Edmonton Pride Festival 2015

Edmonton GLBT Pride Festival – Edmonton Pride Festival is a 10-day event that features pride-filled entertainment, art, fashion, sports and family-friendly activities, held every June!

The Edmonton Pride Festival Society will showcase the unity and diversity of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans-identified, queer community and its allies. The Society has been given responsibility by its members, representatives from community groups and businesses for strategic planning, organizing, coordinating resources and the execution of a Pride Festival for the capital region.

Edmonton Pride Festival 2015

Edmonton’s first Pride celebration took place in 1980, and has grown from a small celebration of 75 people who enjoyed a baseball game followed by a campfire. Events added in the past 29 years have included rallies and fairs, poetry readings, art shows, picnics, croquet tournaments, baseball games, a film festival, the parade and Celebration on the Square.

The Festival is organized by The Edmonton Pride Festival Society (EPFS), which was formed in 1999. The Society is the official non-profit organization that manages the organizing and executing of Pride celebrations in the Capital Region each year. The society’s mission is to celebrate and bring together the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, their family, friends, co-workers, supporters, the business community and the community at large in a spirit of camaraderie, honor, pride and respect. And of course for some fun!!

The Society anticipates the Pride Festival to continue to grow in the years ahead, and we invite you to be a part of it!

Awards

• Maureen Irwin/Michael Phair Award – to an individual (or couple) that is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered for their significant long term contributions to the LGBTQ community.
• Sheryl McInnis Award – to an individual who, through momentous scholarship, teaching and/or academic pursuit, has enriched the LGBTQ community.
• Larry Sand Award – to an organization that has provided substantial support and/or services to the LGBTQ community.
• HIV Edmonton Youth Leadership Award – for a youth/young adult who has made a noteworthy contribution within the LGBTQ community. A $500 bursary for education is presented with this award.
• Sexual Minorities Community Liaison Committee Award – an award of merit awarded by the Community Liaison Committee to a member of the Edmonton Police Service who has made a considerable contribution to the safety, security and understanding of the LGBTQ community.

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