Join us on Sunday, July 6th, at MacDonald Park in James Bay (212 Niagara St, Victoria, BC) for an afternoon of Pride Festivities! The grounds will open at 11 AM, and there will be a quieter atmosphere. All vendors will be open and available for those who would like to enjoy the festival with less stimulation.
Come as you are, and celebrate community, love, and Pride with us!
Badshah is here, to make some noise, get ready to sweat because he’s bringing the spice with him! Performing in the 3:30 PM Set and the 5:15 PM Set!
Performing in the 3:30 PM Set and the 5:15 PM Set!
Not your typical dance band, Queer As Funk are part-advocates, part-funk revivalists, turning stages into dance floors and audiences into family for over a decade.
Performing at 2:30 PM!
We are a five-piece women’s band, strongly influenced by the rhythms of R&B and the storytelling of folk, country and blues. Sound like a mash-up? It is: we are all women who have been around the block, a few times, and appreciate the many approaches to song that are available to us. And we love it when you dance!
Broadband is: Margo Hennnigar, Barb McIntosh, Carolyn Mandrusiak, Jacqui Parker-Snedker, Karen Teese
Performing at 12 PM!
From Bollywood to bargain bin - This all Drag King boyband is giving you a Big Time Rush, their performance are a throwback (Streetboys) to a simpler time when you were just a New Kid On The Block. *NSYNC? These boys can't even go in One Direction. Featuring Bad Shah - the dad, Fierce Brosnan - The suspiciously older one, Tragic Mike - the hot one, and Ricky E. Ratmansky - the alcoholic.
Performing in the 3:30 PM Set!
This monster puts the gore into gore-geous. They're a tattooist at the Brass Iris Studio by day, a monster by night, and a show producer, putting on drag shows across so-called Vancouver Island. They're here to lure you in, leaving you unsettled and begging for more. Be careful, this brat bites - it's Boy Gorgeous!
Performing in the 3:30 PM Set!
The name is Mx Bukuru, a melanated, nonbinary, draglesque, fantasy being from your most titillating dreams. With a tight lip sync and loose legs, their performance will leave you bound (and gagged) and begging for more. A member of Enby 6, Vancouver’s best drag show 2023, and Diasporic Dynasty, Mx can be found twirling stages far and wide
Performing in the 3:30 PM Set!
Sylvester Stalletto is the charming Chilean Stallion you’ve all grown to know and love across the West Coast. This Trans Latinx Drag King is ready to hit the Pride Main Stage this season & wow you with his tricks & handsome good looks!
Performing in the 3:30 PM Set!
Stay Hydrated and Eat something, don't forget to take care of yourself, otherwise this Ace will punch you in the face :P. Get ready for a whimsical, magical and otherworldly performance.
Performing in the 3:30 PM Set!
Our Company Class is thrilled to perform their Production routine on the Pride stage for the 13th year in a row!
Performing in the 3:30 PM Set!
Luna Land is your sparkly queer power pop band! Luna Land collectively creates a mix of jazzy, punky, soulful, power-pop and a mix of something special, something original. Together they gift their audiences some groovy tunes that get stuck like gum in your head and that soothe the heart, and to uplift the spirit (like butterflies).
Performing at 4:30 PM!
Henrietta Dubet, Aria Okay, and Shelita Cox serve camp, glam, and queer history in this girl group excerpt from Drag Through Time at OUTstages Festival.
Performing in the 5:15 PM Set!
50% class, 50% brash, and 69% bad at math: British import Ket Bush is a comedy queen and high camp connoisseur. From creating sell-out theatre shows (‘A Car Crash’, ‘The Kate Bush Fan Show’ with Honey Dewme and ‘Mouthfull’ with Vivian Vanderpuss) to selling her soul at the bar, this local trans icon always brings the drama, mama.
Performing in the 5:15 PM Set!
Ricky E. Ratmansky—private eye, public menace. He lip-syncs like he’s testifying in a public scandal—dramatic, sweaty, and slightly unhinged. A new king strutting onto the scene with a pelvis that just won’t quit, known as a reluctant member of the Drag King boyband Call Us Men. Oh, and the E in his name? It stands for Entertainment.
Performing in the 5:15 PM Set!
SINnergy’s own advanced troupe, The Order of Asmodeus, is about to bring the freaky and geeky to the stage. Choreographed by Chai Tease, featuring Oliver Clozoff as Angel Dust, with Chai Tease as a sexy demon, they are ready to welcome you to their Hazbin Hotel!
Performing in the 5:15 PM Set!
Maverick is an award winning, international, Queer, Trans performance artist who found their niche in the world of Burlesque in 2021.
They perform with the Vancouver Burlesque Company, and have stomped stages and floor shows in the UK, Canada, and the States.
They're not a boy, they're not a girl, they're an experience!
Performing in the 5:15 PM Set!
Applications for the parade and festival have now closed. We thank everyone for submitting!
The Victoria Pride Society acknowledges that it organizes and works on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen Peoples and that the land’s relationships with the Songhees, Esquimalt, and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples have existed since time immemorial. Further to this acknowledgement, the Victoria Pride Society affirms that colonialism and the attitudes and practices that have accompanied it contribute to systemic discrimination and violence against Indigenous Peoples and all marginalized and equity-deserving people. Read more.
