Pride Month – Kingston

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/