Comox Valley Pride 2025 – Celebrate, Connect, and Co-Create with Us
Intersectionality & 2SLGBTQIA+ Allyship Workshop
On August 19, we invited the community to deepen their learning and engagement around 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion.
The two-hour workshop focused on guided self-reflection, sharing, and collaborative experiential learning.
Thank you to the Community Justice Centre for partially sponsoring this event, and to the Vancouver Island Regional Library in Courtenay for generously providing the venue.
Pride in the Park
Join us on Saturday, August 23, 2025 from 12-3:30 pm!
This year’s event will be held in Lewis Park (new location!!) following the Pride Parade down Fifth Street, which has been organized this year by our friends at Queer Centre and Weird Church.
Pride in the Park is a free, all-ages event celebrating queer life, diversity, and joy with plenty for folks to do and enjoy. It has continued to grow over the years and, with the increased space provided at Lewis Park, there will now be over 40 local vendors, artisans, and community groups in attendance. Kid friendly activities included! Several food trucks will be available for attendees to visit as well. Don’t miss out on the glamorous lineup of performers that are eager to entertain you at the main stage, hosted by our own local comedian Patti Savard! Check out our social media pages that highlight the amazing artists!
Masked Pride Event
Please join us for a fun and chill afternoon of crafting and button-making!
Where: Florence Filberg Center, 411 Anderton Ave, small craft room
- wheelchair accessible
- gender-neutral washroom
- for access requests or questions, please be in touch with Lea: [email protected]
- KN95 or N95 masks required and provided
- please do not attend if you have covid or flu symptoms
- air purifier provided, plus option of opening windows
You can find more information on the Facebook event page.
Two-Spirit & Indigenous LGBTQIA+ Artist Event
The Pride Society of the Comox Valley is collaborating with I-Hos Gallery and community members to host an event celebrating Indigenous queerness in the Comox Valley. It will take place at the end of August/beginning of September 2025 (specific dates TBD).
If you are interested in participating in the opening with a performance medium, please email [email protected].
If you are interested in having your art featured at I-Hos, please fill out this form by August 29!
Check out all the other events happening in the Comox Valley, planned by local organizations and businesses!
Pride Society’s FAQs:
Where can I find information about the Pride in the Park event?
You can visit our Facebook and Instagram pages for recent updates. The Pride in the Park event will be held from 12-3:30 pm at Lewis Park on Saturday August 23, 2025.
How do I sponsor or send funds to support the Pride in the Park event?
We accept e-transfers to [email protected], with “sponsorship” in the message box, or by cheque (address is found here). We’ll contact you with more information.
I’d love to volunteer at Pride in the Park! Where can I sign up?
Sign up here: https://volunteersignup.org/XR4L4
I’d love to be a vendor at Pride in the Park! Where can I apply?
Our vendor spots are currently sold out, and we are no longer taking a waitlist.
Where can I register for the Pride Parade?
The Pride Parade is organized by Weird Church and Queer Centre. Here is the registration link.
Where do I get tickets for the Wayward Distillery Party and the Drag Brunch?
Queer Culture organizes these events.
Pride in the Park is being planned by volunteers and we thank you for your patience.
Community Conversations
Focus Group Update:
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the focus groups and 1:1 conversations—your insights and openness are deeply appreciated. You can still sign-up for focus groups and one-on-one conversations. We are extending the opportunity to participate into August and September!
Here is the online registration link: 2SLGBTQIA+ Focus Groups or Individual Conversations
Click here for Frequently Asked Questions.
General Information:
We’re looking for folx of all ages and intersecting identities to share your experiences with health, social services, and community. Your voice will help us highlight the community’s strengths and focus on the areas that matter most.
Be part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community conversations to help shape future resource development, inform policy and social change, and build a connected community!
The anonymous survey will be released over the summer and wrapped up in the fall.
Community Engagement Sessions
In the fall of 2025, we’ll be hosting engagement sessions with local organizations, grassroots groups, businesses, and policymakers to set priorities and begin collaborative resource development that’s informed by the 2SLGBTQIA+ community!
If your group is invested in building a more inclusive, connected community, we’d love for you to be part of the conversation. Email Janine at [email protected] to be added to the list.
PAST EVENTS:
Pride in the Park 2024
Plans for our August 2024 Pride Weekend celebration are well underway. This year we’ll be collaborating with community partners on additional events in the week leading up to Pride in the Park, so stay up to date on our social media. In the meantime, here are some items for which plans are in progress. Watch our social media for updates. Please take note of the free, youth-friendly events on the list below! The second list includes events that are ticketed and/or 19+ themed. (UPDATE: the Pride Pet Walk originally scheduled for August 21 needed to be rescheduled due to bad weather. Please watch our socials for the new date in August.)
And to help you find your way around Pride in the Park, scroll down this page to find a map with the layout of vendors, stage, First Aid, the Nirvana Cabana quiet tent, food vendors and more!
MUNICIPAL FLAG RAISINGS:
All Pride flag raisings will take place on FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 at the respective municipal halls. We encourage members of the community to attend!
Village of Cumberland 10:00 am
City of Courtenay 11:00 am
Town of Comox 12:00 noon
And we’d like to take the opportunity to thank our sponsors for Pride in the Park 2024. We can’t do it without their generous assistance, so please thank and support them!
- Jenn Beks, The Mortgage Group
- Trinity Consultants / Ecofish Research
- The Cure Hot Sauce Company
- Coastal Community Credit Union
- The Mustard Lady
- Waypoint Insurance
- Sunday Station
- Whitaker Farm
- Accessibility Powered Consulting
- Sure Copy Courtenay
- Justin Crawford Realty
- Cumberland Village Wellness
- Sinnott Electric
- UFCW Local 247
- Water Pure & Simple
- Yellow Boot Farm
- Atlas Café
- Rotary Club of Comox Valley
- Wild & United Athletics
And a big thanks to Woofy’s on Ryan Road and Studio 79 Spa for generously stepping up to provide prizes for the youth-organized Pride Pet Walk!
Check our social media for more details on these and other local events, plus info from other Pride groups around Vancouver Island. Help celebrate Pride, Island-wide!
Pride in the Park 2023
After a 4-year hiatus, Pride in the Park returned to the Comox Valley!
In the lead-up to Pride Weekend, we had the pleasure of collaborating with Queer Culture, who orchestrated the Valley’s first-ever Pride Parade, plus a sold-out club night and drag brunch. CV Pride also partnered with the City of Courtenay’s LINC Youth Centre , who hosted a very successful youth Pride dance, and with the Comox Valley Regional District Recreation on a free Pride Family Swim to close out the weekend.
The parade ended up in Simms Park, where the Pride Society was waiting to greet the crowd along with a host of performers and exhibitors. The weekend was a huge success overall with overwhelming support from our sponsors and community partners, and it was beautiful to see all the smiling faces everywhere.
Here’s a short video snapshot of the day made by Roz Humphreys, using her live footage in combination with photos by Sara Kempner Photography.
For a link to the full gallery of photos of the Pride Parade and Pride in the Park by Sara Kempner Photography, see our Gallery page!
