Calgary Pride

PRIDE WEEK – Reading with Royalty – Central Memorial Park
2021-09-04 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | Central Memorial Park, 1221 2 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Spark your imagination and join us for Reading with Royalty. Celebrate inclusion and diversity with this glamourous family-friendly storytime program presented in partnership with the Calgary Public Library, led by local drag performers.
Reading with Royalty celebrates diversity and encourages children to look beyond gender stereotypes and embrace exploration of self. In programs like this, participants are able to see people who interpret gender and imagine a colourful world where people can express their identity freely.
Participants can pre-register on the Calgary Public Library website using their Library card.
No library card? No problem! Get your free CPL membership at https://calgarylibrary.ca/your-library/join/.

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In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, Calgary Pride, as an inhabitant of Calgary Alberta, honours and acknowledges Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that the territory we work and live upon is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the Northwest Métis homeland.

We thank these communities for their stewardship of the land we collectively inhabit today.

PRIDE WEEK - Reading with Royalty – Signal Hill Library
2021-09-04 11:00 - 11:45 | Central Memorial Park, 1221 2 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Elton John Tribute at the Ironwood
2021-09-03 20:00 - 23:00 | ironwood, 1229 9 Ave SE, Calgary, T2G 0S9
In celebration of Calgary Pride Week
Cyril Tenjohn is back for THREE SHOWS!
The band is stoked to be playing live again.
More Songs!
More Glasses!
More Outrageous Costumes!
You won’t want to miss this.
Tables sell out fast for these shows so book early to avoid disappointment!
Reservations are strongly recommended for shows.
The Ironwood doesn’t sell tickets – the show price is added to your bill at the end of your evening.
The Ironwood will hold your reservations for 15 minutes after the scheduled time. For sold out shows, we are unable to guarantee your reservations after this time.
Call (403)269-5581 or email reservations@ironwoodstage.ca to make a reservation. We do not accept reservations through Twitter or Facebook.

The Movement - Girls on Deck YYC
2021-09-03 17:00 - 2021-09-04 02:00 | Broken City, 613 11 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2R 0E1, Canada
Were back and doing it for PRIDE
Join the girls on decks yyc crew as we bring you The Movement – with treaty 7’s finest LGBTQ+2S DJ’s, MC’s, Drag, Burlesque and More…
Cover charge in effect. 18+ after 9PM.
Rooftop Partio 5 -10PM – Main Room 9 -2AM

Featuring:

MollyFi
Rebecca Dawn MC
Chris B
Riki Rocket (Jasper, AB)
Kloves
Wavelength
Anput

PRIDE FLOTILLA 2021
2021-09-03 16:30 - 18:00
This September 3rd we will come together to support and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with our partners from @calgarypride at 6:00pm.
Festivities start on site, Shouldice Park, at 4:30 pm – we will have a food truck or 2 on site (more details to follow), music and other activities!
Departure
At 6:00pm we will depart together to have a pride float parade – the Paddle Station Pride Floatilla.
How to join?
You can book online with The Paddle Station Raft Rentals
20% of collected proceeds will go to Calgary Pride
Or
You can bring your own raft and make a $20 donation to Calgary Pride and float with us from The Paddle Station starting point (Shouldice Athletic Park)
YYC, LET’S CELEBRATE LOVE!

Reckless Comedy
2021-07-29 20:00 - 21:30 | The Dirty Duck, 1336 9 Ave. SE, Calgary, T2G 0T3, Canada
A weekly and FREE comedy show featuring Calgary’s Up and Comers as well as some of Calgary’s best. Every Thursday at 8 pm.

B!G Pride 2021 - Theatre Night
2021-09-02 17:00 - 23:00 | The DRIVE-IN at TELUS Spark, 220 St. Georges Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 5T2, Canada
More info coming soon. Tickets available starting August 16, 2021

B!G PRIDE 2021
2021-09-01 17:00 - 2021-09-05 23:00 | The DRIVE-IN at TELUS Spark, 220 St. Georges Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 5T2, Canada

B!G Pride 2021 - Movie Night
2021-09-01 17:00 - 23:30 | The DRIVE-IN at TELUS Spark, 220 St. Georges Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 5T2, Canada

B!G PRIDE - 2021 Virtual Parade at Drive-In
2021-09-01 16:00 - 2021-09-05 23:00 | The DRIVE-IN at TELUS Spark, 220 St. Georges Drive NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 5T2, Canada

Economically Empowered Women Panel
2021-09-01 11:00 - 12:30 | Auto Draft
In celebration of Calgary Pride, YW Calgary is excited to host a speaker event that will explore how women in the LGBTQ2S+ community have navigated the economic sphere of society, the barriers they face, and how they overcame them.
Through conversation, two extraordinary panelists will share their perspectives on what we collectively need in order to do better, and how we can inspire all Calgarians to empower women in the economy.
YW’s Director of Program Strategy, Lana Bentley, will moderate this spirited conversation. The event will include a one-hour discussion followed by a 30-minute Q&A session. Lunch will be provided.
Register for in-person attendance (capacity is limited) or virtual attendance.

#TakeScience Townhall Back To School with ScienceUpFirst
2021-08-31 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event, Virtual Event – Online
In this virtual #TakeScience Townhall, we’ll help you prepare for a return to schools with tips based on the best available science.
Join our expert panel of doctors, psychologists, and immunologists as they answer YOUR questions about returning to school safely.
Hosted by CBC Kids News contributor and UNICEF advocate, Saara Chaudry

TD Inglewood/ Ramsay Pride Patio Party
2021-08-30 18:00 - 23:59
Get Vaxed, Waxed, and Ready to Party
About this event

We are hosting a post-vax party in support of sponsoring LGBTQ+ Refugees to Canada and Calgary.
At Ol’Beautiful Brewing Co., on August 30, 2021.
Attendees may direct their donation to the Calgary Rainbow Railroad Station and also to the National SOGIESC Refugee Fund, supporting LGBTQ+ refugees in Calgary and now nationwide.
Thank you to TD Bank and ConocoPhillips Canada for making this event possible with their continued support. If you have questions, email events@endoftherainbow.ca

PLEASE GIVE A DONATION AFTER YOU REGISTER
Although the event is free to attend, this is a fundraiser. So we do suggest making a donation of what you wish, recommended $50 or more. 100% of donations will be used to help settle LGBTQ+ refugees here.
Two ways to give:
https://endoftherainbow.ca/donation/
or
https://endoftherainbow.ca/national-sogiesc-refugee-fund/
Thank you to our sponsors for paying for the events associated with this event. It means that your donation is completely charitable. Charitable receipts will be given all at once at the end of the summer campaign.
Charitable Registration Number: 74824 1882 RR0001

Kick off Pride with Monique Auffrey at Twisted Element
2021-08-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Twisted Element, 1006 - 11th Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2R 0G3, Canada
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kick-off-pride-with-monique-auffrey-and-friends-tickets-167878018673?aff=efbneb

Beltline Gay History Walk
2021-08-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Lois Szabo Commons, 936 16 Ave SW, Calgary, T2R 0T3
On Sunday, August 29th, join Kevin Allen for a gay history walk through the Beltline and learn about the City’s LGBTQ2 past. The walk begins at 5 PM from the new Lois Szabo Commons. At 6 PM we arrive for a reception at Home & Away, the site of Calgary’s first gay bar, Club Carousel (appetizers provided)!
The event is free but we are collecting donations for Outlink: Calgary’s Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Book your tickets online: here. The suggested donation is $10. Spaces are limited and masks are encouraged.
Happy Pride!

Beginner Vogue Workshop presented in collaboration with Calgary Pride + Esker Foundation
2021-08-29 13:00 - 14:30 | B!G Pride 2021: Festival Programming
Katria (Muse) from the Kiki House of Gvasalia will teach the basic elements of vogue femme dance, and a brief history about voguing.
Learn how to vogue from Katria (Muse), part of the Kiki House of Gvasalia based in Vancouver, and a member of VogueYYC. This beginner workshop will cover the basic elements of vogue femme dance as well as a brief background and history about voguing.
All are welcome to come regardless of age, gender, sexuality or skill level.
Please wear something comfortable that is easy to move in. You are encouraged to bring a water bottle, and knee pads if you have some. You are welcome to bring costume items to try out, if you like!
Appropriated and brought into popular culture by Madonna, and shows like Pose and Legendary, vogue is a dance style, art form and act of resistance that arose in, and was created by, the gay and transgender Black and Latino ballroom cultures in Harlem, NYC. Vogue is named after the famous fashion magazine, and incorporates movements from high fashion poses, ancient Egyptian art, and exaggerated gestures. Ballroom, or ball culture, is a subculture characterized by elaborate pageantry where participants compete in categories such as runway, face, sex siren, hands performance, vogue performance and more; in order to win trophies, prizes and glory. Voguing and ballroom culture is rooted in the freedom, safety and community it provides to LGBTQI+ and BIPOC folks.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Katria Phothong-McKinnon (Muse) began her dancing journey at the young age of six with Traditional Thai dancing. Dancing has always been a part of her life as she grew up, and she has now trained in many styles, with a focus on hiphop, waacking, voguing, and popping. She has learned from the likes of Ralph Escamillan, Calin, Popin Pete, Tyrone Proctor, Waackeisha, Loose Joint, and Brooklyn Terry to name a few. Currently, she is a member of Vancouver’s first ever Kiki house: House of Gvasalia. She is also constantly training and working towards mastering her craft, battling/competing and creating a scene for voguing and waacking within Alberta.
If you are interested to know more about voguing and its history, visit the following sources (from which the brief description above was derived):
https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/brief-history-voguing
https://www.russh.com/exploring-the-history-of-voguing/
https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/voguing-has-always-been-a-form-of-resistance.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogue_(dance)
Image courtesy of the artist.

PRIDE WEEK - Reading with Royalty – Central Memorial Park
2021-08-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Central Memorial Park, 1221 2 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

PRIDE WEEK - Reading with Royalty – Signal Hill Library
2021-08-28 11:00 - 11:45 | Signal Hill Public Library, 5994 Signal Hill Centre SW, Calgary, Alberta, T3H 3P8, Canada

Coming Out in a Cultural Context
2021-08-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Online, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ
Help us kick off Pride Week 2021(August 27th to September 6th) by joining this workshop, which teaches concepts about coming out, outing, safety issues, and how they interact with cultural and other contexts for newcomers to Canada. It gives specific ways to discuss coming out within a cultural context and relates openness to sexual orientation or gender identity to privilege, culture, religion, and resiliency. It refers to UNHCR Guidelines for working with 2SLGBTQ+ refugees and the use of interview skills to discuss coming out scenarios
Registrants will receive all materials and an invitation to the online platform via email prior to the workshop date.

Indigenous Art and Activism: Three Voices - CIH 3rd Annual LGBTQ2S+ Lecture
2021-08-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Online, 12 Constance Street, London, E16 2DQ
This year’s CIH LGBTQ2S+ Lecture will feature three celebrated young Indigenous artists and intellectuals.

The Calgary Institute for the Humanities is excited to announce the speakers for our third annual LGBTQ2S+ Lecture: novelist Joshua Whitehead, poet Billy-Ray Belcourt, and special musical guest Shawnee Kish. The event will take place on Thursday, August 26 at 7:00 pm, the evening before Calgary Pride Week. In light of the uncertainties caused by the pandemic, the event will take place online.
The evening will feature readings by Whitehead and Belcourt, performances by Shawnee Kish, and a roundtable discussion about the intersections of art and activism for queer, trans and two-spirit indigenous artists. The Calgary Institute for the Humanities is Canada’s oldest humanities institute, and this lecture series is part of a longer tradition at the University of Calgary of supporting LGBTQ2S+ rights, as seen in Kevin Allen’s history of the LGBTQ community in Calgary, Our Past Matters.
The CIH is working to build an endowment to support this annual talk by key voices in LGBTQ2S+ Studies, to make this a permanent feature of our yearly calendar, and to continue to promote the values of diversity and inclusion in our university and our community.
Presented in partnership with UCalgary Alumni.
Joshua Whitehead Joshua Whitehead (he/him) is a Two-Spirit, Oji-nêhiyaw member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of English and Indigenous Studies at UCalgary. He is the author of full-metal indigiqueer (Talonbooks 2017) and Jonny Appleseed (Arsenal Pulp Press 2018), winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction, the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction, and Canada Reads 2021. He is also the editor of Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020). His forthcoming book, Making Love with the Land is slated to release in Spring 2022 with Knopf Canada.
Billy-Ray Belcourt is a writer and academic from the Driftpile Cree Nation (Treaty 8). He earned a PhD in English at the University of Alberta and is an Assistant Professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia. In the First Nations Youth category, Belcourt was awarded a 2019 Indspire Award, which is the highest honor the Indigenous community bestows on its own leaders. Billy-Ray’s debut book of poems, This Wound is a World (Frontenac House 2017), won the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize (making him the youngest ever winner). His subsequent books were national bestsellers. NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field won the 2020 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry and was shortlisted for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. A History of my Brief Body, essays and vignettes on grief, colonial violence, joy, love, and queerness was a Globe & Mail Best Book and a finalist for the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
Named the 2020 winner of CBC’s national talent search, Spotlight, Shawnee Kish has been making a name for herself since she stepped out onto the stage at the age of 12. Since then, the Edmonton-based artist has earned spots on Billboard’s 2019 list of Musicians You Need To Know, MTV’s list of Top Gender Bending Artists and CBC’s Top 100 Playlist. As a performer she has shared a stage with international talents such as Lady Gaga, Madonna and Alicia Keys. Shawnee Kish uses her music to empower and inspire youth, LGBT2Q+ and Indigenous youth. Her extensive work and involvement in these communities through national campaigns with organizations such as We Matter and Kids Help Phone continues to confirm that her passion and career is driven by empowering young people.
The Calgary Institute for the Humanities (CIH) is launching a campaign to establish an endowed lecture series in LGBTQ2S+studies. The CIH will bring to our city new voices in the conversation on LGBTQ2S+ topics each year. To make a donation, please visit https://engage.ucalgary.ca/lgbtq2s-studies.

Cochrane Pride Festival
2021-08-21 14:00 - 22:00
Cochrane Pride week is going out with a festivities with a bang!!
Join us from 2pm – 10pm for a day of inclusive vendors, LGBTQ2S+ artists and performers and the Brew Bus
Featuring performances by Amy Bishop, Hayden McHugh, Smother Theresa, Karla Marx, The Marvelous Mo B and Slamda BackDoor!
A full list of vendors is to follow. But trust me it’s good! I made the list I should know
P.S the festival takes place at Mitford Park, not in the pond.

Pride Party at the CORE
2021-08-16 - 2021-09-07 | The CORE Shopping Centre, 324 8 Ave SW, Calgary, T2P 2Z2
The CORE Shopping Centre has transformed their signature Gram Garden for Pride! From August 16 – September 6, spice up your grid and support your community by snapping the perfect Instagram worthy photo in the Pride themed garden on level 2. Select retailers will also be popping up during Pride week to celebrate. The CORE is also thrilled to once again be working with Skipping Stone by collecting cosmetics for the expression program and donations through their Pride themed bubble gum machines. Full details at www.COREShopping.ca/events.

Reading with Royalty – Crowfoot Library
2021-08-14 11:00 - 11:45 | Crowfoot Library, 8665 Nose Hill Dr NW, Calgary, Alberta, T3G 5T3, Canada

Pride Boxes
2021-08-09 08:00 - 2021-08-20 23:30 | Centre for Sexuality, 700 – 1509 Centre Street SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 2E6, Canada
Show Your Pride!
Centre for Sexuality and Mike’s Bloggity Blog have once again teamed up to help you deck your place out for Pride and support a good cause at the same time. While Alberta is opening up, the Calgary Pride parade will once again be virtual, so we want to provide you with everything you need to celebrate Pride at home!

Order your exclusive Pride Box while quantities last and support the 2S/LGBTQ+ community. Don’t wait – we sold out last year!

Your Pride Box will include: A flag, banners, window stickers, garland, sidewalk chalk, Centre for Sexuality goodies, a pair of our exclusive Centre for Sexuality socks by Friday Socks, and more!

Proceeds support all of the Centre for Sexuality’s 2S/LGBTQ+ programs, including Camp fYrefly, GSA Network, Where the Rivers Meet, 2S/LGBTQ+ Natural Supports and Counselling, Gender Creative Families group, Gay Men’s Health Program.

Sales close on August 20, or when all the boxes are gone!

**** Please note that volunteers will be delivering boxes, and are only able to deliver to Calgary and the surrounding area, including Banff and Canmore.

Boxes will be delivered to your doorstep August 25 – 28.

Reading with Royalty – St. Patrick's Island
2021-08-06 14:00 - 14:45 | St. Patrick Island, 3109 Zoo Road NE, Calgary, AB, Canada

Reading with Royalty – Louise Riley Library
2021-07-30 14:00 - 14:45 | Louise Riley Library, 1904 14th Avenue NW, Calgary, Canada
