East Side Pride
returns for 2026!
Bringing community, creativity, and queer joy back to the heart of East Vancouver.
Rooted in connection and community care, East Side Pride celebrates the diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities through music, art, drag, dance, and grassroots culture. Whether you’re reconnecting with chosen family, discovering local queer talent, or simply soaking in the summer atmosphere, this is a space to show up fully and unapologetically as yourself.
On June 27–28, join Vancouver Pride Society on the East Side for two days of community, creativity, and queer joy. From drag in the park and local vendors to late-night performances and drag brunch, East Side Pride is a celebration of queer community in all its forms.
Saturday, June 27
East Side Pride Festival
📍 Grandview Park, Vancouver
🕚 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
🎟️ Free & All Ages
Kick things off at Grandview Park with a vibrant, all-ages community celebration featuring drag performances, live music, local vendors, food, artists, and community organizations showing up and showing out. Expect summer vibes, queer joy, and plenty of space to connect with community.
Performer information coming soon!
TODDLERS & TANTRUMS: The Drag “Pageant”
📍 Hideaway Bar (Waldorf Hotel) — 1489 East Hastings St
🕖 Doors 7:30 PM, Show 8:00 - 10:00 PM
🎟️ 19+, Proceeds towards DMS
Keep the celebration going into the evening with TODDLERS & TANTRUMS — a chaotic, campy drag “contest” full of big personalities, questionable decisions, and unforgettable performances. Presented by Phyllis Hull & WhatTheFrock Productions.
A Drag Pageant celebrating bratty behaviour, outfits worth ridicule and makeup / hair to die laughing at.
Tantrums will be thrown. Crowns will be questioned. Dignity will not be invited.
Welcome to Tantrums & Tiaras: The Pageant, a drag parody spectacle where glamour meets full emotional collapse. Contestants of all kinds will battle it out in three highly prestigious and deeply unserious categories:
Talent (questionable)
Runway (delusional)
Q&A (dangerous)
Expect rhinestones, riggory allegations, and at least one competitor who absolutely did not rehearse.
A panel of judges will be scoring with complete authority, while the audience gets a say too, because what is a pageant without a little chaos and favouritism? Will they serve excellence? Will they spiral on stage? Will they answer the question they were actually asked?
Hosted by Glimmer, Lonnie Hall de Vander Vogue and Phyliss Hull
Sunday, June 28
BACON & L’EGGS: Drag Brunch (Dr Seuss Theme)
📍 Howe Sound Taphouse (Waldorf Hotel) — 1489 East Hastings St
🕛 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
👨👩👧 All Ages & Family Friendly
🎟️ Free by Donation, Proceeds support SAIGE Food Bank
Wrap up the weekend with brunch, drag, and community at BACON & L’EGGS. Bring your friends, family, chosen family, and appetite for an afternoon of performances, laughter, and good food for a good cause. Presented by Phyllis Hull & WhatTheFrock Productions.
Come join us for a fun-filled all-ages drag brunch featuring a Dr Seuss theme!
Welcome to the Bacon & L'eggs All-Ages Drag Brunch happening at Howe Sound Taphouse & Kitchen - East Van!
Get ready for a fabulous morning filled with delicious food, entertaining drag performances, and a whole lot of fun. This event is perfect for all ages, so bring your friends, family, or anyone who loves a good time. Join us for a one-of-a-kind brunch experience that you won't want to miss!
This community show is very well attended so book as soon as you can.
Come dressed in costume or just as you are.