with drag queens and kings performing for an experience designed to stimulate your senses and titillate your tastebuds.

Cream: Pride Edition @ The Bunker – Aug. 2

Celebrate pride and passion at this spotlight of incredible DJs, dazzling go-go dancers, and fierce drag performers, with pole performances sprinkled in.

Pride Queer Garden @ Parallel 49 Brewing – Aug. 2

Join the fun-filled patio party with local DJs spinning music and drag queens providing the live entertainment.

Wet & Wild Pride Party @ Whiskeyjacks Water Polo Club – Aug. 2

Put on your best swimsuit or beachwear for this street party featuring pop anthems and pride vibes all afternoon to keep the dance floor buzzing.

Public Disco Pride Party @ West 3rd & Ontario – Aug. 3

PD's annual Pride celebration takes over Mount Pleasant for an open-air celebration of queer dance music featuring international artists alongside local favourites.

Queers & Beers: Pride Block Party @ The Birdhouse – Aug. 3

Check out the gayest patio party of the summer as Q&B takes over Birdhouse's parking lot and the entire block of West 4th (between Ontario and Manitoba).

Absolut Pride After Party @ The Three Brits – Aug. 3

Come by after the parade for an unforgettable evening of drag, live music, and queer celebration featuring performers Xana, Amy Grindhouse, Cheryl Trade, and Rose Butch.

Davie Village

Immediately following the Pride Parade on Aug. 3 from 2-10pm, join the Davie Village Pride Festival as Davie Street (Burrard to Jervis), Nelson Park and Comox Street are transformed into a vibrant celebration of queer joy, culture, and community in the West End.

Back for the first time since the pandemic, find great live music, drag, DJs, roaming performers, all-ages fun in Nelson Park, patios, lounges, and community pop-ups. Expect peak local vibes during Pride Sunday at Vancouver's designated queer neighbourhood.

Queer Film

Looking ahead to late summer, celebrate LGBTQIA2+ representation in cinema at the 37th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival in theatres from Sept. 11-21 (and online from Sept. 22-28). Stay tuned for their full programming announcement of queer films, showtimes, venues, and opening/closing parties right before Pride weekend kickoff.