Pride Month 2017: Your Guide to What’s Happening in Toronto

Toronto’s annual Pride Parade may not take place until Sunday, June 25, but the city has been gearing up for Pride Month since the calendar flipped to the month of June. If you want to get in on the LGBQT celebrations, you’re in luck. From a night at Ripley’s Aquarium to a rainbow bash at the ROM, events are taking place all over Toronto (here’s a handy map). We’ll be keeping an eye on any last-minute events that pop up, so check back for more updates.

Parades

Nuit Rose Light Parade June 17 9:00 p.m. Beginning at James Canning Gardens

Trans March June 23 7:00 p.m. Church and Hayden Street

Dyke March June 24 2:00 p.m. Church St. and Hayden St.

Pride Parade June 25 2:00 p.m. Starts at Bloor St. and Church St.

Film

Screaming Queens: Riot at Compton Cafeteria June 6 7:00 p.m. The 519 Ballroom

No Fats, No Femmes, No Asians June 14 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

Screen Queens: Pricilla Queen of the Desert June 18 2:00pm-11:00pm The Royal Cinema

Hairspray June 21 9:00 p.m. Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage + Streaming Online

Art events

Life-Life-Light | We Remember Orlando June 12 8:00 p.m. Barbara Hall Park

Transformation June 22 12:00 p.m. Yonge-Dundas Square

10x10 100 Portraits: Celebrating Queers in the Arts June 22 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Gladstone Hotel

Music and dance

TSO The Seven Deadly Sins June 15 8:00 p.m. Roy Thomson Hall

Second City Show Tunes Karaoke! June 19 8:00 p.m. The Second City Mainstage

Awaken: Youth Showcase June 21 3:00 p.m. Yonge-Dundas Square

Classic Disco June 23 5:30 p.m. Yonge-Dundas Stage

Yalla Barra June 23 6:00 p.m. Wellesley Stage

Alternaqueer June 23 6:00 p.m. TD Village Stage

South Asian Express June 24 2:00 p.m. TD Village Stage

Drag Ball June 24 2:00 p.m. Yonge-Dundas Stage

Pan Dulce June 24 2:00 p.m. Wellesley Stage

Ninjichaag: The Spirit Within June 25 12:00 p.m. Alexander Parkette

The Final Play June 25 2:00 p.m. Yonge-Dundas Stage

Last Dance June 25 2:00 p.m. OLG Central Stage

Parties

Gay Day on the Bay June 10 5:00 p.m. Pier 31

A Night At The Aqueerium June 16 9:00 p.m. Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada

Sugar Beach Party June 18 12:00 p.m. Sugar Beach

Cabana Pool Party June 21 6:00 p.m. Cabana Pool Bar

SWEAT: Yes Yes Y’all Block Party June 23 6:00 p.m. OLG Central Stage

BQY Bloq Pawwty June 23 7:00 p.m. Alexander Parkette

In Deep June 23 6:00 p.m. Pride Bud Light Living Room

Friday Night Live: Colour ROM Proud June 23 7:00 p.m. Royal Ontario Museum

Dirty Disco June 24 2:00 p.m. Pride Bud Light Living Room

Blockorama June 25 12:00 p.m. Wellesley Stage

Street fairs

Pink Market 2017 June 18 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Gladstone Hotel

Trans Community Fair June 23 3:00 p.m. Allan Gardens

StreetFair June 23 – 25 7:00 p.m. Church and Wellesley Village

Family-friendly events

Family Pride June 24 – 25 10:00 a.m. Church Street Public School

AIDS Vigil & Memorial June 20 9:00 p.m. Barbara Hall Park

Clean, Sober and Proud June 23 – 25 7:00 p.m. Paul Kane Parkette

Fruit Loopz June 24 7:00 p.m. Alexander Parkette

Other can’t-miss-out events

An Evening with Tony Kushner June 12 7:30 p.m. Isabel Bader Theatre

Until We Are Free: The Global Struggle for LGBTQ Human Rights June 15 7:00pm The 519 Ballroom

Pride Human Rights Conference: Transfeminism – Beyond Bodily Binaries Towards Gender Fluidities June 21 7:00 p.m. The 519 Ballroom

Big Love June 24 2:00 p.m. OLG Central Stage

Flex n’ Fluid June 25 2:00 p.m. TD Village Stage