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Nextfest 2025

Roxy Theatre 10708 124 St NW, Edmonton

Looking for a unique experience that will make you say “wow!” Nextfest is the festival for you.

Nextfest is a multi-disciplinary arts festival in Edmonton put on at The Roxy Theatre (10708 124 St). Over the eleven days of the festival, Nextfest showcases the work of emerging performing, dance, film, music, and visual artists. Nextfest has more than forty different events, performances, galleries, workshops, mentorship opportunities, and infamous Nite Clubs for you to enjoy. Your next ‘best experience ever’ is waiting for you, take a chance on Nextfest!

Join in on the best fest on this side of summer by embracing the experimental with us and uplifting new works. Take a risk on an experience, make some friends, and see creations that come straight from the minds of the next generation. Many of the artists taking part in nextfest are part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and several of our events present 2SLGBTQIA+ stories such as:

Parody of a Person on Friday, June 13 at 4:00 pm - a theatre progress showing of a musical day-in-the-life satire about gender roles, identity, and the high price of meeting expectations. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll suddenly ask yourself why you're rooting for murder

JINXXX on Friday, June 13 at 9:30 pm - an 18+ queer nite club that will invite attendees to don their most cursed attire to brush elbows with lady luck and indulge in music, performance, and art. Subvert your superstitions with immersive installations, roving entertainment, and a main stage showcase in the Nancy Power Theatre, before dancing your demons away with a midnight DJ set!

The Puppet Master: Burlesque, Drag, Puppetry and Live Music on Wednesday, June 11 at 8:00 pm

$15.00

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The Gay Straight Jacket Screening

Metro Cinema 8712 109 Street NW, Edmonton

The Gay Straight Jacket
Canada 1981, 28 min, Dir: CBC Edmonton

THE GAY STRAIGHT JACKET is a 1981 CBC Edmonton television special that provides an unprecedented look at the city’s gay and lesbian communities at a time of heightened visibility and vulnerability following the Pisces Health Spa bathhouse raid. Through candid interviews with gay and lesbian Edmontonians, religious leaders, and community members, the documentary offers a multifaceted view of the social and political climate of the early 1980s. It features rare footage from iconic spaces such as The Roost (1977-2007) and Flashback II (1977-1989) and includes a striking segment on cruising culture near Bellamy Hill. The film captures a pivotal era in Edmonton’s gay and lesbian history, preserving voices and spaces that shaped a generation of local activism and community life.

This is a special Pride Month screening of THE GAY STRAIGHT JACKET, featuring a curated introduction, a panel discussion with local historians and activists, and a public Q&A. This one-night-only event is more than a film screening—it is a community gathering aimed at fostering intergenerational dialogue about the past and future of queer life in Edmonton. Presented in partnership with Rainbow Story Hub, the evening will also serve as a fundraiser for the organization’s work preserving and sharing 2SLGBTQ+ histories through digital storytelling and public education.

$14.00

A Pride Unlike Any Other
https://prideedmonton.ca/a-pride-unlike-any-other/

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