Welcome the Edmonton Pride Week Society Website

CONGRATULATIONS TO
RENE BREAULT
Edmonton, Alberta

WINNER of the Edmonton Pride Festival Survey 2010 Draw!
Rene wins a nights stay at the Matrix Hotel and $500.00
Thank you to everyone who participated in our survey.

2010 is Edmonton's 30th Anniversary of Honoring and Celebrating Pride!

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.

In 2009, attendance was over 22,000 attendees, enjoying 26 events over the course of the 10 day Festival.

The Festival is organized by The Edmonton Pride Week Society (EPWS), 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 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GBLT) 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!