HAPPY PRIDE! 🏳️🌈
All Welcome!
Every year at the end of August, Pride Week begins! This is a series of fun events held around the city celebrating diversity and inclusion.
Monday August 31 - Sunday September 6, 2026
Calgary Pride Week Big events
1) Pride on the Island with Trixie Mattel
Calgary Pride is transforming Prince Island Park into an outdoor Pride dance party headlined by international drag superstar and DJ Trixie Mattel! The event is hosted by local drag legend Karla Marx, and the line up includes DJs, drag performers, entertainers.
📅 Saturday September 5, 2026, 5pm - 11pm
📍Prince Island Park
🎟️ Ticketed Event
2) Calgary Pride Parade
The annual Calgary Pride Parade is taking place downtown! The energy in the parade is energetic, warm & inclusive and is a highlight of the annual Pride celebration
📅 Sunday September 6, 2026
📍Downtown Calgary 9th Avenue SW, from 5th Street SW to 4th Street SE
3) Queer Arts Market
Need to stock up on pride gear before the Parade and Pride in the Park? Calgary Pride is hosting a Pride Marketplace with tons of vendors selling pride merch, food, and small business goodies.
📅 Saturday September 5, 2026, 11am - 7pm
📍BMO Centre
🎟️ Free to Attend!
4) Flag Raising Ceremony and Indigenous Arts Showcase
Calgary Pride is kicking off the week long celebration with a flag raising ceremony. The flag raising ceremony aims to highlight the important of recognizing and uplifting Indigenous and Two-Spirit voices, and is accompanied with an Indigenous arts showcase.
📅 Monday August 31, 2026, 11am
📍The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland
5) All Ages Celebration & Reading with Royalty
Looking for a family friendly pride event? An all ages Pride Celebration including drag, live music, spoken word, storytelling and community will take place in Inglewood! Calgary Pride is also hosting numerous drag story hours throughout the week!
📅 Saturday September 5, 2026, 1pm - 6pm
📍Cold Garden, Inglewood
Drag Shows, Brunches, Parties, and More!
Sunday, August 30, 2026
- Pride Kickoff Brunch with Lala Ri
📍 Bank and Baron Pub 📅 10am - 2pm - Drag Storytime with Canadian Pride Historical Society
📍 Owl's Nest Books 📅 10:30am - 12pm - Passionfruit Brunch: Calgary Pride Edition
📍 Charbar 📅 11am - 5pm - Flow Skate™ & Friends - Calgary Pride Pop-Up
📍 Sunnyside Skate Park 📅 2pm - 5pm
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Pride In Business: UP & OUT Rooftop Pride Kickoff
📍 Calgary Marriott Downtown Hotel 📅 6pm - 10pm
Friday, September 4, 2026
- Slow Dance Party
📍 Alcove Centre for the Arts 📅 6:30pm - 10pm
Saturday, September 5, 2026
- Pride On The Patio with Nearah Nuff & Chelazon Leroux
📍 Canadian Brewhouse (University District) 📅 11am - 3pm
Pride All year long
The Attic
Queer Calgary
The Attic
The Carly’s Angels Drag Show has been performing at the venue for 25 years! They also host many other drag shows each week, and have great pizza!
Dickens
Queer Calgary
The Attic
A downtown bar with a calendar PACKED with drag shows. They also host punk events, and have fun, themed performances. Their Tuesday show, They Got Talent, is a great way to see new drag artist.
Queer Calgary
Queer Calgary
Twisted Element
If you're looking for a chill evening and making friendships, go to a Queer Calgary event! Queer Calgary presents themself as a community hub for LGBTQ2+ Calgarians. They host weekly and monthly events like board game, roller skating, or arts & craft nights!
Twisted Element
Twisted Element
Twisted Element
Probably the most well-known gay nightclub in Calgary. Popular drag queens and local talents perform here every other weekend.
Lavender Club
Twisted Element
Black Pride YYC
Hosts community events like markets and movie nights for lesbians and sapphic people. If you’re looking to make new friends, try one of their events!
Black Pride YYC
Twisted Element
Black Pride YYC
A pride organization in Calgary that ensures pride is a safe space for African Black & Caribbean communities too.
Skipping Stone
Centre for Sexuality
Skipping Stone
Alongside connecting trans and gender-diverse Albertans to health care, they host gender-affirming talk groups and events for Calgarians seeking community and support.
Texas Lounge
Centre for Sexuality
Skipping Stone
A chill gay dive bar that's been in Calgary since 1987. They host weekly karaoke nights, DJs, and drag shows.
Centre for Sexuality
Centre for Sexuality
Calgary Queer Arts Society
Occasionally hosts smaller in-person events great for LGBTQ2+ Calgarians seeking community.
Calgary Queer Arts Society
Calgary Queer Arts Society
Calgary Queer Arts Society
They support queer artists in creating arts and performances for the stage. They don’t have events too often, but it's great opportunity to support local queer art when they do!