Pride 2022 Programming

The long-awaited return will include all of your signature favourites including the annual Trans March, Dyke March, Bi+ Pride Programming, Blockorama by Blackness Yes, Pride Parade, StreetFair, and multiple stages featuring over 300 2SLGBTQ+ artists.

We are also excited to include the annual City of Toronto Flag Raising on June 1, 2022, and Cabana Pool Party with Symone on June 15, 2022, Island Party on June 19, 2022, with so much more in store for 2022

Book your stay now by visiting PrideToronto.com/VisitUs to find a list of hotel and travel partners with exclusive Pride Toronto discount codes. It’s been a long two years, you won’t want to miss this.

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of many Nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

We also acknowledge all Treaty peoples – including those who came here as settlers – as migrants either in this generation or in generations past – and those of us who came here involuntarily, particularly forcibly displanted Africans brought here as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. We pay tribute to those ancestors of African origin and descent.

Headliners

Queen of Dancehall, Spice

When: June 24 – 7 pm – 11 PM
Where: TD Main Stage

The Legendary House of Miyake Mugler

When: June 24 – 7 pm – 11 PM
Where: TD Main Stage

Priyanka’s Taste Test Show

When: June 26 – 9:30 pm – 11 PM
Where: TD Main Stage

Patrice Roberts

When: June 26 – 9 PM
Where: Bud Light Seltzer Wellesley Stage

Events List

Signature Events

Community Pride

Affiliate Events

Major Cultural Events

Stages

TD Main Stage

Located at 1 Dundas East

Bud Light Seltzer Wellesley Stage

Located at 15 Wellesley St E.

OLG Central Stage

Located at 512 Church St

Rogers South Stage

Located at Church St & Gould St

Allan Gardens

Located at 160 Gerrard St. E

Nathan Phillip Square

Located at 100 Queen St W

Festival Weekend - June 24, 25, 26

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Parades and Marches

Pride Parade

June 26, 2022
Start Time: 2:00 PM

Starting at Bloor and Church St., The parade will head west then
turn south on Yonge St ending at Yonge Dundas Square

Dyke Rally and March

June 25, 2022
The Rally starts at 1 pm
The March starts at 2 pm

Starting at Charles and Church St., The march will head north on Church St
then head west along Bloor St. The March then will head south on Yonge St
then head east along Carlton St then ending at Allen Gardens

Trans Rally and March

June 24, 2022
The Rally starts at 7 pm
The March starts at 8 pm

Visual Art

Letters to a Future Queer

Black Ark

Pyramids of Connection

The Cosmic Explorer

Murder Music: The Malice Afterthought

This Tree is a Rabbit

Colour Field 3

Duality Illuminated

Sustainable Love

This Tree is a Rabbit

Food Zone

A place to rehydrate and refuel in the heart of Festival Weekend.

Located at
The Food Zone runs along Church Street from Gerrard Street south to Dundas Street East

Hours of Operations:
June 24, 2022 – 7 pm to 12 am
June 25, 2022 – 12 pm to 12 am
June 26, 2022 – 12 pm to 11 pm

Wellness Zone

A place to unwind and reset amongst the hustle and bustle of Festival Weekend.

Located at
Alexander Street Parkette

Hours of Operations:
June 24, 2022 – 7 pm to 9 pm
June 25, 2022 – 1 pm to 9 pm
June 26, 2022 – 1 pm to 9 pm

Art Zone

During Festival Weekend on Church Street from Carlton Street south to McGill Street will be a 170 foot long interactive mural that will develop over the course of the weekend. Standing at 8 feet in height this mural will have a huge visual impact within the festival footprint.

Located at
Festival Grounds. The Festival Grounds runs along Church St from Bloor Street East all the way down to Dundas Street East

Hours of Operations:
June 25, 2022 – 1 pm to 12 am
June 26, 2022 – 1 pm to 12 am

StreetFair

The StreetFair hosts a multitude of vendors, artisans and community organizations during Festival Weekend.

Located at
Festival Grounds. The Festival Grounds runs along Church St from Bloor Street East all the way down to Dundas Street East

Hours of Operations:
June 24, 2022 – 7 pm to 12 am
June 25, 2022 – 12 pm to 12 am
June 26, 2022 – 12 pm to 12 am

Charity of Choice and International Grand Marshal

Pride Toronto is proud to announce the first of many honoured positions for the Pride 2022 commemorations. Chosen by our community advisory panel; the Charity of Choice is The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) Canada’s largest organisation dedicated to mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS on Caribbean, African, and Black communities.

Charity of Choice

Black CAP

Black CAP

To learn more about Black CAP’s mission and how you can contribute

Pride 2022 International Grand Marshal

Lady Phyll

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah is the nucleus of the award-winning celebration and protest that is UK Black Pride. Widely known as Lady Phyll – partly due to her decision to reject an MBE in the New Year’s Honours’ list to protest Britain’s role in formulating anti-2SLGBTQ+ penal codes across its empire – she is also the executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust, an organisation working to uphold the human rights of 2SLGBTQ+ people around the world; a community builder and organiser; an Albert Kennedy Trust patron, and a public speaker focusing on race, gender, sexuality and class. She’s regularly called upon to advise nascent 2SLGBTQ+ organisations around the world to help leaders create cogent organising strategies, establish robust partnership networks and work effectively in service of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.