Kingston ON, June 1st, 2019 – Kingston Pride Inc. kicked off Pride Month today with the formal release of its line-up of events to celebrate 30 years of LGBTQ+ activism in Kingston. Kingston Pride’s members chose as a theme “Remember the Past – Create the Future” as a way to mark the long history of Pride in the Limestone City. Events will be concentrated during the week of June 10th, culminating with the much-anticipated Pride Parade and Community Fair on June 15th. The full event line-up is as follows:
Monday, June 10th to Friday, June 14th
Remember the Past, Create the Future: 9:00AM to 5:00PM Daily Portraits of LGBTQ2S+ Trail Blazers Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning 370 King Street West, Kingston ON
Monday June 10th
Pride Coffee House 6:00PM – 8:00PM Balzac’s Coffee Roasters 251 Princess Street, Kingston ON
Wednesday, June 12th
Pride Week Ecumenical Service 7:00 PM The Spire (formerly Sydenham Street United Church) 82 Sydenham Street, Kingston ON
Thursday, June 13th
Pride Movie in the Square – “LOVE SIMON” 8:30PM (sundown) – 10:30PM Springer Market Square 216 Ontario Street, Kingston ON
Friday, June 14th
“Out on the Queen” Pride Boat Cruise 6:30PM to 10:00PM 1000 Islands Cruises 1 Brock Street, Kingston ON
Saturday, June 15th
9:45AM Pride Flag Raising/Indigenous Land Acknowledgement/Reading of City’s Pride Proclamation Kingston City Hall Steps 216 Ontario Street, Kingston ON
10:00AM to 6:00 PM Pride Community Fair Confederation Basin Park 6 Clarence Street, Kingston ON
11:00AM to 12:30PM Pride Parade Princess Street From Alfred St. to Confederation Basin Park
8:00PM to 2:00AM “Pride is the Future” Drag Show and Dance Renaissance Event Venue 285 Queen Street, Kingston ON
Sunday, June 16th
“The Big Gay Brunch” 10:30AM – 3:30PM The Public House/Cajun on King 343 King Street East, Kingston ON
More details for all events can be found at www.kingstonpride.ca/events/
About Kingston Pride Inc.
Kingston Pride Inc. is a volunteer-run, membership-based non-profit organization established in 1989 that works to promote awareness, acceptance, and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community in Kingston and its surrounding area. Kingston Pride Inc. coordinates a wide range of activities throughout the year to celebrate diversity, and on behalf of its members and the entire LGBTQ+ community and its family, friends, and allies, will celebrate Pride 2019 and its own 30th anniversary by presenting events throughout the month of June.
Contact
To learn more about Kingston Pride Inc. and Pride Month in Kingston, please contact:
Ted Robinson (he/him) – Festival Director ted@kingstonpride.ca
Amber Lockwood (she/her) – Board of Directors amber@kingstonpride.ca
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