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PRIDE PARADE and PRIDE FESTIVAL APPLICATIONS

There are still spaces available for both the Pride Parade and Festivals. 

Pride Season 2012: Saturday June 30th - August 5th
Deadline for applications: Friday May 18th 2012

Last Season we had an enormous amount of applications and sold out! Each event has a limited number of spaces so interested applicants are encouraged to apply early. If you would like to be part of the event of the summer, go to to the links below to fill in an online application form!

The deadline for submissions is Friday May 18th, 2012, so don't wait!

APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE (only online) AT THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

Pride Parade
East Side Pride
Sunset Beach Pride Festival

Accepting Applications for Performers and Entertainers

The Vancouver Pride Society is seeking submissions from Performers and Entertainers to participate in the 34th annual Pride Celebrations. No matter if you are a live musician, DJ, Drag Performer, Comedian, or belong to a band, dance troupe, or improv group, there is a fit for everyone at Pride. Up-and-coming performers, seasoned professionals, old, and new are all encouraged to apply!

Pride in Vancouver is the event to attend in the summer. We flood Vancouver's West End with over 600,000 people at the Pride Parade celebrating and engaging with Vancouver's LGBTTQ community. There are multiple performing opportunities available at for the 2012 Pride Celebrations, and our entertainers are just as varied as our events are!

Down on the shores of Sunset Beach, 125,000 people enjoy the sunshine, live music, beer garden and the Pride Market at the Sunset Beach Pride Festival. East Side Pride is our grassroots, community-focused event, located in the heart of East Van - just off of Commercial Drive and celebrates our community and our Pride history. Then there's the Davie Street Dance Party, hitting off Pride Weekend with an electrifying lineup of DJs and dancers. The Pride Family Picnic is a wonderful opportunity for the whole family to partake in Pride, with special programming and performances for our younger audiences!

If you would like to showcase your talent at the event of the summer, fill in an online application form. It only takes a few minutes and you could be performing at one of Western Canada's largest festivals!

The deadline for submissions is May 16th, 2012, so don't wait!

APPLY NOW

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Did you know?

Vancouver Pride Parade attendance exceeds the population of its host city, the City of Vancouver, and is the only Pride Parade in the world which can make this claim.

Now that is something to celebrate! 

A Message from the President

To members of the Pride community,

Let me begin by thanking the community for coming out to the March 11th special general meeting. At the meeting, members addressed the voting irregularities at the January 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM), and appointed an interim board to organize a fabulous Pride for Vancouver in 2012. A new election will be held before December 15th and we encourage the LGBTTQ community to get involved, volunteer, and join the Board.

I would like to recognize outgoing President Ken Coolen for his tremendous contributions to our society. Ken was on the board for over six years, serving as President for the past three years. I would also like to recognize the contributions of two outgoing board members, Monika Whitney and Shawn Ewing, who both served on multiple terms on the board.

The majority of the 2011 board has returned to serve on the interim board. I am proud to announce Chrissy Taylor as Vice-President, Bernard Leclair as Treasurer, and Ray Lam as Secretary with Raigen D'Angelo, Rick Leonovich, Debbie Oon, Tim Kraumanis and Trevor Ashcroft as Directors-at-large. The interim board can appoint up to three more people to the board and I would encourage anyone interested to contact me at president@vancouverpride.ca.

The society, powered by our dedicated volunteers, and talented staff, supported by the Board will produce a world-class Pride celebration for our community. We will also engage our members in a comprehensive bylaw review to ensure a fair election at the 2012 AGM.

To get Pride back on track for the 2012 celebrations, we need your help. We would like to encourage those who volunteered in the past to join us again and those who haven't, to volunteer and get involved. Pride belongs to our community and there's nothing more rewarding than giving back. Having a whole lot of fun along the way doesn't hurt either!

In Pride,

Tim Richards,
President

Have you Liked Us on Facebook Yet?

The Vancouver Pride Society Facebook fan page has a number of issues, articles, events posted daily about all things LGBTTQ. Check us out and don't forget to like us!

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