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We invite you to join us for our first Community Pride Day at MacEwan on June 10, 2023. All activities are free and feature three unique events:
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Edmonton's Queer History
Pride Patio Party at Towers Pub
Edmonton Queer History Project Tour – Edmonton’s Queer Nightlife
Learn about the vibrant growth and diversity of Edmonton's queer nightlife, which started with Club 70, Boots n Saddles, the Roost and Flashback and grew over time to include many memorable places like Prism, Secrets, Shakespear's, the Option Room, Buddys/Woodys and Evolution, and many other spaces and places in between. This tour will be hosted […]
As we celebrate pride, we also need to remember the past and the brave people who fought for our rights. Learn more about Delwin Vriend and the battle for human rights in Alberta. Do you remember the Lake of Fire that changed the course of a provincial election? Can you recall when the rainbow Pride […]
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From Womonspace dances to bookstores and bars, Edmonton has a vibrant, diverse, and longstanding lesbian community, which was at the forefront of community building and activism. Come out and learn more about this important lesbian herstory!
Join us for a special tour focused on Edmonton's 2SLGBTQ+ community bars and bathhouses. Our tour begins at the location of the infamous 1981 police raid of the Pisces Health Spa, which resulted in the largest mass arrest in Alberta's history! The raid had the unintended effect of launching Michael Phair's legendary career of activism, […]
Learn about the vibrant growth and diversity of Edmonton's queer nightlife, which started with Club 70, Boots n Saddles, the Roost and Flashback and grew over time to include many memorable places like Prism, Secrets, ShakeSpear's, the Option Room, Buddys/Woodys and Evolution, and many other spaces and places in between. This tour will be hosted […]
As we celebrate Edmonton's Coronation Ball, learn more about the incredible history of the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose (ISCWR) and the bars and clubs that helped to make drag a longstanding and dynamic part of our queer community. This tour will be hosted by Rob Browatzke and special guest! We are pleased […]
Join us for this special bonus tour as we go west of downtown and explore the vibrant queer life on 124st and Jasper Ave. Meet us at Remedy on 124 st as we highlight the history of forgotten bars like Buddys Pub and DiNovi’s Lounge and celebrate community coffee shops like Boystown and Conrad's Sugar […]
On this walking tour, we explore and celebrate the triumphs and recount the challenges of creating a more welcoming and inclusive city for the 2SLGBTQ+ community over the past 50 years. This tour highlights the battles over pride and prejudice at city hall and within our city's major institutions. Learn about how groups like GATE, […]
Michael Phair and Rob Browatzke lead our first Walking Tour of the summer in conjunction with the National Queer & Trans+ Community History Conference. The tour starts and ends at the Macewan Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity (Roundhouse in Allard Hall, but don't be surprised if we stop somewhere extra special mid-tour for a […]
Michael Phair and a special guest lead our Jane's Walk tour Join us for a special EQHP Jane's Walk edition!Michael Phair, and special guest, will lead another fun and fabulous queer history walking tour filled with stories, gossip, and frivolity. Starting and ending at Michael Phair Park, this tour gives you the opportunity to learn […]
As part of Flashback's 50th Anniversary celebration weekend, we are hosting a special walking tour to revisit the locations and the legends of not only Flashback but all up and down Edmonton's gay 104st disco district. Join Ron Byers and Twiggy for this flashback moment, on the May Long Weekend Sunday where we'd normally be […]
Take a bus back in time, with Michael Phair and Rob Browatzke, as we drive around their very own neighborhood to talk about things like Buddys, Times.10, Pride at Oliver Park, Down Under, and more. It's a great way to break up your fun on the Towers Patio as MacEwan University celebrates Pride Month!
Not familiar with our tours? Attending the conference and not familiar with the city? Don't worry. Our friendly guides will explain everything you need to know before we start, but you're looking at a 90-minute guided walking tour, rain or shine, and our knowledgeable guides encourage interaction and are able to tailor the talk to the group.
Join Michael Phair and guest on the steps of the Legislature for this talk and walk back through time. Hear about things like Delwin Vriend, early attempts to change the Individual Rights Protection Act, the Lake of Fire, and so much more. Alberta governments haven’t always had our backs as a community, but we have never been silent.
Not familiar with our tours? Attending the conference and not familiar with the city? Don’t worry. Our friendly guides will explain everything you need to know before we start, but you’re looking at a 90-minute guided walking tour, rain or shine, and our knowledgeable guides encourage interaction and are able to tailor the talk to the group.
Join Rob Browatzke and guest at the Pisces Spa for a Wednesday evening stroll down memory lane, visiting the pubs, clubs, and tubs of yestergay! The tour begins at the infamous Pisces Spa and circles through Edmonton’s gay disco district before ending back at your cars!
Not familiar with our tours? Attending the conference and not familiar with the city? Don’t worry. Our friendly guides will explain everything you need to know before we start, but you’re looking at a 90-minute guided walking tour, rain or shine, and our knowledgeable guides encourage interaction and are able to tailor the talk to the group.
We are pleased to be able to provide ASL interpretation for this walking tour. Please notify us at least one week in advance when you register.
Join good buddies GoDiva and Rob Browatzke for a walk around the west end of Jasper, as we go from Buddys to Buddys! Tour starts off at Remedy Cafe and revisits places like Pride Video, Down Under, Buddys, Woodys, and Steamworks, and even the very first Flashback! Not familiar with our tours? Attending the conference […]
Join Michael Phair and Dr Kris Wells at Michael Phair Park for a deep-dive into why 104 St remains one of the most pivotal streets in our city's queer history. From GATE to Flashback and the Roost, 104 St is the heart of our downtown, and the heart of our queer history! Not familiar with […]
Learn more about the ISCWR, one of Alberta's longest-running queer groups, and so much more about Edmonton drag history from Emperor 25 and 29 Ron and Emperor 26, 28, 36, and 46 Rob. Tour will start and end at the Matrix Hotel, venue for this year's Coronation. Not familiar with our tours? Attending the conference […]
Michael Phair and guest lead the last walking history tour of the summer, starting at the Art Gallery of Alberta. Revisit the moments and memories that make up the history of Edmonton Pride, from Gay Day Anyway at Centennial Plaza through to parades ending at Churchill Square and so much more. Not familiar with our […]
Michael Phair will lead another fun and fabulous queer history walking tour filled with stories, gossip, and frivolity. Starting and ending at Micheal Phair Park, this tour gives you the opportunity to learn about the defining moments that helped shape Edmonton’s queer community, including stories about Gay Alliance Towards Equality (GATE) and the gay disco district of 104th Street.
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