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Regulating Morality – Exploring Edmonton’s Queer History

Fort Edmonton Park 7000 143 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Edmonton Queer History Project and Fort Edmonton Park proudly announce the opening of “Regulating Morality: Exploring Edmonton’s Queer History,” a historical display showcasing 2SLGBTQ+ existence and resistance in the ongoing fight for human rights.

Regulating Morality explores key historic events including the moral theocracy of “Bible Bill” Aberhart, HIV/AIDS pandemic, the landmark Vriend v. Alberta Supreme Court case, to current threats against 2SLGBTQ+ equality and human rights. The exhibition explores the moral and gender panics of both the past and present, community resilience and activism, and educational, legal, and political challenges surrounding 2SLGBTQ+ issues in Alberta over the past 100 years.

$27.90

Edmonton Drag Festival

Sir Winston Churchill Square 9900 - 102 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

The Edmonton Drag Festival returns for its most spectacular year yet—celebrating identity, artistry, and community through the bold and beautiful lens of drag. Spanning three dynamic days in the heart of downtown Edmonton, this festival is a vibrant tribute to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, with a powerful focus on uplifting minority voices and performances.

Each day offers a unique experience:

May 30 – Cultural Pride Day: Ignite the weekend with a rich showcase of tradition, history, and expression, this day opens with a Traditional Indigenous 2-Spirit Showcase and continues with panel discussions, workshops, and performances from BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ cultural and drag artists.

May 31 – Drag Xplosion: Come celebrate all things drag. From the red carpet to the main stage, expect a dazzling explosion of talent, glamour, and community joy as local and international drag stars bring down the house with their charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.

June 1 – Pride Kickoff Party: The first day of Pride, celebrating all things queer. Serving high-energy 2SLGBTQIA+ performances, workshops, drag bingo, DJs, and much more.

With performances, red carpet, educational programming, vendor markets, family-friendly activities, drag bingo all weekend, and community engagement, the Edmonton Drag Festival is more than an event—it’s a movement for equity, visibility, and celebration.

Free

Alt After Dark Pride Night Market

Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre 8426 Gateway Boulevard NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Join us as we celebrate Pride at the Alt After Dark Pride Night Market May 30th 7-11pm at 8426 Gateway Blvd in Edmonton.

35+ vendors, artists, designers, brewers and community organizations. All ages. Free entry. Free gift bags for the first 50 attendees!

Free

Pride Month Flag Raising – Strathcona County

Volunteer Plaza - Sherwood Park 450 Festival Lane, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada

Come and join us to kick off Pride Month in Strathcona County on Saturday May 31st.

Gathering starts at 9:30am. We will have chalk to decorate the sidewalks around the Volunteer Plaza. Flag raising at 10 am.
Pride events continue for the rest of the day at the Strathcona County Museum and Archives.

Everyone is welcome whether you consider yourself part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community or you are a friend, neighbour, co-worker or team mate ally.

Free

Pride Flag Raising After Party – Strathcona County

Strathcona County Museum & Archives 913 Ash Street, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada

Strathcona County Museum & Archives is pleased to be hosting the official after party for the Strathcona County Diversity Committee flag raising, celebrating Pride!

This all-ages event will take place on Saturday May 31, and run as an open-house during regular museum hours (10:00 AM – 4 PM).

This event will also celebrate the launch of a community-curated Pride exhibit, where visitors are encouraged to explore and contribute what Pride means to them. Activities will include a vintage scrapbook button making and a zine art station.

Free

Pride Sunday @RWUC

Robertson-Wesley United Church 10209 123 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Join Robertson-Wesley United Church in Sunday worship and at the 102 Grande Farmer's Market on June 1. We Publicly, Intentionally, and Explicitly live out radical inclusion and welcome as well as celebrate and honour all the diversity in our midst.

Worship begins at 10:30am in the sanctuary, while the market is outdoors along 102ave and runs from 11am to 3pm.

Stop by the church's booth for extra special blessings, affirmation on your unique identities (religious or not!), and enjoy some sweet rainbow treats.

Free

Nextfest 2025

Roxy Theatre 10708 124 St NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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

Jared Goldstein on the Pride Street Festival Stage

Grindstone Theatre Outdoor Stage 10022 81 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

JARED GOLDSTEIN is most recently a 2022 Just for Laughs New Face + chosen as one of Vulture’s Comedians to Know.

He can currently be seen on Roku’s NIKKI FRE$H, starring as Nicole Richie’s trusty right hand and assistant, as well as starring in season 2 of DOLLFACE on Hulu and the final season of THE
UNICORN on CBS.

Additionally, Jared’s standup premiered in this past group of Comedy Central's FEATURING, and in 2019 he was chosen as one of New York Comedy Festival Comics to Watch as well as Time Out’s Comedians to Watch. 

Jared participated in the 2020 CBS Diversity Showcase. Previously, he has appeared on ABC's Modern Family, COUNTERPART with JK Simmons for Starz, RIZZOLI & ISLES, and the feature film IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY starring Zach Galifianakis.

Originally from Long Island, he’s additionally appeared in an SNL sketch written by Tina Fey featuring Jimmy Fallon as well as the Off-Broadway production of Spring Awakening and the Broadway production of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden.

$38.17

Pride 2025 Kick Off Friday

Evolution Wonderlounge 10220 – 103 St NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

OG EVO is ready for pride so enjoy one last June on our dance floor as our two-bar summer ramps up to the next level!

Doors open at 10 with Lady Luck, no cover rush at 10 – if you’re in line when the doors open, you get in for free!

Cover after 10PM – $5.00

$5.00

Pride 2025 Kick Off Saturday

Evolution Wonderlounge 10220 – 103 St NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Pride Month Kick off weekend continues with DJ AK and yea, we are giving you another no cover rush! Skip cover by being in line when we open!

Cover after 10PM – $5.00

$5.00

Mill Woods Pride in the Parking Lot

Millwoods Town Centre Professional Building 6203 28 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Millhurst Community League is partnering with the Southwood Community League and Leagues on the Line to host Mill Woods first annual 2sLGBTQIA+ Pride event called Pride in the Parking Lot.

This family friendly event will be held in the parking lot of the Mill Woods Professional Building from 11am – 3pm. We will have live Drag shows, 2sLGBTQIA+ resource booths, community league information and engagement booths and Valley Line Information and ridership engagement tables.

Free

Embodying Queerness: Creative Processes of Sexuality Through a Nonbinary Lens

Grindstone Studio 9562 82 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

EMBODYING QUEERNESS: CREATIVE PROCESSES OF SEXUALITY THROUGH A NONBINARY LENS

Imagining what it could look and feel like to embody your gender and being without the societal constructs of the binary as an act of reclaiming the body and sexuality. Through this workshop we will use somatic embodiment practices of movement and dance to help us explore the sensations and feelings in the body which will aid us in creating our own body maps and narratives. This workshop will also challenge normative sexual scripts through both sensual and visual creative processes that emphasize queer joy and pleasure. By embodying queerness, the body contests the stability of gender and sexuality norms and opens up to resistance and liberation.

DATES: June 7th, 2025 from 1:00 - 3:00PM
LOCATION: Grindstone Studio (9562 82 Ave NW)
INSTRUCTOR: Dana Wasylyshen

PREREQUISITE: An open mind and curiosity for embodiment, movement, play. 16+

COST: $20 + GST

$21.20

Dancerise with PRIDE

Orange Hub 10045 156 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Dancercise YEG is a fitness class that features easy dance moves in upbeat exercise routines! To celebrate Pride Month, we are hosting Dancercise with PRIDE, where we will be exercising to songs about gender diversity and inclusivity.

With songs by Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan, there will be lots of great choreography and aerobic exercise! We believe this event will publicly showcase our solidarity and allyship with the 2S/LGBTQ+ community and provide a safe space for queer pride and joy.

In this time of darkness and uncertainty, we aim to provide a space where our 2S/LGBTQ+ community members and allies can just dance, workout and have fun!

The class is by donation, as we aim to make the class accessible to all. The class is at The Orange Hub (dance studio #333) in Edmonton, AB on Saturday June 7 from 2-3 pm.

Free

Soul Song Circle Singers Fundraising Concert – Rainbow Connection

Southminster-Steinhauer United Church 10740 19 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

The Soul Song Circle Singers present...

RAINBOW CONNECTION - singing songs written by and in support of our LGBTQ+ Community featuring special guest artist Emmet Michael whose music is Introspective and enthralling, with equal parts grit and grace, Emmet Michael is a musician who was built on his trials. Drawing on his experience of embracing his transgender identity, living with mental illness, and battling addiction, his songs carry a tone of desperation and sorrow. With soulful melodies and heart wrenching lyrics, his music conveys a message that is both powerful and vulnerable.

directed by Karen Porkka

Emmet and the Soul Song Circle Singers will be supported by Keith Rempel (bass), Cam Neufeld (fiddle and banjo) and Dwayne Hyrnkiw (percussion)

This is a fundraising concert for CampfYrefly a leadership retreat for queer and trans youth and the Soul Song Circle Singers Scholarship Fund

$25.00

Summer Block Party Series | Celebrate Pride

Rice Howard Way Entertainment District 10012 101A Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Yasss Queen! Sip, celebrate and slay into summer.

Edmonton's first-ever Entertainment District is all about Pride. This means you can walk into any of the restaurants on the block and order a cocktail, beer or wine to enjoy on the street.

This Summer Block Party Series edition is an afternoon filled with drag, magic, live music, and DJs — all outdoors and free. Come dressed in your fabulous best or as you are. Pro tip: This outdoor party will make a great pre-game.

Bring the kiddos to take part in family-friendly fun like face painting, balloon twisting, and a “treasure box” of hula hoops, chalk, bubbles, and jump ropes. Again - all free!

Free

Take PRIDE in Who You Are!

Unitarian Church of Edmonton 10804 119 St NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Adam Slate writes, "We gather this morning as one community. A community united by common ideals: love, justice, diversity, freedom, mutual care, equity. Every one of us has their own story, needs, strengths, and faults."

Let's celebrate the uniqueness that lives within each of us.

Free

Drag King Make Up Workshop!

Grindstone Bistro 10019 81 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Over this 1.5 hour course you’ll learn the basics of drag king makeup, from the iconic king, Orpheus! Orpheus has been performing since 2019, and is Edmonton's Greek king. In this workshop, he will provide overviews of specialized products, in-depth tutorials, and share all the tricks of the trade to help demystify the artform. After taking the course you’ll feel equipped and empowered to start making creative looks of your own!

Orpheus will show all the products you need to paint a drag face and explain how to best apply them. He will guide participants through a step-by-step tutorial on emulating his particular makeup style. 

This class is BYOM (Bring your own make-up).  We will supply you with a list of products in advance of the class and they can be purchased at the store of your choice. If you already have similar supplies you are welcome to bring them as well.

LOCATION: Grindstone Bistro (10019 81 Ave NW)
INSTRUCTOR: Orpheus

COST: $20 + GST

$21.20

Morinville Pride Picnic

Ray MacDonald Sport Center Grounds 9908 104th Street, Morinville, Alberta, Canada

🌈 Pride Picnic in the Park 🌈
Celebrate Love, Diversity & Community!
📅 Sunday, June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m.
📍 Ray McDonald Sports Centre Grounds, 9908 104 Street, Morinville, AB
Grab your friends, pack a lunch, and head to the park for an unforgettable afternoon of family-friendly fun, live music, dazzling drag performances, and so much more! 🎶💃🧺
FREE Event open to ALL AGES

Free

BIG WIG: An Introduction to Big Wig Styling

Grindstone Studio 9562 82 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

BIG WIG: AN INTRODUCTION TO BIG WIG STYLING

Get ready to tease to high heavens with Sucreesha (Liz Frost) and the Bang Bang Team in this hands on introduction to wig styling. Whether you’re brand new or looking to further your skills, BIG WIG will take you through the basics of classic huge drag hair - with a twist.

In this workshop, you’ll learn:

Teasing techniques for major volume

Wig foundations and styling structure

Detailing tricks to elevate your look

Signature shapes for that iconic drag silhouette

All participants will be provided with a wig to style and take home. Just bring your personality and passion ~ as well as a teasing comb, brush and clips (extras will be available on hand if needed). Come learn, laugh and style like a queen.

Open event for more information

$79.50

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