UPCOMING EVENTS:
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!
PAST EVENTS:
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!
