Vancouver Queer Film Festival includes 9 World Premieres, 5 International Premieres, 8 North American Premieres, and 25 Canadian Premieres – Sept 10-20, 2026

posted Tuesday, September 1, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer, Vancouver

Out On Screen presents the 38th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), returning to theatres across Vancouver from September 10–20, 2026 before streaming online September 21–27, 2026. Featuring 87 feature-length and short films by 2SLGBTQIA+ creators from around the world, alongside parties, filmmaker Q&As, workshops, and community events, this year’s Festival invites audiences to discover stories by […]

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Grapefruits, Rosaries, and Queer Identity: Two Toronto Artists Get Personal This Pride – June 18 to 20, 2026 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, June 17, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Dance, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

DanceWorks presents Sweet Ephemera, a double bill running from June 18 to 20,2026 at The Theatre Centre in Toronto. This bill showcases two new works by emerging Toronto artists exploring identity, faith, queerness, and the parts of ourselves we’re taught to hide. Sweet Ephemera asks what it means to carry culture, identity, and grief in the […]

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Rising pop sensation Rêve wrote a song specifically for drag queens, that you can hear live at her performance on June 12, 2026 (Toronto)

posted Friday, June 12, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Lesbian, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Since making her major label debut in 2021, Rêve has carved out a unique space at the intersection of pop, dance, and profound lyricism. Today, with over 175M+ global streams on breakout hits such as chart-topping tracks “CTRL + ALT + DEL”, “Big Boom”, “Contemporary Love” and US Dance Radio #1 “Whitney”, her passion and […]

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre 2026 – 27 Season Announcement

posted Friday, June 12, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s 48th season features work from some of Canada’s most imaginative playwrights and artists, partnerships with Obsidian Theatre Company, We Quit Theatre, and Modern Times Stage company, a refreshed Buddies Residency Program, the resurgence of Buddies Nightlife, and the 48th annual Rhubarb!—Canada’s longest-running, genre-bending live arts festival. Season tickets are on […]

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“Hunky Jesus” film explores the annual Easter celebration in San Francisco that’s presented by The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (includes interview)

posted Wednesday, June 10, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Film, Queer

Hunky Jesus is the story of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and their infamous annual Easter Sunday tradition in San Francisco, and it recently had its North American premiere in Toronto as part of the Inside Out LGBTQ+ Film Festival. It was followed by a Q&A hosted by Sister Merry Q Contrary and Gay Jesus (Heath V. Salazar), along […]

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The Throbbing Rose Collective presents the month-long “Nuit Rose: Rewilding” festival of queer art and performance, with the main event taking place June 20, 2026 throughout the Church-Wellesley Village in Toronto

posted Thursday, June 4, 2026

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

The Throbbing Rose Collective announces the complete programming for Nuit Rose: Rewilding, the 7th edition of Toronto’s festival of queer art and performance. Culminating in a night-long art festival on Saturday, June 20, Nuit Rose: Rewilding runs during Pride Month with events running until July 5, 2026. The festival presents exhibitions, performances, screenings, public art, and […]

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Cyclops: A Satyr Play – an interactive, queer, techno-pop fever dream – on stage Mar 27 to Apr 4, 2026 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, March 24, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

The Cyclops, Euripides’ only surviving Satyr Play, is incomplete, half-translatable, and reads like someone trying to remember The Odyssey after downing a whole bottle of ouzo. So that’s exactly what this Satyr is going to do. This is not a Greek play, this is an interactive, queer, techno-pop fever dream of the night before: karaoke, […]

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David’s Disco – fundraiser in support of Casey House, includes drag, live performance, and DJ – March 28, 2026 (Toronto)

posted Friday, March 13, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Charity, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Queer, Toronto

David’s Disco returns with a bold new twist – a seductive, Studio 54 circus-inspired playground where anything can happen and something always does. It’s where the music never stops, and every move you make helps raise funds for Casey House. Join the festivities for a night of heart, humanity, healing, and dancing that will leave […]

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Nash The Slash Rises Again! – film premiere spotlights one of Toronto’s more obscure indie musicians, and includes a Q&A, record release, and live performances covering his music

posted Monday, March 9, 2026

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

Nash The Slash: Covered is a one-of-a-kind multi-media theatrical premiere of the eclectic music documentary, Nash the Slash Rises Again! at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, Friday, March 13, 2026.  The film uncovers the origin story of the sinister, masked Canadian electronic music innovator, Nash The Slash, who took his name from the killer butler in […]

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The Dancing Djinn Cabaret features Arabic live music, drag, bellydance, and storytelling – March 11, 2026 (Toronto)

posted Sunday, March 8, 2026

by: Bryen Dunn in Burlesque, Cabaret, Drag, Queer

The Dancing Djinn is a groundbreaking theatrical and musical cabaret created by Lebanese-Canadian drag artists Nikotine and Samara. The show revives the legacy and opulence of queer Arab history,  and draws on Sufi poetry, Andalusian music, and modern rock with a bellydancing twist. For one night only the stage will become a desert of memory […]

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