Big Queer Variety Show
2025-07-27 13:30 - 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | Contemporary Calgary, 701 11th St SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 2C4, Canada
Come on out for a cross-organization collaborative all-ages sober variety show on Sunday, July 27th from 1:00 to 5:00 at Contemporary Calgary with time to mingle before and after!
Tickets available now: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/big-queer-variety-show-tickets-1415897560719
Join our Emcees, Alyjah Ermine and Oliver Twirl, for a fun afternoon of queer joy and creativity as a whole bevvy of talent crosses the stage! There will be drag performances by El Rey del Sol, Alina Montenegro, Dayna Hart, Sir Velvet, Roy GBP & Oliver Twirl, poetry readings by Cece Chow and Alyjah Ermine, hip hop from Kindé, and classical and Bengali dance performances by Kajal and Ratul!
Tickets:
We are offering pay-what-you-are-able tickets and splitting 100% of the ticket sales between Black Pride YYC, Colores Del Alma, and Rang De Pride to help support them in all the offerings they have coming up in the calendar.
Our sponsor:
Thank you to the Community-Based Research Centre for providing funding so we can pay $100 honorariums to all performers. Tips will also be split amongst all performers to ensure everyone is paid for their labour.
Accessibility:
To make this event safe as possible to attend for as many of our 2SLGBTQIA+ community members, we ask that folks do a Covid test within 24 hours of attending and wear masks when not eating. Masks will be provided at the door.
This is a sober all-ages event! We welcome kids and families! Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Food will be served! Details are coming, but there will be gluten free and vegan options courtesy of the Pansy Club, as well as Jamaican patties from Simply Caribbean.
Contemporary Calgary has a paid parking lot and is right by the c-train downtown. They have wheelchair accessible washrooms on the main floor and the floor of the Heather Edwards theatre. There are multi-stall gendered washrooms on all floors as well.

🌈🍕🥳 Pride Pizza Party
2025-09-03 12:30 - 13:30 | 223 12 Ave SW, 223 12 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2R, Canada
Join us for a slice* where every topping is welcome and every heart is celebrated!
Come solo or bring a friend – everyone’s welcome at this event.
*Pizza available while supplies last.

RuPaul's Tina Burner's Witch Perfect
2025-10-03 19:00 - 21:00 | The Grand, 608 1St SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 1M7, Canada
The hysterical award-winning spooktacular, Witch Perfect, is an all live-singing, comedy parody based on the cult-classic and audience favorite Disney film Hocus Pocus! It features Emmy-winning stars from RuPaul’s Drag Race: S13’s Tina Burner as Winifred, Season 11, All-Stars S6, and UK vs the World S2’s Scarlet Envy as Sara, and Season 9 and All Stars S8’s Alexis Michelle as Mary.
The show features hits from such pop icons as Madonna and Cher, as well as Disney classics Little Mermaid and Lion King. Witch Perfect also fly’s into Broadway standards from Gypsy and Wicked as well as the sisters own take on the infamous show-stopper “I Put a Spell on You.” Make sure to BOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKK your tickets today.
