Vancouver Pride

The finale of Vancouver’s 2011 Pride celebrations is the annual Parade and Festival on Sunday, July 21, 2011 with over 600,000 spectators expected to line the parade route.  Here is all you need to know to get the most out of both of these events!

Each year Vancouver welcomes the world to its annual Gay Pride celebrations.  Culminating with the hugely popular Vancouver Pride Parade and Festival on July 31, 2011, the week long series of Vancouver Pride events celebrates the LGBTQ communities of Vancouver!

Four individuals, whose contributions to the LGBTQ communities both locally and internationally, are being honoured this year as Grand Marshals for the 2011 Pride Parade.

Heralding the start of Vancouver's Pride celebrations, which officially get underway Monday, is the Vancouver Pride Society's annual Picnic in the Park returning to Brockton Oval on Saturday, July 23rd.

Vancouver's 2011 gay pride entertainment line-up is shaping up to be one of the best.  Part of that line-up is singer/songwriter MAOR who makes his Vancouver debut performing at the Caya Davie Street Dance Party and the Sunset Beach Festival.

The Vancouver Pride Society's annual day of red is back as the gays take over Playland at the PNE on Saturday, July 16th.

The Vancouver Pride Society announced the return of the "fast-track" for the Caya Davie Street Dance Party set for July 29th.

GayVancouver.Net (Gay Vancouver Online) has the first photos from Vancouver Pride 2011 as the city celebrated East Side Pride on June 25.

The annual East Side Pride, which coincides with the anniversary weekend of the Stonewall Riots, moves to McSpadden Park on Victoria Drive this Saturday, June 25, 2011.

Vancouver may be host to the biggest Pride celebrations in the region but we're certainly not the only ones that can throw a great party! The OIS Rainbow Cultural Society is gearing up to celebrate Surrey Pride 2011 with a series of events in June and July.