Vancouver Queer Film Festival returns with a more political queer activism approach – August 11 to 21, 2022

posted Tuesday, August 9, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Vancouver

Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) returns for its 34th edition, August 11-21, 2022. The theme this year is “Make It Yours,” inviting audiences to return to the political grassroots of queer activism. Both in person and online screenings will be available with a province wide video-on-demand selection in Vancouver theatres each day. Passes are available […]

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This Earth of Majesty – queer adaptation of “Richard II” performed outdoors – Aug 5 to 28, 2022 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, August 4, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

Dauntless City Theatre is back with their latest production of This Earth of Majesty, a queer, site-specific, ambulatory, outdoor adaptation of Richard II in St. James Park. The Monarch of Garden, Richard, loses control of his court and the common people, causing chaos throughout the land. His cousin, the charismatic Henry Riverbrook, seizes the realm. […]

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Nuit Blanche Returns to Toronto Oct 1, 2022 with expanded GTA locations

posted Monday, August 1, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Events, Featured Events, Toronto

Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s free all-night celebration of contemporary art, returns this fall for its 16th edition from sunset on October 1 to sunrise on October 2. Toronto’s biggest celebration of contemporary art will include works by more than 150 local, national and international artists and, for the first time, present exhibition areas across Toronto, including […]

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Happyland Festival celebrates Vancouver Pride with Orville Peck, Big Freedia, and Perfume Genius – July 31, 2022

posted Friday, July 29, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Pride, Queer, Vancouver

The first annual HAPPYLAND Festival, a fully inclusive Pride celebration, takes place July 31, 2022 at the PNE Amphitheatre and Playland Amusement Park in Vancouver. HAPPYLAND will bring a one-of-a-kind experience to festival-goers with exclusive access to the concert venue plus Playland’s thrill rides, and all the unique amusement park food Playland has to offer. […]

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International AIDS Conference, AIDS2022 – global lessons, local action – July 29 to August 2, 2022 (Montreal)

posted Monday, July 25, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Montreal, Queer

AIDS2022, the world’s largest conference on HIV and AIDS, will convene leading scientists, policy makers and grassroots activists in Montreal from July 29 to August 2, 2022. It is taking place in Canada for the first time in almost 20 years. In 1989, the International AIDS Conference was in Montreal and it is remembered as the moment […]

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Global Black Pride presents their first hybrid in person/virtual event in Toronto, July 28-31, 2022

posted Thursday, July 21, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Pride, Queer

  This will be the third annual Global Black Pride event, that highlights Black queerness and the Black LGBTQ community’s past and future contributions to the LGBTQ movement. The hybrid in-person and virtual Black Pride event will feature a human rights conference, resources, workshops, performances, a festival, and a parade. It will also spotlight Toronto’s […]

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Vancouver’s Celebration of Light fireworks returns with a special Canadian Snowbird flyover

posted Wednesday, July 20, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Vancouver

The unforgettable energy of the Honda Celebration of Light  returns for its milestone 30th year and feature an amazing display of breathtaking fireworks July 23, July 27, and July 30. The event will also feature a celebration of music, food, and culture – but a highlight will undoubtedly occur on Wednesday, July 27th when Canada takes […]

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Vancouver Craft Beer & Music Festival returns under new ownership – July 9 & 10, 2022

posted Thursday, July 7, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Vancouver

VCBW Craft Beer & Music Festival is happening July 9 to 10, 2022 at the PNE Fairgrounds. With an ambitious new ownership team at the forefront, VCBW returns bigger and better than ever before with a number of new and expanded features. The Lower Mainland’s largest craft beer festival will have over 150 craft beers and […]

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FlyOver Canada’s “Windborne: Call of the Canadian Rockies” opens July 1, 2022 (Vancouver)

posted Thursday, June 30, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Vancouver

FlyOver Canada’s newest ride experience, Windborne: Call of the Canadian Rockies is premiering in Vancouver on July 1, 2022. It eatures epic footage captured in the most remote areas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, treating guests to a spectacular journey through snow-capped peaks, turquoise lakes, and picturesque valleys. Filmed over two years by FlyOver Attraction’s […]

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Bard on the Beach returns with a full slate of Shakespeare classics (Vancouver)

posted Saturday, June 25, 2022

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Vancouver

Bard on the Beach is one of Canada’s largest not-for-profit, professional Shakespeare festivals. Returning to Sen̓ákw/Vanier, this year’s Festival, which runs from June 8 to September 24, 2022. The season begins on June 8 with Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It follows four young lovers and a troupe of stumbling actors into an enchanted […]

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