Calgary Pride

• 2021 Calgary Pride Festival wraps up with drive-in extravaganza

  The Calgary Pride Festival is ending Sunday, wrapping up with a parade like no other.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2021
  
• Exemptions given to Alberta rodeos, Calgary & Fort McMurray Pride events to serve liquor past 10 p.m.

  Several Alberta rodeos, Pride YMM and 14 venues hosting Calgary Pride Festival events were granted exemptions from new COVID-19 public health restrictions limiting alcohol sales.

  Canada

  Sep 5, 2021
  
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• ‘It’s groundbreaking’: Students celebrate 1st permanent Pride crosswalk at Calgary school

  Jack James High School is now the home of the first inclusive Pride crosswalk at a Calgary Board of Education school.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2021
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• New Beltline community space named after Calgary LGBTQ2S+ leader opens

  A new gathering space opened in Calgary's Beltline district Wednesday. The park is named after Calgary's Lois Szabo, a founding member of the city's first gay club.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2021
• Calgary Pride supports local LGBTQ+ initiatives with #OurPride

  Calgary Pride announced Tuesday the return of its #OurPride initiative, encouraging people to support local businesses in developing LGBTQ+ initiatives.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2021
• Calgary Pride Week will feature mix of virtual and in-person events

  Calgary Pride has announced B!G Pride 2021 will take place Aug. 27-Sept. 6.

  Features

  Jun 10, 2021
• Calgary’s Pride, Trans Pride crosswalks to be repainted after ‘BLM’ vandalism

  The rainbow and Trans Pride crosswalks were painted on Stephen Avenue immediately east and west of Centre Street in 2019.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2020
• ‘We are not divided’: Calgary Pride, BLM YYC to work together after rainbow crosswalk vandalized

  The rainbow and Trans Pride crosswalks were painted on Stephen Avenue immediately east and west of Centre Street in 2019.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2020
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• ‘There’s kind of been an explosion in popularity’ of drag culture in Calgary

  From pop-up backyard concerts to singing drag telegrams, there was no shortage of physically distanced performances this summer.

  Canada

  Sep 4, 2020
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• Popular Calgary music venue to reopen but live concerts still not allowed

  A popular Calgary music venue is opening back up after nearly six months of being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Entertainment

  Sep 3, 2020