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Vancouver Pride Festival in 2025

The Vancouver Pride Festival is a gay festival in Vancouver’s West End that celebrates the city’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community. It includes a famous Self-acceptance Parade.

In 2025 the festival runs on August 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The parade happens on the last day.

Related events that typically happen during or close to Self-acceptance Week include The Really Gay History Tours with Forbidden Vancouver, the Vancouver Pride Festival, and Pride at the Pier in North Vancouver. In preliminary August there’s also the Vancouver Identity festival Boat Party with Vancouver Boat Parties, and Pride Bedtime at Bard on the Beach.

Some LGBTQ events unrelated to the “official” Vancouver Pride Festival also happen earlier in the summer. In 2025 the Celebration event at the Britannia Mine Museum, for example, is Old Town Modern Queens. It takes place on June 14th. The Event Night baseball game with the Vancouver Canadians, meanwhile, is on July 22nd.

 

 

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About Event Week | When & Where | Events Schedule | Pride Run & Walk | Pride at the Pier | VanPrideFest | Parade Parade | Tips & Advice | Other Information

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Pride

During Vancouver's Pride Week, which takes place this year from July 25 to August 3, Municipality Hall's flag island at West 12th Avenue and Cambie Highway proudly displays Two-Spirit and Event flags representing the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, surrounded by 6 Event flags and 6 Trans flags on the lower flag poles.

To kick off the festivities, we host a proclamation, flag-raising, and launch event, taking place on July 28 this year. During this event, the Trans and Progress (All-Inclusive) Pride flags are raised and will fly until the end of Pride Week on August 3.

Review the proclamation PDF file (484 KB)

Flags

Progress (All-Inclusive) Pride flag

Trans flag

Pride flag

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueum) Two-Spirit flag

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation Identity festival flag

səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation Rainbow flag

Learn more about the flags PDF file (389 KB)

Vancouver Gay Pride 2025

Va..va…voom.. August is Lgbtq+ fest Season in Vancouver in 2025

Vancouver queer pride is one of the most largest prides in North America and takes place in the sizzling Canadian Summer months of July & August attracting thousands of people from all around the world.

The Gay Village

  • Hotels in Davie Village can fill up swift so book soon. There are some great places to stay in West End area which is a compact walk from the village.
  • The Burrard is a charming and trendy 3 actor hotel with wonderful amenities. The Hyatt Regency Vancouver is the perfect 5 star option for those looking for a luxury break out, while The Sutton Place Hotel puts you front and centre for every pride activity.

Vancouver Identity festival Parade (Canada Pride)

  • Vancouver Pride falls on the Sunday of the BC Afternoon Long Weekend which falls on the 5th of August in 2024.
  • Sunday Aug 3rd, 2025 – A new road that will transport the procession support to the Davie Village.
  • The procession will head from east to west this year, a reversal from previous events, starting at Pacific Boulevard near Griffiths Way.
  • The parade will end at the Davie Village Event Festival, which will take over Davie Stree

    Saturday in the Park Pride

    2025 will mark the 31st anniversary of Vancouver, Washington’s Pride in the Park — the city’s imaginative pride event, formally famous as “Saturday in the Park.” This event, in addition to being the longest-running LGBTQ+ pride celebration in Southwestern Washington, is a celebration of experience, a gathering of bliss, and a place to discover support and friends.

    Inspired by a meeting held in 1993 when a small group got together to celebrate Southwest Washington’s LGBTQ+ community, the Saturday in the Park movement event has grown into a significant celebration. It is now held on the second Saturday of every July at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver — this year’s event will be on July 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    This event includes plenty for the whole family, including:

    • Live music (all day long!)
    • Drag queen story hour
    • A children’s area featuring an obstacle course and other joy, kid-friendly activities
    • A maker’s market featuring over 150 local businesses and vendors
    • Plenty of food vendors
    • Information booths featuring organizations and businesses that support the LGBTQ+ community

    In addition to being a fun, joyous celebration, Saturday in the Park a