Below is a run down of some of the major festival events, but you can see the full calendar at pridetoronto.com/events.
Nuit Rose: Rewilding
When: Thursday, June 18, 7:00pm to 10:00pm and Saturday, June 20 to 26, 5:30pm to 2:00am
Where: Various the Village and Toronto (see Nuit Rose website for more information)
This year’s festival is an invitation to explore how queerness, nature, imagination, and community reclaim what has been tamed.
Nuit Rose: Rewilding is the 7th edition of Toronto’s festival of queer art and performance. Organized by the Throbbing Rose Collective, the festival presents exhibitions, performances, screenings, public art, and community activations across the Church-Wellesley Village and beyond.
The 2026 festival runs from May 23 to July 5, 2026, culminating in a night-long art festival on Saturday, June 20, 2026, from 5 to 11 p.m. across the Church-Wellesley Village. This year’s programme includes more than 20 exhibitions, performances, and events created by 55 Canadian and international queer artists working across a wide range of media.
All Nuit Rose: Rewilding events are free unless otherwise noted.
For more information, please visit: nuitrosefestival.ca
2-Spirit Powwow
When: Saturday, June 6, 11:00am to 6:00pm, Grand Entry at 12:00pm
Where: Milliken District Park, 5555 Steeles Ave East, Scarborough
Join Toronto’s 5th Annual 2-Spirit Powwow, hosted by 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations.
Rainbow Railroad Freedom Party
When: Thursday, June 11, 8:30pm to 12:00am
Where: Royal Ontario Museum
Freedom Party Toronto, Rainbow Railroad’s annual kick-off to Pride season, returns Thursday, June 11 for a night of electrifying queer celebration and solidarity!
For over a decade, this signature event has brought Rainbow Railroad’s community together in Toronto for a night of thrilling performances and queer joy, grounded in a celebration and acknowledgement of the freedom that we continue to fight for globally.
Come out to the Royal Ontario Museum for an unforgettable night where collective energy translates into life-changing action and help raise critical funds to help at-risk LGBTQI+ individuals find safety and freedom.
Tickets Required
Market Street Pride
When: Saturday, June 13, 10:00am to 5:00pm
Where: Market Street, next to the St. Lawrence Market (95 Front Street East)
Market Street Pride is back!
Get ready to celebrate Pride at St. Lawrence Market and join us for a day filled with music, food, workshops & live demos, local queer vendors, and so much more!
Catch amazing performances all day long, including a heading performance from Canada’s Drag Race’s BOA!
The ArQuives Open House
When: Saturday, June 13, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Where: 34 Isabella Street
Visit Canada’s largest independent 2SLGBTQIA+ archives for its annual open house.
Learn more about The ArQuives through guided house tours, meet the curator behind our latest exhibition, browse a special duplicate poster and book sale, and participate in activities about preserving queer and trans histories through community archiving.
Refreshments and cake will be served throughout the day.
Rainbow Seniors Pride
When: Saturday, June 13, 12:30pm to 3:30pm
Where: Rekai Centre (160 Wellesley Street East)
Be part of a landmark moment in 2SLGBTQI+ history. In partnership with Pride Toronto and The Rekai Centres, the home of the first Rainbow Wing in long-term care in North America, invites all to celebrate the courage and recognize those who have helped shape more inclusive and affirming care.
This year’s theme, “WE WON’T STOP,” brings generations together to celebrate and honour the wisdom, resilience, and joy of older 2SLGBTQI+ seniors, whose strength and advocacy continue to inspire progress and belonging within our communities.
This FREE event hosted by Monica Garrido and featuring performances by Titus Androgynous, Fleur Fantasie, DJ Relentless, Sofonda and so much more! Attendees will enjoy delicious food, ice cream, while discovering various advocacy and social organizations supporting 2SLGBTQI+ communities.
Roller Drag Ball
When: Wednesday, June 17, 4:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: College Park (420 Yonge Street)
Roller Drag Ball is rolling back into College Park, and this year’s Pride Month celebration promises to be bigger, louder, and bolder than ever! Presented by Downtown Yonge BIA in partnership with Pride Toronto, this dazzling event brings together music, movement, and unforgettable performances for a night you won’t want to miss.
Here’s what’s in store:
Live DJ Sets – Feel the beat and dance your heart out, or lace up and roll to the rhythm.
Free Skate Rentals – No skates? No problem. We’ve got you covered with complimentary roller skate lending. Drag on Wheels Get ready for the show-stopping main event: fierce, high-energy drag performances on skates that will leave you cheering for more. Whether you’re skating, dancing, or simply soaking it all in Roller Drag Ball is your ticket to joy, pride, and pure summer magic.
Village Fest
When: June 19 to 21
Where: 512 Church Street
Celebrate Pride With All Your Friends!
Start shopping for that outfit and get ready to come out and party one week before Toronto Pride!
The Church Wellesley Village BIA is thrilled to present Village Fest June 19 to 21 in the Church Street Beer Garden- a spectacular pre-Pride party!
This year’s Village Fest will be epic with fierce fun for the entire community! Three days of unforgettable dance beats from the hottest local DJ’s, and Toronto’s most amazing drag talent!
Toronto Queer Market
When: Saturday, June 20, 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Where: Barbara Hall Park (519 Church Street)
Come shop over 50 queer businesses in Barbara Hall Park on Saturday June 20 from 12:00pm to 6:00pm with Toronto Queer Market. There will be a free drag show at 2:30pm, music, dancing, food, and so many goodies to come see! And best of all admission is always free!
Newcomers Pride
When: Sunday, June 21, 1:30pm to 5:30pm
Where: Earlscourt Park (1200 Lansdowne Avenue)
We live in a modern world filled with freedom, opportunity, and progress. Yet even today, there are still questions about who is allowed to live openly, love freely, and belong fully. For many newcomers, Pride is not just a celebration, it is an act of courage.
At Newcomers Pride, we recognize that starting over in a new country often means navigating systems that were never built with us in mind. It means carrying our cultures, our stories, and sometimes our fears, while still choosing to show up as our true selves.
We Won’t Stop.
We won’t stop living authentically, even in spaces that challenge us. We won’t stop building a community where it didn’t exist before. We won’t stop creating safety, visibility, and belonging for one another.
Newcomers Pride is about resilience, solidarity, and joy. It is about honouring the strength it takes to begin again, and the power of standing together. No matter where we come from, we deserve to live openly, love freely, and thrive.
Sherbourne Health Pride Prom
When: Tuesday, June 23, 6:30pm to 10:30pm
Where: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander Street)
Your favorite night of the year is back—the annual Pride Prom by @supportingouryouthto! Step into a world where neon blooms, queer joy glows and every young person shines exactly as they are. Pride Prom returns with Electric Garden—a night built for celebration, connection and unapologetic self expression.
Dress code: Glow. Whether that’s a neon fit, goth glamour, queer main character energy or being unapologetically YOU, dress to make you feel that spark.
What to expect:
- Live performances
- Dance floor + photo booth + food Prizes for best dressed
- Wheelchair accessible
Drop-in event—no registration needed! For more information, visit the Sherbourne Health website.
AIDS Candlelight Vigil
When: Tuesday, June 23, 9:00pm
Where: Barbara Hall Park (519 Church Street)
Join us in remembering, honouring, and celebrating those we have lost to AIDS, and those who live with the virus. Today and forever.
Greenspace Festival
When: Wednesday, June 24 to Sunday, June 28
Where: Barbara Hall Park (519 Church Street)
The best outdoor parties of the summer, with world-class music producers, extraordinary performers, drag royalty, and a whole lotta love. Extend the celebration beyond the park with Le Royal Drag Brunch on Saturday and the official TreeHouse Afterparty on Sunday. More than a party, Green Space Festival is an essential fundraiser for The 519 and the year-round programs it provides to 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Toronto and beyond.
For full event details visit greenspaceto.org
Trans Rally, March and Community Fair
When: Friday, June 26, 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Where: Hayden Street Riser (Church Street and Hayden Street)
Trans Pride is a bold affirmation of identity, resilience, and unapologetic existence. It is a celebration of trans lives in all their diversity and a demand for the dignity, safety, and rights that every human being deserves. Trans Pride honors both the struggle and the joy of our community. It is not only a moment to celebrate how far we’ve come, but a commitment to continue fighting for a future where every trans person can live openly, safely, and authentically.
Family Pride
When: Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28, 10:00am to 5:00pm
Where: Church Street Public School (83 Alexander Street)
We invite families to join us at Family Pride for a weekend full of storytelling (Gila Münster, Fay and Fluffy, Fireside Munsch), stage and roaming performance art (Cirque du so Gay, Gila Münster, Kanna Worm, Stasia Fantasia, Bex in Motion), dance (Devoy Academy of Irish Dance), live music (Peanut Butter and the Jams), and Art Zone participatory activities (Children’s Creative Village, Kyla Yager).
Family Pride is a bold celebration of love in action and a powerful commitment to showing up for 2SLGBTQI+ children, youth, and families every single day. In the face of external pressures and harmful rhetoric, we choose love and action over hate. We refuse silence. We celebrate loudly and collectively, standing firm in our promise: we won’t stop protecting, advocating, or loving.
Family Pride is about building communities where Queer and Trans kids can thrive, where every young person has the right to grow up proud, affirmed, and safe. It’s about passing resilience from one generation to the next and uplifting family in all its beautiful forms. Parents, caregivers, siblings, friends, and chosen family stand united in the belief that belonging saves lives.
Within 2SLGBTQI+ communities, the chosen family is powerful and life-changing, reminding us that family is not only who we’re born to, but who stands beside us. Together, through inclusivity, advocacy, and unwavering love, we are creating a hopeful future where every child can flourish, and together, we won’t stop.
Dyke Rally and March
When: Saturday, June 27, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Where: Hayden Street Riser (Church Street and Hayden Street)
We won’t stop.
We won’t stop pushing for change.
We won’t stop being vocal, proud, and loud.
We won’t stop being unapologetically Dyke.
We won’t stop showing up for our community.
We won’t stop advocating for safer, more inclusive spaces.
We won’t stop making moves, demanding visibility, and taking up the space we deserve.
We won’t stop honouring the legacy of those who came before us, those who battled, bled, and built the path we walk today.
We won’t stop providing accessible programming that reflects the strength and diversity of our community.
The Dyke March is a powerful act of resistance, celebration, and solidarity. Dyke Pride is a space for connection, joy, and collective power. Together, we march not only for ourselves, but for past, present, and future generations.
We won’t stop marching.
MCC Toronto Church on Church
When: Sunday, June 28, 11:30am to 12:30pm
Where: The Concert Hall (888 Yonge Street)
MCC Toronto’s Church on Church is a Pride Sunday worship service held in Toronto’s Church-Wellesley Village, blending vibrant music, progressive Christian spirituality, and public witness for 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion, drawing a large, diverse crowd to celebrate faith, justice, and community.
No restrictions! Wheelchair accessible and ASL interpretation provided.
Two-Spirit & Indigenous Pride
When: Sunday, June 28, 4:00pm to 6:30p.m.
Where: 78 Gould Street
Come together with 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations and Pride Toronto for an enriching community gathering, including performances and a Two-Spirit artists’ market.
Pride Parade
When: Sunday, June 28, 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Where: Yonge Street and Church Street
WE WON'T STOP.
