Wild Pride 2025

Title: Opening Ceremony

Organizer: Tealy Ka’senni:saks Normandin

Description: You are officially invited Wild Pride’s opening this Wednesday July 30th, from 5:30 to 6:30 PM at Square Saint-Louis with Tealy Ka’senni:saks Normandin. Join us in the spirit of radical queerness as we commence Wild Pride with an opening ceremony grounded in collective power and revolutionary love. This is a moment to acknowledge our relentless efforts in the last years : countless hours of grassroots organizing, community healing, militant action, and reclaiming spaces that once belonged to us.

Date: July 30, 2025

Start time: 17:30

Location: Square Saint-Louis

Audience: All

Price: Free

Title: Convergent Conversations

Organizer: Sarra Mirghani

Description: Immigration. Queerness. Art. Living as a queer, immigrant artist on Turtle Island invites a host of bureaucracies, suspicion, and unique lived experiences. Your identity and life choices become the topic of both government and personal scrutiny. The ‘Convergent Conversations’ panel invites three Queer, BIPOC immigrant artists to share their triumphs and challenges, navigating the personal, professional, and governmental circles in their lives. Join our conversation and learn more about the lived realities of these converging identities. See more here.

Date: July 31, 2025

Start time: 19:00

End time: 20:30

Location: Teesri Duniya Theatre

Audience: For all

Price: PWYC

Title: SPURS Night

Organizer: SPURS

Description: SPURS is a queer line dancing community that shares traditional steps in an inclusive context, dancing to country classics and contemporary pop. Since 2023 SPURS has been celebrating queer cowboy lineage through events in both Montreal and Toronto. Montreal SPURS is hosted by Noel Vezina, a passionate dancer and teacher who will have you effortlessly in lockstep before you know it. All are welcome to come stomp, spin and scuff their boots with SPURS!

Date: July 31, 2025

Start time: 19:00

End time: 22:00

Location: Toscadura (4388 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal)

Audience: For all

Price: $10 or PWYC

Title: Launch Party - Intifada on the Dance Floor

Organizer: Wild Pride

Description: Launch party to kick off Pride without compromise. Come dance, meet the community and celebrate our queer resistance.

Date: July 31, 2025

Start time: 20:00

End time: 02:00

Location: Ping Pong Club

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: Play Production, Regarding Antigone

Organizer: The Sky is the Limit and Sort Of Production

Description: Inspired by a true story, and inspired by the classic greek tragedy of Antigone, and inspired by war photography, and inspired by my weak memory, and inspired by a revolution, and inspired by state propaganda, and inspired by a song she sang, and inspired by cringe diaspora poetry, and- Trigger Warning: This play contains scenes of violence inflicted by others and self. Viewer discretion is advised. For more detailed information, please contact thesky.limit.theatre@gmail.com . Regarding Antigone was developed in part with the support of Infinithéâtre's Artist-in-Residence program, the Conseil des Arts de Montréal and the Ministry of Ecmployment and Social Solidarity. Playwright and Performer: Banafsheh Hassani بنفشه حسنی Director: Art Babayants Արտ Բաբայանց Asst. Director/SFX: Sarah Larmony Stage Manager/Dramaturg: esi callender Designers: Maryanna Chan (set, props, costume), Ashley Naomi Skye (sound), Asa Kohn (lights) Production Manager/Outreach Coordinator: Corbeau Sandoval Talkback Facilitator: oli vee Graphic Designer: nafleri Care Consultants: Lyn Lan Phan (drama therapy), Mark Underwood (active listening), Peter Farbridge (ethical art practices) You can see more on their Instagrams: TSLT and Sort Of. See more here.

Date: July 31, 2025

Start time: 20:30

Location: Teesri Duniya Theatre

Audience: For all

Price: Tickets starting at $7

Title: Boxing Class

Organizer: Pelea Boxing Club

Description: For Wild Pride, we’re offering a free weekly intro to boxing and weightlifting class! We have gender neutral lockers, seating for anyone needing to relax or step away momentarily and a sink to replenish water bottles. Bathrooms are outside of our space, in a common area and are unfortunately not gender neutral. See more here.

Date: August 01, 2025

Start time: 15:00

Location: Pelea Boxing Club (8400 Blvd Saint-Laurent, #307)

Audience: For all Queer adults

Price: Free

Title: Youth Activities

Organizer: Jeunesse Lambda

Description: Youth activities. There will be gender gear, STM tickets, and active listening.

Date: August 01, 2025

Start time: 16:00

End time: 20:00

Location: L'Asterisk

Audience: For queer youth, aged 14 to 30

Price: Free

Title: Erotic Grief Ritual

Organizer: Jess Lieu

Description: Within this communal portal we’ll be using Kai Cheng’s Tree of Cultural Erotic Growth as a tool for curiosity and dreaming. As we reflect on our erotic selves and the beliefs we are ready to let go of, we’ll use communal ritual to release with gratitude and the power of our collective intention. There will be journalling/doodling, sharing, movement and voice. The intention of the ritual is to honour our personal grief, while co creating a container to witness one another in our losses. The invitation is to follow your pleasure and feel as good as possible in the holding. May we compost what we no longer need to make space for our deepest desires Please note: all of you is welcome and choosing your level of participation is encouraged. There is no right or wrong way to feel grief, no hierarchy in experiences, no fixing or advising. Jess Lieu (she/her), a Somatic Pleasure Educator and residing in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. With a dedication to fostering bodily wisdom and joy, Jess illuminates the pathways of pleasure, desire, and consent through intimate, one-on-one explorations, bodywork and workshops. Informed by Somatic Sex Education, Energetic Ecology, BodyMind Centering and death studies, she entrusts the body as a portal to personal and collective transformation. Price : Sliding scale $1-$25 See more here.

Date: August 01, 2025

Start time: 17:30

End time: 19:30

Location: Brique par Brique

Audience: For BIPOCs

Price: Tiered pricing from $1 to $25

Title: Cabaret The Dancing DJinn

Organizer: Nikotine & Samara

Description: By popular demand, CABARET: THE DANCING DJINN returns to Montreal with a unique show to blow your minds away. Hosted by iconic vocalist, NIKOTINE, and legendary bellydancer, SAMARA, - The Dancing Djinn is a 1.5 hour show that takes you on a journey through the desert in search of an oasis -- complete with live music, oriental dance, burlesque, jazz numbers, cabaret extravaganza, and storytelling like you've never seen before. This show is an original cabaret. You are encouraged to bring your loved ones, drink, laugh and dance as you watch. You are meant to ENJOY the show with all your senses, and wear whatever you like that makes you feel special. This event is perfect for friends, dates, lovers, family members - come have a special cabaret evening like no other at Monteal's iconic Cafe Cleopatre. THE DANCING DJINN blends drag, original music, storytelling, and highly entertaining dance numbers. NOTE: Seating is first-come first-serve. Purchasing bundled tickets does not guarantee tables. Please arrive early to sit together. Tickets do not include food or drinks. Bar available for (delicious!) drink orders. See more here.

Date: August 01, 2025

Start time: 20:00

Location: Cafe Cleopatre (1230 St Laurent Blvd)

Audience: For all

Price: from $35

Title: Play Production, Regarding Antigone

Organizer: The Sky is the Limit and Sort Of Production

Description: Inspired by a true story, and inspired by the classic greek tragedy of Antigone, and inspired by war photography, and inspired by my weak memory, and inspired by a revolution, and inspired by state propaganda, and inspired by a song she sang, and inspired by cringe diaspora poetry, and- Trigger Warning: This play contains scenes of violence inflicted by others and self. Viewer discretion is advised. For more detailed information, please contact thesky.limit.theatre@gmail.com . Regarding Antigone was developed in part with the support of Infinithéâtre's Artist-in-Residence program, the Conseil des Arts de Montréal and the Ministry of Ecmployment and Social Solidarity. Playwright and Performer: Banafsheh Hassani بنفشه حسنی Director: Art Babayants Արտ Բաբայանց Asst. Director/SFX: Sarah Larmony Stage Manager/Dramaturg: esi callender Designers: Maryanna Chan (set, props, costume), Ashley Naomi Skye (sound), Asa Kohn (lights) Production Manager/Outreach Coordinator: Corbeau Sandoval Talkback Facilitator: oli vee Graphic Designer: nafleri Care Consultants: Lyn Lan Phan (drama therapy), Mark Underwood (active listening), Peter Farbridge (ethical art practices) You can see more on their Instagrams: TSLT and Sort Of. See more here.

Date: August 01, 2025

Start time: 20:30

Location: Teesri Duniya Theatre

Audience: For all

Price: Tickets starting at $7

Title: Running Club

Organizer: Outrun

Description: Inclusive queer run: Meet up at the bridge in Lafontaine between 9:45h and 10h for warm-up and name sharing. Then a 3.5k or 5k run or walk at your pace. All welcome. See more here.

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 09:45

Location: Lafontaine Park

Audience: For queer people

Price: Free

Title: Pilates

Organizer: Moving Just Fine

Description: Studio Moving Just Fine is a mat and reformer pilates studio in Montreal's Sud-Ouest with a mission to chillify the wellness space and make it more inviting and welcoming to every body. The building is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator up to the third floor, but there are steps to get in the building. Folks can wear whatever they'd like to pilates, we do our classes in socks or bare feet. If folks really want to wear shoes, we ask that they be clean (not worn outdoors). Pilates is hard but literally anybody can do it! It's a method designed to rehabilitate injuries, and we work with clients aged 18 to 95! You do not need to have a strong core or be flexible in order to participate in a class :) Come discover what it's all about! Links to sign up: Saturday morning emo flow mat class (August 2) Wednesday 9am reformer class (August 6) Saturday 10am emo flow mat class (August 9) See more here.

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 10:00

Location: Moving Just Fine Studio (642 rue de Courcelle #305)

Audience: For queers

Price: Free

Title: Queer Skate Jam

Organizer: Les Vagabonnes, M.A.R.S. & Planche Collective

Description: Open skate jam for queers and youth. Beginner workshops, boards to share, protective gear recommended. See more here.

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 10:00

End time: 13:00

Location: Ahuntsic skate park

Audience: For queer people

Price: Accepting donations for QPIRG Concordia

Title: Youth Activities

Organizer: Jeunesse Lambda

Description: Youth activities. There will be gender gear, STM tickets, and active listening.

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 12:00

End time: 17:00

Location: L'Asterisk

Audience: For queer youth, aged 14 to 30

Price: Free

Title: Queer Improv Workshop

Organizer: Kay Komizara

Description: Do you want to learn or practice improv but are tired of scenes always revolving around straight relationships and dynamics? Here is an opportunity to improvise and learn with people who want to feel more represented in their play. This is an improv workshop for anyone who identifies as queer. All skill levels welcome. Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move in. Kay Komizara is a trans theatre creator who has been producing shows and directing actors since 2013. See more here.

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 12:00

End time: 15:00

Location: Teesri Duniya Theatre

Audience: For queers

Price: Free

Title: Queer Gaming Panel

Organizer: Press Start Co-op

Description: Press Start’s panel brings together industry professionals often in gaming spaces to discuss "Representation, Acceptance, and Finding Community in video games" We aim to explore underrepresented perspectives, create connections, and highlight the impact of gayming communities. See more here.

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 13:00

Location: Batiment 7 (1900 Rue le Ber)

Audience: For all

Price: PWYC

Title: Accessible Yoga Class (Fr)

Organizer: Mouvement Imparfait

Description: Mouvement Imparfait est un studio de yoga, pilates, barre et entraînement qui privilégie le bien-être à la performance et rassemble les imparfait.e.s désireux.ses de bouger dans la joie tout en respectant leurs propres limites. Le cours sera donné par une personne membre de la communauté LGBTQIA2+. Le cours est ouvert à toustes ! See more here.

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 15:30

Location: Mouvement Imparfait Studio (3320 rue Ontario Est)

Audience: Queer & trans people

Price: $5

Title: Clay Play

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 19:00

End time: 20:00

Location: Studio 3 Tables (4710 rue St-Ambroise, local 348)

Audience: For BIPOC queer and trans people

Price: PWYC

Title: Karaoke & Sign Painting

Organizer: Queer Karaoke MTL

Description: PRIDE IS A PROTEST! As a part of Wild Pride Montreal this year, Queer Karaoke is maintaining our anticapitalist, trans-forward event as an option for a corporate-free, genocide-free, anticolonial Pride. Swing by @coopbmp on SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND from 9 pm to 1 am for a night of singing, dancing, and community! Entry is FREE, as always ♥️ We will also have materials for sign painting for those wanting to attend Rad Pride on August 9th or the Wild Pride march on August 10th. Find a buddy to protest with while you’re at it!

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 21:00

End time: 01:00

Location: BMP Co-op

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: FRKY x Wild Pride

Organizer: FRKY collective

Description: The heat returns... Join us Saturday, August 2nd @ctrllabmtl For FRKY x Wild Pride – a tantalizing collaboration with one of the city’s fiercest crews, celebrating freedom, identity, and unapologetic self-expression. The FRKS are calling, and Pride is the moment to answer. Queer, Straight, Different, or Indifferent – under the lights, we all shimmer the same. And deep down, we’re all a little FRKY. In the booth: our very own Moka, joined by special guest OJPB, serving a genre-blurring ride through techno, house, disco, and rare gems that’ll leave you breathless and begging for more. Expect a night that builds slow and seductive, then explodes into full-throttle dancefloor ecstasy. Hosted by @manclaudy See more here.

Date: August 02, 2025

Start time: 22:00

End time: 03:00

Location: Ctrllab (3634 St Laurent Blvd)

Audience: For all

Price: From $10

Title: Storytime with Niko Lubie

Organizer: L’Euguélionne & LowKiki & Niko Lubie

Description: Come share a magical morning of sparkle and stories with Niko Lubie, a brilliant drag artist — a cozy storytime just for little ones and their loved ones. Expect laughter, wonder, and glitter! See more here.

Date: August 03, 2025

Start time: 11:00

End time: 12:30

Location: Librairie L’Euguélionne (1426 rue Beaudry)

Audience: For families

Price: PWYC

Title: Plantain & Rice Market & Cookout

Organizer: Sweet Like Honey, CSL & L’Astérisk

Description: A market by and for queer BIPOC folks with performances and a community BBQ. Love, mutual aid and food for all. See more here.

Date: August 03, 2025

Start time: 15:00

End time: 21:00

Location: Brique par Brique (633 av. Beaumont)

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: Transfem Board Game Night

Organizer: Kay Komizara

Description: For the dolls only. Let's play, chat & care.

Date: August 03, 2025

Start time: 17:00

End time: 20:00

Location: l'Euguelionne

Audience: For transfems

Price: Free

Title: Picnic for Palestine

Organizer: Collectif Laurier–Sainte-Marie pour la Palestine

Description: Bring yourselves and some snacks to share, and join LSM4P in reading stories of queer Palestinians, grabbing some stickers/pins to wear, and learning about pinkwashing in Montréal and beyond. We will have activities, a mini-exhibition, and more. And, if you’re curious about how to get more involved after learning about pinkwashing and Palestine solidarity work, local organizers in attendance will be happy to share how to join up with organizing for Palestine in Montréal! For access information: The closest metro is Laurier (use the “Rue Laurier” exit), and there are bathrooms nearby, up four stairs. (Please bring tupperware or reusable plates if you can to mitigate the environmental impact.) See more here.

Date: August 03, 2025

Start time: 17:00

Location: Laurier park

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: Youth Activities

Organizer: Jeunesse Lambda

Description: Youth activities. There will be gender gear, STM tickets, and active listening.

Date: August 05, 2025

Start time: 14:00

End time: 19:00

Location: L'Asterisk

Audience: For queer youth, aged 14 to 30

Price: Free

Title: Workout Class

Organizer: Infinity Movement

Description: We are always trying to remove the barrier that stop folks from entertaining places of fitness. In extension to that, we understand that coming to the studio just one time isnt enough to start to build a new practice that will support a mre active lifestyle. Infinity movements participation in Wild Pride is to help introduce a healthy community and regular practice that can support a stronger version of so that we can feel more solid in ourselves and in the world! Our facilities include lockers for storing your bags and clothing, enclosed stall bathrooms that can be used for changing, and two showers. See more here.

Date: August 05, 2025

Start time: 16:00

Location: Infinity Studio (5957 rue de verdun)

Audience: For Queers

Price: Free

Title: Do Si Dontcha Line Dancing

Organizer: Do Si Dontcha

Description: All levels, all night. A lil something for everyone. Just show up - tickets are door only. everyone welcome always. we do our best to cater to all the communities we’re part of all at once. we strive to bring people together in a safe enviro and love you all so much :) wear what you would wear to any country bar or line event, no dress code, be you !! line dancing is a tool for change. use it :) all genders. all sexualities.

Date: August 05, 2025

Start time: 19:00

End time: 20:00

Location: Toscadura (4388 St-Laurent Blvd)

Audience: For all

Price: $10

Title: Solidarity reading for Palestine

Organizer: Writers for Palestine

Description: The bilingual poetry reading « No Pride in Genocide » hosted by Montreal Writers for Palestine will be presented at Bar Star Bar on August 5th, from 7 to 9pm(doors at 6:30pm). Bring all your friends to (re)discover the work of local queer writers while standing in solidarity with Palestine! Montreal Writers for Palestine is an autonomous collective of writers based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang who aim to challenge the complicity of Canadian cultural institutions in the occupation of Palestine, and to use their platform as artists to amplify and support anticolonial struggles.All attendees will have the chance of winning one of the book bundles raffled off during the event. All proceeds will go to mutual aid in Palestine. See more here.

Date: August 05, 2025

Start time: 19:00

End time: 21:00

Location: Bar Star Bar (4671 St Laurent Blvd)

Audience: For all

Price: PWYC with recommended donation of $20

Title: Pilates

Organizer: Moving Just Fine

Description: Studio Moving Just Fine is a mat and reformer pilates studio in Montreal's Sud-Ouest with a mission to chillify the wellness space and make it more inviting and welcoming to every body. The building is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator up to the third floor, but there are steps to get in the building. Folks can wear whatever they'd like to pilates, we do our classes in socks or bare feet. If folks really want to wear shoes, we ask that they be clean (not worn outdoors). Pilates is hard but literally anybody can do it! It's a method designed to rehabilitate injuries, and we work with clients aged 18 to 95! You do not need to have a strong core or be flexible in order to participate in a class :) Come discover what it's all about! Links to sign up: Saturday morning emo flow mat class (August 2) Wednesday 9am reformer class (August 6) Saturday 10am emo flow mat class (August 9) See more here.

Date: August 06, 2025

Start time: 09:00

Location: Moving Just Fine Studio (642 rue de Courcelle #305)

Audience: For queers

Price: Free

Title: Trans Legal Clinic

Organizer: Juritrans

Description: Support for first name, last name or gender marker changes. Legal info and help with anti-trans and anti-queer discrimination. See more here.

Date: August 06, 2025

Start time: 16:00

End time: 21:00

Location: L'Asterisk

Audience: Trans people & loved ones

Price: Free

Title: Carved from Fire

Organizer: Toothwurld

Description: You’re invited to Carved from Fire, a hands-on lino patchmaking workshop where fabric becomes protest, and collective creation/ radical imagination become tools for queer and trans resistance <3 Participants will learn foundational linography carving and printing techniques to design and print their own custom patches; reflecting our grief, our joy, our rage, and our dreams, speaking to the world we are resisting and the one we’re trying to build. all materials provided! instruction available in EN et FR :) This workshop is facilitated by Maximillian (he/they), a qtbipoc multidisciplinary artist based here in Tiohtià:ke. See more here.

Date: August 06, 2025

Start time: 18:00

End time: 20:00

Location: QPIRG Concordia (2100 rue Guy,

Audience: For all

Price: Sliding scale, $10 to $15

Title: Debout.tes Stand-up

Organizer: Collective Debout.tes

Description: Feminist, queer bilingual stand-up night. Jokes that lift us up, not down. 18+. See more here.

Date: August 06, 2025

Start time: 19:30

Location: Bar Social Verdun

Audience: For 18 plus

Price: PWYC

Title: Screenprinting & Animation Workshop

Organizer: Sherry and Sidetracks

Description: A two-part screenprinting and traditional animation workshop led by Sidetracks and Aecolyte. Learn the basics of screenprinting and animate on top of the prints after! Sidetracks is screenprinting collective that aims to make screenprinting accessible to projects and organizations working for social change, especially those that work around anti-racism, anti-facism, queer liberation and that support anti-colonial struggles opposing the ongoing destruction and exploitation of Indigenous lands through colonialism and capitalism. Aecolyte is a queer Asian animator whose practice focuses on traditional mediums like frame by frame drawn animation, and stop motion animation. See more here.

Date: August 07, 2025

Start time: 17:00

End time: 20:00

Location: Brique par Brique (633 Beaumont Ave)

Audience: For queer BIPOCs

Price: Free

Title: Le Lotus Blanc

Organizer: Trans Masc Choir

Description: Le Lotus Blanc - is a bold, satirical live show created by and for transmasc artists. With original music, dark comedy, and theatrical chaos, this mock-resort vacation unravels into a sharp critique of white liberalism and toxic masculinity. See more here.

Date: August 07, 2025

Start time: 20:00

Location: Co-op BMP (3714 Avenue du Parc)

Audience: QTBIPOC centered, but open to all respectful guests

Price: PWYC from $11.43

Title: Community Day

Organizer: Wild Pride

Description: Food, mutual aid, local resources. Everyone is welcome to connect and share. See more here.

Date: August 08, 2025

Start time: 10:00

End time: 17:00

Location: Teesri Duniya Theatre

Audience: All

Price: Free

Title: Boxing Class

Organizer: Pelea Boxing Club

Description: For Wild Pride, we’re offering a free weekly intro to boxing and weightlifting class! We have gender neutral lockers, seating for anyone needing to relax or step away momentarily and a sink to replenish water bottles. Bathrooms are outside of our space, in a common area and are unfortunately not gender neutral. See more here.

Date: August 08, 2025

Start time: 15:00

Location: Pelea Boxing Club (8400 Blvd Saint-Laurent, #307)

Audience: For all Queer adults

Price: Free

Title: Variety Show & Crip Rave

Organizer: In Pain and Insane

Description: Wake up Disabled Dreamers, new reality just dropped!!! In Pain and Insane is excited to have our very first event under the Wild Pride festival at Brique par Brique (633 Beaumont ave). Get ready to experience drag performances, songs, poetry, comedy, grief and joy all by and for the Disabled/Sick/Mad/Deaf community. Followed by a “crip rave” that prioritizes disabled needs and joys, this can look like sitting, drawing, stimming. Since there are limited tickets (30) please wait to buy a ticket if you are an ally until the 28th of July, as we want to give disabled/ill/mad/deaf people ample time to get their spots. That being said if you plan to attend virtually there is no cap on attendees and if you can’t get a ticket we hope to see you online! Accessibility Info: ASL interpretation Wheelchair accessible Free food and water Masks mandatory and available Air purifier Stim toys No flashing lights / loud music Chill corner Lots of seating Interactive virtual component for at-home comrades Break between variety show and crip rave Designated active listeners if things are overstimulating or triggering Rides available** **if you need a ride, please e-mail us with accessibility needs (eg. mobility aids you will have) when you purchase your ticket. Performance line-up coming soon! Stay tuned for poster :) See you in your real life disabled dreams <3 See more here.

Date: August 08, 2025

Start time: 15:00

End time: 18:00

Location: Brique par Brique

Audience: For all

Price: PWYC

Title: Youth Activities

Organizer: Jeunesse Lambda

Description: Youth activities. There will be gender gear, STM tickets, and active listening.

Date: August 08, 2025

Start time: 16:00

End time: 20:00

Location: L'Asterisk

Audience: For queer youth, aged 14 to 30

Price: Free

Title: Shabbat Dinner

Organizer: Helem Montreal & IJV

Description: Join voixjuivesmtl & helemtl for a special wild pride montreal Shabbat. We’ll light candles, break challah, and sip grape juice together as an anti-zonist community gathering to rest, reflect, and reenergize in the fight for Palestinian liberation. Open to all, regardless of faith. Bring your own picnic + blanket. This is a family-friendly event. Please be mindful of distancing.

Date: August 08, 2025

Start time: 19:00

Location: Parc Charlevoix (2700 rue Rufus-Rockhead)

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: Cabaret Show

Organizer: Alterheros & PACQ

Description: The Untamable Cabaret, presented by Wild Pride, AlterHéros and PAQC, will take place on Saturday, August 8, door at 8pm and show at 9pm at Bar le Ritz PDB! You'll see a variety of performances, so come on out!! The entrance and the bathrooms are accessible. See more here.

Date: August 08, 2025

Start time: 21:00

Location: Bar le Ritz

Audience: For all

Price: PWYC

Title: Sapphic Rave

Organizer: Virtualis

Description: On August 8th we’re taking over @cinemalamour for a Pride riot, two rules only: be extra and serve glamour. For this edition, we’re diving into a theme that it close to the heart of our community but we’re also crafting an experience even more immersive than usual. Behind the decks Ari Cherry, Paolo Askia, Sisi Superstar, Monib and TIKKOII will make you sweat while our beloved QUINT and Fraud will light up the iconic cinema screen. We are also excited to welcome the waackers Blossom and Étincelle that will hypnotise you with their performance💃🏼 See you there and don’t forget to dress like you’re too much because you are, right? See more here.

Date: August 08, 2025

Start time: 21:00

End time: 04:00

Location: Cinema l'Amour

Audience: For sapphics, 18 plus

Price: Ticketed

Title: Discono Club

Date: August 08, 2025

Start time: 22:00

End time: 03:00

Location: SAT Montreal

Audience: 18 plus

Price: Ticketed

Title: Pilates

Organizer: Moving Just Fine

Description: Studio Moving Just Fine is a mat and reformer pilates studio in Montreal's Sud-Ouest with a mission to chillify the wellness space and make it more inviting and welcoming to every body. The building is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator up to the third floor, but there are steps to get in the building. Folks can wear whatever they'd like to pilates, we do our classes in socks or bare feet. If folks really want to wear shoes, we ask that they be clean (not worn outdoors). Pilates is hard but literally anybody can do it! It's a method designed to rehabilitate injuries, and we work with clients aged 18 to 95! You do not need to have a strong core or be flexible in order to participate in a class :) Come discover what it's all about! Links to sign up: Saturday morning emo flow mat class (August 2) Wednesday 9am reformer class (August 6) Saturday 10am emo flow mat class (August 9) See more here.

Date: August 09, 2025

Start time: 10:00

Location: Moving Just Fine Studio (642 rue de Courcelle #305)

Audience: For queers

Price: Free

Title: Community Day

Organizer: Wild Pride

Description: Food, mutual aid, local resources. Everyone is welcome to connect and share. See more here.

Date: August 09, 2025

Start time: 10:00

End time: 17:00

Location: Teesri Duniya Theatre

Audience: All

Price: Free

Title: Youth Activities

Organizer: Jeunesse Lambda

Description: Youth activities. There will be gender gear, STM tickets, and active listening.

Date: August 09, 2025

Start time: 12:00

End time: 17:00

Location: L'Asterisk

Audience: For queer youth, aged 14 to 30

Price: Free

Title: Dancing Freedom

Organizer: Kathleen Charles

Description: This workshop offers a communal dance experience using the principles of expressive arts therapy (i.e. dance/movement therapy) to Black queer community members based in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal).Together we will tap into the healing power of dance/movement to facilitate creative expression, a deeper connection to self and a more intimate connection to community. We will create together a safe enough haven to explore our relationship with movement outside of any particular dance discipline. Using African and afro-diasporic music, the facilitator will propose a warm-up, playful and creative activities to encourage introspective movement and connection with others, followed by a closing circle. We will be reclaiming playfulness and embodied freedom as our birthrights. See more here.

Date: August 09, 2025

Start time: 13:00

End time: 15:00

Location: Black Healing Centre (2100 av. de Marlowe, suite 449)

Audience: For Black Queer folks

Price: Free

Title: Lesbo-Queer Picnic

Organizer: Reseau des lesbiennes du Quebec

Description: Community lesbo-queer picnic — snacks, safe space and relaxed vibes. See more here.

Date: August 09, 2025

Start time: 13:00

End time: 17:00

Location: Mederic-Martin park

Audience: For lesbo-queer community, trans-friendly

Price: Free

Title: Physical Theatre Community Workshop

Organizer: Dense & Stage

Description: Outdoor physical theatre workshop to explore queer movement. A 3 hour workshop focused on physical theatre practices, movement qualities, and more. See more here.

Date: August 09, 2025

Start time: 14:00

End time: 17:00

Location: Teesri Duniya Theatre, outside gardin

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: Queer Market

Date: August 09, 2025

Start time: 14:00

End time: 17:00

Location: 151 Ontario St E

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: Pride March

Organizer: Wild Pride

Description: Our Pride March: no cops, no corporations. A radical, grassroots Pride rooted in our struggles.

Date: August 10, 2025

Start time: 14:00

Location: Place des Arts

Audience: All

Price: Free

Title: Le Rhum Shoppe, Queer Caribbean BBQ (Fr)

Organizer: Wutless

Description: Venez grouiller, danser et célébrer la joie d'être vous-même avec WUTLESS & WILD BBQ | RYTHMES | COCKTAILS | COMMUNAUTÉ Soca, dancehall, sons afro + chaleur des Îles Barbecue grésillant et boissons tropicales L'énergie de la fierté Afro Une foule adulte et sexy See more here.

Date: August 13, 2025

Start time: 17:00

End time: 22:00

Location: UNIA Hall

Audience: For all

Price: $7

Title: Magic & Movement

Organizer: Mina Minou

Description: This is a workshop open to all experience levels and backgrounds but will involve some reflection work and some movement. It is based off of a longer series of classes I teach at arabesque burlesque and will dive into the sensual and creative world of burlesque using the archetype of the Fool from tarot's the major arcana. If you're interested in magic, tarot, burlesque, sensuality and being a little foolish....this workshop is for you! Taught mostly in english and limited to 20 people. Please email missminaminou@gmail.com to register.

Date: August 13, 2025

Start time: 17:30

End time: 19:00

Location: Brique par Brique

Audience: For all

Price: PWYC

Title: Intersectional Art & Poetry Night

Organizer: Rainbow Spice Collective

Description: The Rainbow Spice Collective is a grassroots initiative led by trans/non-binary, disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill people of color. We’re building a more radically accessible world by creating inclusive, community-driven spaces that center those often pushed to the margins. See more here.

Date: August 13, 2025

Start time: 19:00

Location: Black Healing Centre

Audience: Lead by disabled, racialized queers, but also open to respectful allies

Price: PWYC

Title: Zone Out Contest

Organizer: Queer Sangha

Description: This gentle, quiet competition invites participants to practice the art of mental (dis)engagement—finding peace in simply being rather than doing. Contestants sit or lay down comfortably and attempt to release active thoughts, maintaining a soft, unfocused gaze while hanging out with whatever arises naturally in their minds. The contest starts at 7pm. What to Bring: A potluck dish to share (optional but encouraged) Comfort items (blanket, cushions, yoga mat, or chair) Donations Welcome! All proceeds will be donated to Brick by Brick, supporting their vital and generous work in community. Every contribution, big or small, helps build a stronger foundation against gentrification of Park Ex. Come as you are, leave when you want anytime. Questions? Reach out to @queersangha on IG or queersanghamtl@gmail.com. See more here.

Date: August 13, 2025

Start time: 19:00

End time: 21:00

Location: Parc Jarry

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: Trans Legal Clinic

Organizer: Juritrans

Description: Support for first name, last name or gender marker changes. Legal info and help with anti-trans and anti-queer discrimination. See more here.

Date: August 14, 2025

Start time: 13:00

End time: 17:30

Location: L'Asterisk

Audience: Trans people & loved ones

Price: Free

Title: Pride At The Centre

Organizer: Sweet Like Honey & Femmes du Monde

Description: With Sweet like honey and as part as Wild Pride we’re welcoming you to a party in our image : BIPOC and intergenerational! As usual music and good food are on the program, with calm activities for our more introvert folks Come eat and dance with us! And if you are more introverted, there will also be quieter activities (board games, bracelet making, etc.)

Date: August 14, 2025

Start time: 17:00

End time: 20:00

Location: 6767 Chemin de la Cote-des-neiges

Audience: For all

Price: Free

Title: Conflict Resolution Panel

Organizer: Black Gxrl Sesh

Description: Dialogue centering Black trans femmes and women. See more here.

Date: August 14, 2025

Start time: 20:00

End time: 22:00

Location: Black Healing Centre

Audience: For Black folks

Price: Free

Title: Boxing Class

Organizer: Pelea Boxing Club

Description: For Wild Pride, we’re offering a free weekly intro to boxing and weightlifting class! We have gender neutral lockers, seating for anyone needing to relax or step away momentarily and a sink to replenish water bottles. Bathrooms are outside of our space, in a common area and are unfortunately not gender neutral. See more here.

Date: August 15, 2025

Start time: 15:00

Location: Pelea Boxing Club (8400 Blvd Saint-Laurent, #307)

Audience: For all Queer adults

Price: Free

Title: Youth Activities

Organizer: Jeunesse Lambda

Description: Youth activities. There will be gender gear, STM tickets, and active listening.

Date: August 15, 2025

Start time: 16:00

End time: 20:00

Location: L'Asterisk

Audience: For queer youth, aged 14 to 30

Price: Free

Title: Queering Sex Work

Organizer: Wild Pride, Chez Stella, ASTT(e)Q & others

Description: A panel & discussion on queer sex work hosted by and for sex workers.

Date: August 15, 2025

Start time: 17:00

End time: 20:00

Location: l'Euguelionne (1462 rue Beaudry)

Audience: For sex workers, allies & those interested in sex work

Price: Free

Title: Juice Me - Burlesque

Organizer: Juice Me Collective & Wild Pride

Description: Juice Me is a multifaceted burlesque show! Join us for burlesque, gogo, drag and SO MUCH MORE! We'll have a popsicle and lemonade stand (ren faire bar wench style), button making, silk screening (BYOShirt), a spanking/slapping/hugging/words of affirmation booth, a photo wall, a little bit of a gentle cruising element, and lots of free resources to learn about the defund la police movement! This show will be fundraising for defund la police and all our activities and treats will be accessibly priced but with a goal of raising money for this awesome grassroots cause. Tickets available now online at a sliding scale, please pick the price that's right for you! Lets get juicy! We’ll be raising money for @defundlapolice and giving you an awesome show with lots of interactive elements: -popsicle stand -silk screening station (bring a shirt or something!) -button making station! -Photo Booth wall -kissing/words of affirmation/spanking booth -snacks -free resources to learn about abolition and the defund movement! -an awesome raffle with fun prizes -maybe more things we’ll see! See more here.

Date: August 15, 2025

Start time: 20:00

Location: Espace Tapage, Batiment 7 (1900 rue le Ber)

Audience: For all

Price: Ticketed at sliding scale from $10

Title: Queer Legacy Kiki Ball - Ballroom

Date: August 16, 2025

Start time: 20:00

End time: 00:00

Location: Ausgang Plaza

Audience: For all, Black folks centered

Price: Free for Black folks, sliding scale for others

Title: Messy Party Night

Organizer: Messy collective

Description: Lesbian, queer and trans club night. Come sweat it out on the dancefloor. MESSY’s first club event is going to be an all-out night of ass shaking for the final weekend of Wild Pride. Email (elluimtl.com) or DM us for a 20% QTBIPOC discount code, or for PWYC tickets! DJs Spinelli Lucia DJ Punani See more here.

Date: August 16, 2025

Start time: 23:00

End time: 03:00

Location: Bain Mathieu

Audience: All

Price: Ticketed

Title: Swimming for trans families

Organizer: Wild Pride

Description: A safer swimming space for trans families: trans kids, parents, uncles/aunts, loving kin. A gentle moment to relax, splash and be free together. This space is for families with trans adults and/or trans kids, centering youth under 18 in a safer, affirming, and community-based environment. Trans youth ages 14–17 may attend solo if they can swim. Please be mindful: this event is meant for youth and their trusted grown-ups.

Date: August 17, 2025

Start time: 11:00

End time: 15:00

Location: Piscine Quintal

Audience: For Trans people & loved ones

Price: Free

Title: Abolitionist Community Meditation

Organizer: L'Asterisk

Description: See more here.

Date: August 17, 2025

Start time: 12:00

Location: Black Healing Centre

Audience: For all, QTBIPOC centered

Price: Free

Title: Workout Class

Organizer: Infinity Movement

Description: We are always trying to remove the barrier that stop folks from entertaining places of fitness. In extension to that, we understand that coming to the studio just one time isnt enough to start to build a new practice that will support a mre active lifestyle. Infinity movements participation in Wild Pride is to help introduce a healthy community and regular practice that can support a stronger version of so that we can feel more solid in ourselves and in the world! Our facilities include lockers for storing your bags and clothing, enclosed stall bathrooms that can be used for changing, and two showers. See more here.

Date: August 17, 2025

Start time: 15:00

Location: Infinity Studio (5957 rue de verdun)

Audience: For Queers

Price: Free

Title: Closing Ceremony

Date: August 18, 2025

Start time: 17:30

Location: Square Saint-Louis

Audience: For all

Price: Free