Kingston Pride Inc. is celebrating 30 years of LGBTQ+ activism in Kingston. Kingston Pride’s members chose as a theme “Remember the Past – Create the Future” as a way to mark the long history of Pride in the Limestone City. Events will be concentrated during the week of June 10th, culminating with the much-anticipated Pride Parade and Community Fair on June 15th. The full event line-up is as follows:
Monday, June 10th to Friday, June 14th: Remember the Past, Create the Future:
9:00AM to 5:00PM Daily Portraits of LGBTQ2S+ Trail Blazers
Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning
370 King Street West, Kingston ON
Monday, June 10th: Pride Coffee House
6:00PM – 8:00PM Balzac’s Coffee Roasters
251 Princess Street, Kingston ON
Wednesday, June 12th Pride Week Ecumenical Service
7:00 PM The Spire (formerly Sydenham Street United Church)
82 Sydenham Street, Kingston ON
Thursday, June 13th Pride Movie in the Square – “LOVE SIMON”
8:30PM (sundown) – 10:30PM Springer Market Square
216 Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Friday, June 14th “Out on the Queen” Pride Boat Cruise
6:30PM to 10:00PM 1000 Islands Cruises
248 Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Saturday, June 15th Opening Ceremony/Community Fair/Pride Parade/Show & Party
9:45AM Pride Flag Raising/Indigenous Land Acknowledgement/Reading of City’s Pride Proclamation
Kingston City Hall Steps
216 Ontario Street, Kingston ON
10:00AM to 6:00 PM Pride Community Fair
Confederation Basin Park
6 Clarence Street, Kingston ON
11:00AM to 12:30PM Pride Parade
Princess Street
From Alfred St. to Confederation Basin Park
8:00PM to 2:00AM “Pride is the Future” Drag Show and Dance
Renaissance Event Venue
285 Queen Street, Kingston ON
Sunday, June 16th “The Big Gay Brunch”
10:30AM – 3:30PM The Public House/Cajun on King
343 King Street East, Kingston ON
More details for all events can be found at www.kingstonpride.ca/events/