Welcome to the Edmonton PRIDE Event Submission page for Pride 2024. We have been retained by Explore Edmonton to write the Guide To Pride In Edmonton for 2024 and provide a listing of events that will be held in Edmonton. Information submitted through this page will be used in the following manners:
- Local Queer Community Leader and Historian writer Ron Byers has been retained by Explore Edmonton to write the Guide To Pride 2024 for publication in JUNE on the Explore Edmonton website. Events submitted after May 21, 2024 will not be included in the article.
- Explore Edmonton may also list your event on their calendar if space permits and it is appropriate for their market. Additionally they will feature some events in their May/June advertising programs on their social media platforms and other advertising platforms catering to local and international visitors to our City.
- Additionally if your event takes place within the Downtown area then the Edmonton Downtown Business Association may list your event on their calendar. They too may feature some events in their May/June advertising programs on their social media platforms and other advertising platforms catering to Downtown shoppers and businesses.
- Pride Edmonton will publish your event FOR FREE on our Event Listings page.
- Our Event Listing page may be shared on multiple social media platforms and to other media entities, publications and interviews.
https://prideedmonton.ca/event-submission-2024/event-submission-form/
So what is a PRIDE Event? Well we asked our AI helper for that answer and they gave us pretty good one here…. https://prideedmonton.ca/what-is-a-pride-event/
In June of 2023 we saw over 70 events, then 7 in July and 14 in August all produced by more than 40 organizers in 40+ venues!
We will be delighted to post your event on our Calendar NO MATTER WHEN IT HAPPENS! And we will ensure that Explore Edmonton AND the Edmonton Downtown Business Association get your event info so they can add it to their calendars, if it is appropriate for the travel and tourism market they cater to – or within the Downtown Business area.
There is no deadline for submissions in general – only for the JUNE Guide To Pride on the Explore Edmonton website.
Submissions from the Greater Edmonton Region are welcome too!
These can include the Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) program that often produce Pride Events on behalf of their citizens or local Pride Organizations and Committees.
This also includes St. Albert, Fort Saskatchewan, Sherwood Park, Leduc and some surrounding Counties.
The Counties we will include are:
Westlock County – Westlock
Sturgeon County – Morinville, Gibbons, Redwater, Namao, Lancaster Park
Parkland County – Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Wabumum
Leduc County – Devon, Leduc, Beaumont, Nisku
Lamont County – Lamont, Andrew,. Mundare
Strathcona County – Strathcona County – Ardrossan, South Cooking Lake
Tips on creating your Event Graphic –
Have you wondered why your event poster never shows up properly on social media? Here are some tips to making a poster that works.
Facebook requires your Event Pic Header to be 1200 pixels wide and 630 pixels high. They will only show your pic in Landscape mode! (This is also the best size for you Business page or Group header pic. We recommend that you avoid putting important text near the top and bottom. Leave about 10 pixels for each.)
Instagram will show pics in Landscape mode at 1080 pixels wide by 566 pixels high. If you create a graphic for Facebook you can use it but it will show as 1080 x 567. So the same Landscape pic will work for both.
Twitter uses 1600 pixels by 900 pixels and will accept that same 1200 x 630 pic and display it as 1600 x 840.
For all 3 apps you can also use a square pic at 1080 pixels by 1080 pixels. But remember that the Facebook event page will only display the middle as it requires 1200 x 630.
We strongly advise that you never create event posters in vertical mode except for TikTok and Facebook/Instagram stories. They will only show as a single pic and can not be used for your event.