Halifax Pride Festival

Celebrate Pride with your spiritual side! With prayer, song, and story, all are invited to gather and center on the deep meaning of Pride. St. Luke’s is an Affirmed Ministry and everyone is welcome.

Join us to fight in style! Wear your favourite Pride outfit and come try out Jugger, an inclusive sword fighting sport filled with laughter, community, and chances to hit your friends with a foam sword! (ages 16+)

The legendary Elle Noir hosts a fabulous afternoon filled with spectacular performances, delicious food, and great company! Enjoy a variety of lively performances and games by local drag performers as you sip mimosas and indulge in tasty brunch dishes.

"Crush & Connect: Meet an Intersex Service Dog” is a free, all-ages community event hosted by Wellness Wags Assistance Dogs. The event invites community members to connect with Crush (she/they), a unique intersex service dog in training, while learning about intersex representation, inclusivity, and the role of service dogs in supporting diverse communities.

Interested in learning about spanking, flogging, paddling, and more? HaliHoEvents is bringing you a Pride education exclusive—one day only! Come learn about impact play with FloggingFairy and BoyWonderMB. Part of the Winnipeg kink community for over a decade, this educator duo is making their East Coast debut this Pride. FloggingFairy is a pansexual, demiromantic switch, while BoyWonderMB is a cishet ally top, and together they share a passion for kink education. On July 19, they'll cover impact play history, safety, possible outcomes, and the tools of the trade, with plenty of time for questions, discussion, and skill-building. Bring your own tools for a hands-on practice session and receive personalized tips to help troubleshoot challenges in your impact play. Whether you're completely new to impact play or looking to expand your skills and knowledge, this class is the perfect way to kinkify your Pride and level up your play. Capacity is limited, so if you're interested, reserve your spot early. Follow @halihoevents on Instagram for more information and updates!

Join us Sunday, July 19 for a day of family fun on the Garrison Grounds! There will be entertainment galore, including:

• Theatre performances by the Mermaid Theatre and the Neptune Theatre School
• Drag Storytime
• Bouncy castles
• Lawn games
• Craft tent run by Wonder’neath & The Youth Project
• A sing along with the Eastern Front Theatre Geese 

There is fun to be had for everyone so you don’t want to miss it!

Remember sex ed? Now imagine it actually included the things you wanted to know. HaliHoEvents presents After School: What Sex Ed Skipped, an ongoing education series exploring kink, queerness, polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, communication, consent, pleasure, and more. This July, visiting educators FloggingFairy, a pansexual, demiromantic switch, and BoyWonderMB, a cishet ally top, will lead workshops on impact play and electro play, bringing diverse perspectives on sexuality, relationships, and kink into a welcoming, consent-focused learning environment. Whether you're queer, kinky, questioning, or just curious, class is most definitely in session. Attend one workshop or make a day of it and take both. Capacity is limited, so if you're interested, reserve your spot early. Follow @halihoevents on Instagram for more information and updates!

Join us for a FREE class to learn the Hustle in a safe space that celebrates all bodies, abilities and identities. All ages welcome, no partner required. Class will be held in the Lilian Piercey Hall at the Maritime Conservatory. To register please contact the Maritime Conservatory directly at 902-423-6995.

Presenters from diverse spiritual communities will share about being part of their faith and ways in which they are welcomed and made comfortable. Music and snacks. Contact us at: [email protected]

Interested in learning about violet wands, TENS units, e-stim toys, and other fun things that go zappity zap? HaliHoEvents is electrifying your Pride with a one-day-only education exclusive! Come learn about electro play with FloggingFairy and BoyWonderMB. Part of the Winnipeg kink community for over a decade, this educator duo is making their East Coast debut this Pride. FloggingFairy is a pansexual, demiromantic switch, while BoyWonderMB is a cishet ally top, and together they share a passion for kink education. On July 19, they'll cover electro play history, safety, possible outcomes, and the tools of the trade, with plenty of time for questions, discussion, and skill-building. Bring your own tools for a hands-on practice session after the learning portion and receive personalized tips to help troubleshoot challenges in your electro play. Whether you're completely new to electro play or looking to expand your skills and knowledge, this class is the perfect way to kinkify your Pride and level up your play. Capacity is limited, so if you're interested, reserve your spot early. Follow @halihoevents on Instagram for more information and updates!

Are you ready to dance the afternoon away? Join hosts Trinity Foxx, Brooke Rivers & Racheal Lush for the fourth annual - Sweet & Sour Tea Dance with guests Star Doll & Mya Foxx from Canada's Drag Race season 6 & content creator Callum Colbey. Including DJ Joshua Reid and gogo performers The Majoras. Whats a tea dance? Tea dances were events organized on Sunday afternoons in the queer community, originating in New York in the 50s and 60s. Now popular in places like Fire Island, & Provincetown, these events bring community together to celebrate & dance the day away. $15 Limited Early Bird, $20 General, $30 for Meet and Greet with Encor3 gift 3pm Meet and Greet, 4pm General Admission

Masc, short for Masculine is Night Spa’s special night for Men & Thems. Think of it as a more conventional bathhouse experience. A consent focused social night, filled with flirting, fun & some hardcore play! For the 4th year in a row, this is a part of the 2026 Halifax Pride Festival and will be happening the afternoon after Parade Day while many visitors are still in town. Get your tickets now as we will only have 75 spots available. We recognize that in the past this venue was traditionally for gay men only and this night is a focus on returning some of that space that was taken from that community. While not just for cis-men this night will be focused on those looking for masculine on masculine connections. 2199 Gottingen St has been a queer bathhouse since 2003. It has gone under a few different names in the past, Seadogs, Torpedo, Seadogs (again) but is now Night Spa. This is still a queer bathhouse but now we strive to be more inclusive. Our mixed gender events are open to everyone regardless of their gender, sexuality or however they may identify but some of our events, such as Masc, are focused on specific types of connections and thus limit who may attend. Our Masc mailing list currently has over 1000 men, trans and non-binary individuals on it and Night Spa has over 5000 active members in total between all of it's mailing lists. If you have not looked into if Night Spa is right for you, now is that time. Night Spa is a private, members only venue. Only approved Night Spa members and their guests may attend. This is both for safety and legal purposes. Our vetting process is not a formality and generally takes 2-5 days for us to reply. We take this process seriously so let us know who you are and why you wish to become a member. We can not allow walk-ins or approve same day applications so apply now to attend in the future. Visit our website today.

Come celebrate your authentic self as a queer newcomer/immigrant in Halifax with snacks, music and party vibes. Dance to the tunes, share your experiences and connect with others in a fun, safe and joyful environment. There will also be other fun activities to enjoy besides dancing. This event is free, dry, sober and accessible. We will play soft music in the beginning so people can socialize comfortably and later on changing to dance beats.

Join us for a casual LGBT+ meet-up to celebrate an awesome Pride week! Drop in, play games, make friends! Join us for an evening of drop in games to celebrate the end of Pride week! No group or experience required! Just stop by after your daytime pride events for some food and some board games. Like a wrap party but with board games (so better?)! Casual, welcoming play environment. Admission is $10+tax per person and will be paid at the event, no need to prepay through Eventbrite! The admission fee grants everyone access to both the event, and our collection of 600+ board games before and after the event (provided there is space)! Drop in event deal: spend $15 on food and drink*, receive half off admission! Please note, the cafe is All Ages for regular games. Any guests under 14 must be accompanied by a chaperone! REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONS: While you don’t have to pay in advance seating is limited so please let us know if you can no longer make it! If you have to cancel for any reason, please email [email protected]

This two-part event begins with a 75 min paddleboarding class with SUP Yoga Halifax with rental included, followed by an open parade / flotilla on the water. Join for one or both and bring your watercraft of choice! Please follow @stmargaretsbaypride on IG of FB or visit www.stmargaretsbaypride.ca for more details.

Do you wanna try DJing in the wild? You’re in luck—we are hosting a FREE ALL AGES version of their WIDE OPEN DECKS! Either bring a USB with music files on it, a laptop with Serato installed or just bring yourself to this accessible, inclusive, low-pressure learning environment. Your cheerleaders and loved ones are super welcome too. The Halifax Curling Club will have its lounge canteen open for business! This is a dry and sober-encouraged space. However, come as you are. We host hands-on heartfelt events where our loving-kindness comes from a harm reductionist, intersectional awareness-focused, and trauma-informed place. Inclusive Environments and Celebrating Differences are the standard. We believe that disabled people, queer people, gender-diverse people, women, girls, marginalized-underrepresented people and anyone who is in the Global Majority deserve to bravely reclaim music and dancing-focused spaces of joy and community because if you want to be here—know that you belong here.

Come watch a special screening of Stop! That! Train! at Cineplex Park Lane from 6pm - 9pm (film at 7pm) with your favorite artists: Proshenna Rett, Gina Spott, and Michael Hunter for a meet and greet, photo ops and a performance before the movie!

Tickets required.

X of Pride is a celebration of alternative drag, bold artistry, and the performers who thrive outside the box. For eight years, this pageant has provided a platform for weird, wonderful, and boundary-pushing artists to showcase their creativity through a themed runway and talent presentation. Hosted by Bridget Von Snaps and Vanity Station, contestants will be judged by Halifax drag icons Beef Pattie, Aaris, and Randi E. Rogenous as they compete for the title of X of Pride.

Branching off from our Intro to AroAce workshop, we will be exploring how to move through and participate in the world of allosexuality for those who fall in the ace spectrum, in a way that feels true and honest with themselves. We will be doing a facilitated group discussion mixed with sharing ideas and resources on how to navigate overall intimacy with yourself or others, as well as how to cultivate romantic/sexual/relationships with allosexuals (casual or not!). Both Allosexual and Asexual individuals are openly invited to this space to exchange thoughts, questions, or even just to connect and get to know your local Ace friends!

Get ready for a night where bingo gets a glow-up.

Drag Bingo is back as part of the Halifax Pride Festival, serving up big laughs, bold performances, and just enough competition to keep things interesting. Hosted by some of the region’s fiercest drag talent, this is not your quiet community hall bingo. Expect high-energy hosting, ridiculous prizes, and plenty of audience participation.

Play along for your chance to win, or just come for the show. Either way, you’re in for an evening of camp and comedy. 

*Doors open at 6:30pm, Bingo starts at 7:30pm
*This is a 19+ event. Valid government issued ID is required upon entry

This event will feature the drag excellence of: 

• Farrah Moanz
• Heckella Jeckyll 
• Miranda Wrights 
• Eden Disorder 

.Ticket Information & Event Policies
Advance ticket purchase through Tixr is strongly encouraged. Tickets will be available at the door, subject to capacity, however door pricing will be $5 higher than advance ticket prices.

All attendees must present valid government-issued photo ID and be 19 years of age or older to enter.

Please note that Halifax Pride has an updated bag policy in effect for all 19+ festival events. Small bags, purses, fanny packs, and medical or accessibility-related bags are permitted. Large bags, backpacks, luggage, and oversized totes are prohibited. All bags are subject to search upon entry.

For full details on permitted and prohibited items, please review our Bag Policy before attending: halifaxpride.com/policy

Are you a dancer, drag performer, spoken word artist, comedian, musician...?! If you've got a talent, we've got the stage for you! StarMaker is an open stage for all Queer talent, so sign up and show us your stuff.