Location: Last Defence Lounge, 350 MSC, 2500, University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Kick off Pride and the new semester with brunch, drag, and plenty of slays!
Join us for Straight A’s & Slays: A Pride Drag Brunch, a pride filled morning celebrating queer joy, community, and the end of summer.
Admission is pay what you can, with 100% of proceeds donated to @skippingstoneca
Your admission includes FREE brunch, with $5 mimosas available throughout the event.
Frisay, September 4
Doors Open: 9:30 AM
Show: 10:30–11:30 AM
Brunch Included
$5 Mimosas
Pay What You Can
All proceeds support Skipping Stone
18+
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/straight-as-slays-a-pride-drag-brunch-tickets-1997751344048
Location: Inglewood Lawn Bowling Club, 1235 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0M6, Canada
GET YOUR BALLS ON THE GREEN.
Pride Weekend gets rolling with the Western Cup Lawn Bowling Competition at the Inglewood Lawn Bowling Club.
Your registration gets you a spot in the tournament, two drinks from Cold Garden + High Line Brewing, a locally made Inglewood meal and snacks, a DJ, and an evening of queer community with highly variable levels of lawn-bowling expertise.
Only 90 players get a spot on the green.
And when the last bowl stops rolling? Friday keeps going at the after party at High Line Tap Room.
📅 Friday, September 4
⏰ 4:30–8:30 PM
📍 Inglewood Lawn Bowling Club · 1235 8 Ave SE
🎟️ REGISTER:
https://www.universe.com/bowledandthebrave1
🔎 LEARN MORE:
https://www.inglewoodpride.ca/friday
#BackToTheStreets #InglewoodPride #WesternCup #CalgaryPride #YYCPride
Location: River Hall, 311 8 Street SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3P3, Canada
🌈 Join us for the very first COLORES Queer Arts Market! As part of our annual celebrations, Colores del Alma invites you to celebrate local Latinx 2SLGBTQIA+ talent on August 22 at La Bodeguita Estéreo, from 1:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Free admission! Enjoy: • Local queer artists & vendors • Live cultural performances • Handmade crafts & unique artwork • Food, drinks & community resources • A welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere 🎨 Are you an artist, vendor, performer, or community organization? Showcase your work in a safe and inclusive space! Register through the link in our bio (limited spots available). Sponsored by: Colores del Alma • Calgary Pride • Polar Immigration • Latinos en Calgary • Image360 Calgary North 📧 Questions? Contact us at Coloresyyc@gmail.com >>>Colores is a vibrant celebration of queer expression, Latin American culture, and community connection in Calgary. By day, we uplift local artists and entrepreneurs through an inclusive arts market. By night, we transform the venue into a high-energy Latino circuit party where everyone can dance, connect, and celebrate pride in all its colours. Whether you're shopping, networking, performing, dancing, or simply enjoying the atmosphere, Colores is a space where culture, creativity, and queer joy come together in Calgary.
Location: River Hall, 311 8 Street SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3P3, Canada
🎤 An evening of Latinx culture, drag and live music.
Location: The Sentry Box, 1835 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T3C 0K2, Canada
Come join Queer Calgary for a fun evening of board games, laughter and fun! We welcome anyone to attend, whether you’re a newcomer to gaming or an experienced board game enthusiast.
This event is happening at The Sentry Box. Please note that The Sentry Box is made up of two separate business entities. To access the building, please enter through the west entrance into the Sentry Box, not The Sentry Box Cards. We’ll be on the upper mezzanine, and signs will be placed on the tables to indicate our tables.
Please be aware that this event is not wheelchair accessible due to the approximately 9 stairs into the building.
However, please remember that these events are meant to be a safe space for the Queer community. Transphobia, homophobia, and discrimination of any kind are not welcome. Being a safe space also includes being respectful of photography. Before taking any pictures including people, please always ask for permission.
You can RSVP on Meetup here! Please note you are not required to sign up to attend, all of our ongoing programs are always open to walk ins!
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Queer Calgary is a grassroots initiative and registered non-profit that aims to combat queer isolation and foster a queer community in Calgary. We champion this by organizing regular community events, including this weekly board game event. For more information, you can find us on Facebook, Meetup, or Instagram.
Feel free to check out our Linktree to find our websites, our discord server and everything else we have going on!
If needed, don't forget to ask about our Community Access Fund! Which aims to make our programs accessible to all in the form of bus/transit tickets. Please reach out to us via email at hello@queercalgary.ngo for more details.
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Queer Calgary is a grassroots initiative and registered non-profit that aims to combat queer isolation and foster a queer community in Calgary. We champion this by organizing regular community events, including this weekly board game event. For more information, you can find us on Facebook, Meetup, or Instagram.
Feel free to check out our Linktree to find our websites, our discord server and everything else we have going on!
However, please remember that these events are meant to be a safe space for the Queer community. Transphobia, homophobia, and discrimination of any kind are not welcome.
If needed, don't forget to ask about our Community Access Fund! Which aims to make our programs accessible to all in the form of bus/transit tickets. Please reach out to us via email at hello@queercalgary.ngo for more details.
this is a recurring weekly event that takes place at different locations - info from Prime Timers Calgary website:
Friday Night Dinner - Prime Timers Calgary
Every Friday at 6pm
Various Locations - please email primetimerscalgary@gmail.com for more details.
Prime Timers Calgary (PTC) was re-established in September 2003 to provide opportunities to interact socially with other mature gay and bisexual men. Our goal is to foster positive interaction for our members by facilitating social, recreational and educational activities.
Location: 701 11 St SW, Calgary, AB T2P 2C4, Canada
To experience unapologetic joy in the face of constant adversity is powerful. Coming together as a community, when others tell you that you don’t belong, can be life-changing.
Queer joy is important.
EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society is thrilled to present Radiance: Queer Joy Screening and Performances on Friday, September 4, as part of Calgary Culture Days.
The first event kicks off at the Heather Edwards Theatre at Contemporary Calgary. We will present a selection of 4 short films created in Alberta, curated by Justin Larioza, highlighting the creativity and resilience of our queer communities. See yourself represented on the big screen in narratives about celebration, optimism and diverse queer experiences.
Event Schedule
6:30PM: Event Start and Land Acknowledgement
6:35PM: Screening of 4 Short Films
7:15PM: Intermission
7:30PM: 3 Performances
8PM: End
About the Artists
Justin Larioza
Justin is a Calgary-based filmmaker and dancer whose creative path began in 2017. Evolving from Breakdancing and Waacking, to Vogue Femme, he discovered his artistic home in Ballroom culture. By 2020 his path expanded into film school, where he found his love for directing, writing, and producing. As one of the co-founding members of The Kiki House of Galore (Est. 2022), and an active leader with VogueYYC, he plays a key role in developing the city’s growing ballroom scene. His short films and independent projects have been featured across local venues, and he aims to continue developing as a writer, director, dancer and a community leader.
Mara Liao Esnard
Mara, born in Cuba, is a dancer, educator, and choreographer passionate about sharing the art of movement. A graduate of the National Ballet School of Havana, she began her career teaching and performing with Sol Dance Company. Since 2015, she has built a vibrant path in Calgary’s arts community, collaborating in festivals, performances, and collective projects. Since 2020, Mara has been part of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, where she continues to explore jazz as both an artistic and human language. Her multicultural heritage—Asian, African, and Hispanic—deeply informs her artistry, bringing richness, diversity, and authenticity to her work and teaching.
Herlinda Dalayoan
Herlinda Dalayoan is an emerging media artist creating works around cultural identity through analogue and digital lens-based mediums, performance, and installation. Born in Winnipeg, MB, and currently based in Calgary, AB, Dalayoan is a second-generation Filipino-Canadian whose work investigates identity through the ambiguous space between cultures. Dalayoan previously attended the University of Manitoba School of Art and is now continuing her B.F.A. at Alberta University of the Arts, majoring in Media Arts with a concentration in Time-Based Art. Dalayoan has exhibited work in group exhibitions across Winnipeg, including AceArt Inc. and PLATFORM Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts. She has also screened films at the WNDX Film Festival, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival (WUFF), and SALA Film Festival.
Thea Galang
Thea Galang (they/she) is a FilipinX artist born in Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines and based in Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 Territory. Currently studying Sculpture at the Alberta University of the Arts, their practice explores relational identity through audience participation, sensory experience, and performance. Grounded in Virgilio G. Enriquez’s concept of Kapwa and Homi K. Bhabha’s Third Space, Galang examines diaspora through food, humour, tactility, and care. Their installations and performances create responsive environments shaped by sound, scent, awkward timing, and shared social encounters.
Proudly supported by Calgary Culture Days, City of Calgary, Calgary Arts Development, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and Canada Council for the Arts.
https://www.showpass.com/radiance-queer-joy-screening-performances/
Location: 736 6 Ave SW #1900, Calgary, AB T2P 3N4, Canada
Location: Alcove Centre for the Arts, 244 7 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 0X4, Canada
Slow is beautiful. Come sway the night away at Slow Dance Party!
Celebrate slow with a special Calgary Pride edition of Slow Dance Party!
Slow Dance Party is exactly what it sounds like: a dance party where every song is selected for maximum slow dance-ability. Bring your sweetheart(s), bring your friend group, or strut your stuff solo—everyone is welcome.
You can keep track of your dance partners with a dance card and drop a compliment to the slow-dancer that catches your eye with Secret Mailboxes. Feeling shy? For all the wallflowers, there will be designated dancers to help get everyone swaying.
There will be three 45-minute sets of dancing, with breaks in between. The whole thing ends at 10 pm, so you can dance, flirt, meet someone new, and be in bed by a reasonable hour.
Slow Dance Party welcomes slow-dancers of all ages, genders and sexualities.
Tickets are sliding scale PWYC ($10 / $15/ $20). https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/slow-dance-party-tickets-1994628679073
Big thanks to Alcove Centre for the Arts and cSPACE for supporting this event!
Location: Business & Pleasure, 1327b 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0T2, Canada
Queer Speed Friending - like speed dating, but for friendship!
🌈 Queer Speed Friending 🌈
📅 Thursday, September 3rd | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
&
📅 Friday, September 4th | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
📍 Business & Pleasure
Celebrate Calgary Pride with us for two back to back nights!
Join us for an evening dedicated to connection, culture, and community. Meet like minded folks in a fun and welcoming speed friending format, inclusive to the entire 2S+LGBTQ+ community.
Doors open at 5:00 PM - Arrive early to grab a drink, enjoy food, and settle in before things get started. It’s the perfect time to relax, mingle casually, and get comfortable.
Main Event begins promptly at 7:00 PM - Speed friending starts right on time! Expect guided rounds of conversation designed to help you connect with as many people as possible in a fun, welcoming environment.
** If you are running late and arrive shortly after 7 p.m, we’ll review any introductory details you may have missed and seat you in the next round! **
Tickets are $10, which include a welcome cocktail or a zero proof option: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/queer-speed-friending-tickets-1998582771871
If you buy tickets and can’t make it, no worries! There is a release and refund option so you can get your money back and release those to other people interested in attending.
✨ Come for the conversations, stay for the connections.
Entrance is behind Super Variety (look for our red awning!) Enter through the alley between Super Variety and Plant.
Location: Father David Bauer / Norma Bush Arenas, 2424 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 3Y9, Canada
Date: Friday, September 4th, 2026
Time: 7:15 - 8:30pm
Location: Norma Bush Arena
Come watch the Calgary Flare at our Pride Scrimmage! We are hosting a hockey showdown for our three teams, welcoming 2SLGBTQIA+ and allied spectators. Light refreshments will be provided, just bring your excitement and energy!
If you have any questions, please contact us:
info@ciha.ca
Location: Dickens, 1000 9 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 2Y6, Canada
Drag Artists & Designers come together to create performance art and werk for the title of Yvie’s Oddball. Hosted by Cabco.
With performance and judging from special headliner @oddlyyvie
Sponsored by @gofreddie @akronroofingyyc
In partnership with @dickensyyc
Friday Sept 4
Hosted by @karla.marx1917
DOORS 7:00PM - SHOW 8:00PM
presented by THE CABARET COMPANY
Tickets $25 - https://www.showpass.com/yvieoddly-oddball/
Location: The Attic Bar & Stage, 1413 9 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0T4, Canada
Join The Cab Co for the only long-form classic burlesque night in the city- monthly at The Attic
Step into The Chandelier Club, a classic long-form burlesque experience set inside Inglewood’s intimate cocktail lounge, The Attic. Effortlessly glamorous artists move through the room in a seductive, immersive evening inspired by the golden age of cabaret.
Presiding over the night is the illustrious Bitch Sassidy - a true doyenne of the stage. Known for her poise, wit, and commanding presence, she brings vintage charm and polished glamour as your gracious host.
Every two weeks, four featured performers weave through the audience, thrilling, delighting, and intoxicating the senses with New York–style classic burlesque.
Enjoy prohibition-inspired cocktails, stone-fired pizzas, and fresh pastas as you soak in the atmosphere.
Did you already purchase your entrance but want to add the wine + charcuterie platter? Ask your server, and we can add it to your bill on the night of:) $36+GST
The Attic operates as a full-service restaurant prior to the show. If you’d like to dine before 7:00pm, please email hello@theatticyyc.ca to book an earlier reservation.
Please arrive no later than 7:30pm to ensure we have time to seat your group and take a first drink order before the show begins.
Groups arriving after 8:15pm risk forfeiting their tickets and table to our waitlist. If you’re running late, please call us - otherwise, we reserve the right to release your table after 8:15pm.
To guarantee seating with your group, all tickets must be purchased under the same name or in the same transaction.
We cannot guarantee group seating for tickets purchased individually under different names.
Location: Sub Rosa, 200 8 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1B5, Canada
We’re coming together to celebrate YYC Pride! Expect DJ sets, nonstop dancing, photos, and sapphic contests with prizes!
Welcome to CLUB SAPPHIC. Calgary’s newest queer pop-up dance party! A Sapphic-centered party for lesbians, bis, pans, trans, 2-Spirit, non-binary folks, mascs, femmes, questioning hearts and allies. However you identify, you are welcome here.
EVENT DETAILS
Date & Time: Friday, September 4, 2026 | 9:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Venue: Subrosa (200, 8th Ave SW)
Hosts: Kylee Roman, Priyaa Pradhan, and Portia Kay
DJ Lineup: SONIDEF, PAYE4PREZ, MOLLYFI, TERRITINGZ, and DJ GOODMEDICINE
Music: Multi-genre selections blending Pop, R&B, House, Electronic, Hiphop, Afro, Dancehall, Throwbacks, Club Remixes, and more!
TICKET DETAILS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/club-sapphic-takeover-subrosa-calgary-pride-weekend-tickets-1996919940297
Earlybirds - $25.00
Tier 1 - $30.00
Tier 2 - $35.00
2 for 1 Deal - Buy 2 online tickets for $40.00 (limited quantities)
Door sales - $40.00
• No refunds
• Eventbrite Fees apply
• Buy online or pay more at the door
Party with Purpose: 10% of all ticket proceeds will go to Stonewall Recovery, Canada’s first recovery and healing organization for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. Looking to extend your support? We’ve created a special donation ticket tier if you'd like to give additional funds to this vital cause.
Visit https://www.stonewallrecovery.ca/ or @stonewallrecovery to learn more.
INCLUSIVE SAFE SPACE POLICY
CLUB SAPPHIC is dedicated to creating a joyful, safe, and respectful environment for our community:
Zero Tolerance: We have absolute zero tolerance for homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, fatphobia, ableism, racism, sexism, misogyny, or any form of discrimination and harassment.
Support & Safety: If you experience any issues, notice suspicious behavior, or feel unsafe at any point, please immediately reach out to our hosts, DJs, venue staff, or security. We are here to support you.
Community & Allies: While this event centers and prioritizes sapphic and queer community, allies and friends are welcome. We ask that all guests step into the space with intention, mindfulness, and deep respect for everyone present.
Questions or concerns?
Send us a DM on Instagram @clubsapphicyyc
or email: clubsapphicevents@gmail.com
Location: Greta YYC, 213 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A4, Canada
Get ready to kick off Pride at GRETA! 🌈✨
Join us for GRETA PRIDE FEST, hosted by the fabulous Emperor Dion Boink Sanoir, for a night of celebration, community, music, and fabulous energy.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Pride celebrations hosted by Emperor Dion Boink Sanoir
A 1-hour GRETA game card included with every ticket
A night of dancing, drinking, playing, and celebrating
Most importantly — supporting a great cause!
🕘 Doors open at 9PM
ENTRY
🎟️ $10 donation in advance
🎟️ $10 donation at the door
100% of ticket proceeds will be donated to SafeLink Alberta, supporting their important work in harm reduction, sexual health, and community care.
Come celebrate Pride, play a few games, and help us give back while we're at it. The party starts at 9PM - see you at GRETA! 🌈
Disclaimer: Entry is subject to capacity limits set by AGLC and fire code. Must be 18+. GRETA reserves the right to refuse entry or service at any time.
https://www.showpass.com/fridaypridepartyatgreta/
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