Pride Festivals and Celebrations
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2025 PRIDE IN BC
Updated March 22 - We’ll be gathering dates and listing them here. Meanwhile, you can visit the website of the celebration that interests you and see if they have their dates up yet!
NEWS; Wildfire smoke, extreme heat force B.C. Interior Pride societies to move up annual celebrations Move also aligns celebrations with International Pride Month in June. Read article on CBC here.
2025 PRIDE FESTIVALS*
*Be sure to double check their websites to confirm dates & times before making travel plans.
May 26 - June 1 Kelowna Pride Week https://www.kelownapride.com/
June 1 - Sunshine Coast Pride https://prideonthecoast.com
June 1 - Ladysmith Pride - https://ladysmithpridesociety.com/
June 2-8 Vernon Pride Week https://vernonpride.ca/
June 2-8 Nanaimo Pride https://www.nanaimopride.ca/
June 7 Bowen Island Pride https://www.bowenislandpride.com/
June 9-15 Kamloops Pride Week https://www.kamloopspride.com
June 14 Maple Ridge Pride in th Park
June 22 Duncan Pride https://www.cowichanpridesociety.com/
June 28 Surrey Pride https://surreypride.ca/surrey-pride-2025/
June 28 Eastside Pride
June 28 North Island Pride Campbell River, Spirit Square https://northislandpride.ca/
July 1-6 Victoria Pride Week https://victoriapridesociety.org/
July 2-8 Nanaimo Pride https://www.nanaimopride.ca/
July 12 Prince George 28th Annual Pride Parade https://pgpride.com/
July 18 Tri-Cities Pride
July 19 Fraser Valley Pride
July 26 Burnaby Pride https://www.burnabypride.com/
Aug 1 Vancouver Trans Pride March
Aug 2 Vancouver Dyke March
Aug 1-3 Vancouver Pride Festival & Parade on Sunday
Aug 17 Delta Pride Picnic Memorial Park
Aug 18 New West Pride
Sept 17-21 Elk Valley Pride (Fernie) https://ferniepride.ca/elk-valley-pride-festival/
While we might not have everyone’s dates listed above, you can find their website below and click through to discover the whens and wheres.
Burnaby Pride - burnabypride.com
Vancouver Pride https://www.vancouverpride.ca/
Vancouver Dyke March http://www.vancouverdykemarch.com/
New West Pride https://newwestpride.ca
Chilliwack Pride https://www.chilliwackpride.com/festival
Delta Pride Picnic - https://www.deltapridesociety.ca
East Side Pride - https://www.vancouverpride.ca/events/east-side-pride
Surrey Pride - https://www.surreypride.ca/
Fraser Valley Pride - https://www.facebook.com/FraserValleyPride
White Rock Pride - https://whiterockpride.com/
Coquitlam Pride - https://www.facebook.com/TriCitiesPrideSociety
Pride in Poco - Lions Park - https://www.portcoquitlam.ca/recreation/events-attractions/pride-in-poco
Outside the BC Lower Mainland
SEA TO SKY
Pride Squamish - https://pridesquamish.com/
ISLAND BC
Victoria Pride - https://victoriapridesociety.org/
Nanaimo Pride - https://www.nanaimopride.ca/
Sidney Pride - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089534793299
North Island Pride - https://northislandpride.ca/
Saltspring Pride - https://www.saltspringpridefestival.ca/
Pender Island Pride https://www.penderislandpride.com/
Comox Valley Pride in the Park - https://pridesocietycomoxvalley.org/
Ladysmith Pride Society - https://ladysmithpridesociety.com/
Saltspring Island Pride All Year - https://www.prideallyear.ca/
Powell River - qathet Pride Society https://www.instagram.com/qathetpride
Port Alberni Valley - https://www.facebook.com/albernivalleypride/
Sunshine Coast Pride - http://prideguide.ca
BC INTERIOR
South Okanagan Similkameen Pride - https://www.sospride.ca/
Kelowna Pride - https://www.kelownapride.com/
Penticton Pride - https://www.sospride.ca/
Quesnel Pride - https://www.facebook.com/QuesnelPride
Kamloops Pride - https://www.kamloopspride.com
Prince George Pride - https://pgpride.com/
Wells/Barkerville Pride -
Cranbrook Pride - https://www.cranbrookpride.ca/
Elk Valley Pride Festival Fernie https://ferniepride.ca/
Nelson Pride (formerly Kootenay Pride) - https://nelsonpride.ca
Dawson Creek https://www.facebook.com/DawsonCreekPride
Northern BC Queer Connection Society - https://www.nbcqueerconnection.com/
Smithers Pride - https://www.smitherspride.com/
North Peace Pride - https://www.northpeacepridesociety.ca/