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Your Pride Week Guide

Calgary Pride Week Newbies

FAQ's for people who are new to Calgary's biggest pride celebration!

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. The most notable events being the annual Kick Off Party, Pride Parade, and Festival. Details on each below!


Officially Calgary Pride Week is Aug 25-Sept 5, 2022. However, some pride events tend to fall on either side of the "main week."


Depends on the event! Some are free some require tickets in advance. See the list below for details.


Major Pride Events

Pride Kick Off

Sat Aug 27 is the official Pride Kick Off event (note that pride events happen earlier though). Head to Central Memorial Park at noon for music, food trucks and local vendors.  A movie will be shown at 7:30pm (Kiki).

Pride Kickoff

Pride Parade

This year the pride parade is Sunday Sept 4, 2022. It goes from 11am to noon.  It starts at 5th St SW and ends in East Village. 

Pride Parade

Pride Festival

Following the parade head down to Fort Calgary for the Official Pride Festival. Entry is free! Expect food trucks, local vendors marketplace, a music stage, a beer gardens and a kid zone. 

Pride Festival

Shake, Stir & Strainbow

Aug 5th to Aug 26 restaurants and bars all around the city participate in Pride by making a fun pride themed cocktail. See the full list of these gorg drinks on their website. Plus a dollar from each sales is donated to the Skipping Stone Foundation. This annual event is organized by our friends at Eat North.

Pride Cocktails

Pride Week Events

Thur Aug 25

  • Sashay, Fillet! Drag Show at Rooftop 

Fri Aug 26

  • Comedy Roast of Amy Hef at The Prairie Emporium 
  • Drag Brunch after Dark at Maven
  • Klub Kid - Kitty Glitter at Twisted Element
  • Pride Shabbat Dinner at Temple B'nai Tikvah 
  • Pride: The Movement at Broken City

Sat Aug 27

  • Calgary Pride Kick Off at Central Memorial Park
  • Drag Brunch at the Zoo
  • Pride Kick Off Drag Brunch at College Bar
  • Drag Me To Pride Bingo at the Legion
  • Cheeky Tiki Night at Confluence Distilling
  • Annual Pride Float Down the Bow River
  • Gay History Walk with Kevin Allen
  • Pride Kick Off Party at The Back Alley
  • Blue Jay Session Pride Edition at The Prairie Emporium
  • Drag Rave at Twisted Element with Honey Davenport

Sun Aug 28

  • Pride Trivia Brunch at Prairie Emporium
  • Farrah Nuff & The Funky Brunch at Eat Crow 

Mon Aug 29

  • Mingle in Inglewood Pride Patio Party

Tue Aug 30

  • TBA

Wed Aug 31

  • Pride in Business Rooftop Bash Networking Event
  • Marx Werk Ware Haus at Dicken's Pub
  • Y2K Kiki Ball with Aja 

Thur Sept 1

  • Drag Queen Bingo at Fringe Coffee
  • Indigiqueer Cabaret at Dicken's 
  • ProPride Panel Discussion & Reception at Public Library

Fri Sept 2

  • Pride on the Patio Drag Show at OneUp
  • Big Gay Anime Night at Globe Cinema
  • WERK IGNIGHT Pride Party at Palace Theatre
  • Summer on 17th Drag Competition Finale 
  • Lust - Denali & Madison Rose at Twisted
  • All about Evil Screening with Peaches Christ at Dicken's
  • Monster Ball Drag Competition at Dicken's

Sat Sept 3

  • Pride at Cold Garden
  • Pride Rooftop Drag Brunch at National 8th
  • Pride on the Patio Drag Show at OneUp Rooftop
  • Pride Brunch at Whiskey Rose
  • NSFW Locker Room Party at Sub Rosa
  • Big Pride Brunch at The Unicorn
  • Pride Brunch at the WestIn in support of Camp Fyrefly
  • Queer Arts Market at the Historic Pride Hall
  • 10th Annual Pride Brunch at The Westin
  • Pride Block Party at Rising Tides Taproom
  • Brooke Lynn Hytes Pure Pride at Palace Theatre
  • Ol' B Drag Show at Ol' Beautiful Brewing 
  • All Bodies Amateur Strip Open Competition at Dicken's
  • Big Gay Burlesque Show at Dicken's
  • Wrath - A'keria Davenport & Madison Rose at Twisted

Sun Sept 4

  • Pride Parade 
  • Pride Festival at Fort Calgary 
  • Love is Love Mile (run before the parade)
  • Pride History Tour at Fort Calgary
  • Pride Trivia with Lilith Fair at Dicken's Pub
  • Heidi n Closet, Madison Rose, & Kendall Gender at Twisted
  • Kink Pride Slutty Social Dungeon at Dicken's
  • Pride Hot Mess at Commonwealth

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