Salmon Arm Pride Project
Loud and Proud Celebration: June 5 - 7, 2026
Friday evening: Dance party with soul/HipHop artist Kimmortal at Song Sparrow Hall. Featuring Jade the Babe, and Angie Muhawenimana.
Saturday morning: Salmon Arm’s first ever Pride Parade! We want YOU to be a part of the parade!!! Click here to join!
Saturday afternoon: An all-ages community celebration at Blackburn Park featuring and Running with Pianos and Percusshunkidd. Interested in having a booth? Click here.
Sunday morning: Crowd favourite Drag Pancake Brunch with Freida Whales and her pod at Song Sparrow Hall.
Sunday evening: Open Mic Comedy Night at Cahoots. Performing? You and a friend will get in free!
The Salmon Arm Pride Project is pleased to host the Allowed and Proud Celebration
Salmon Arm Pride Project is a collaborative venture with the goal of including the whole community in furthering LGBTQ2S+ awareness, visibility and acceptance, using the arts as a binding force. As a community within a community, we commit to providing a safe environment to conduct our work ethically and cooperatively, with a focus on research, education, equity, social justice and safety.
PRIDE PROJECT ARCHIVES
2025 Lineup
2024 Lineup
2023 Lineup
Salmon Arm Pride Project 2022:
14 Events in 9 Days
With a free live concert, 2 drag shows and a jam packed schedule of arts based events, 2022 was our biggest in-person year yet!
Thanks to amazing partnerships and wonderful artists we were able to facilitate event based placemaking for the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Salmon Arm, B.C.
Arts and Inclusivity for All
Salmon Arm Pride Project is a collaborative venture with the goal of including the whole community in furthering LGBTQ2S+ awareness, visibility and acceptance, using the arts as a binding force. As a community within a community, we commit to providing a safe environment to conduct our work ethically and cooperatively, with a focus on research, education, equity, social justice and safety.
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Small Town Pride
A hallmark of life in small towns and cities is the sense of community pride. Whether it’s coming together…
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I Met My Wife on Tinder
I met my wife on Tinder. I was looking for women with that familiar bio line…
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What Makes a Safe Space?
For the purpose of city planning, it is common to “map” all the resources within a given area – roads…
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The Story of My Name
In early 2020, before the pandemic truly hit, Salmon Arm Arts Centre hosted the exhibition SheShe by Julie Oakes…
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I Found Myself and My Community
She was not your typical woman. I had seen her around the club and knew she was a trainer…
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The Art of Ceremony: Interview with Sue Cairnie
Sue Cairnie is a Shuswap life-cycle celebrant who helps people to create magical, one-of-a-kind experiences…
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I Felt Like Me
Blog post contributed by Wren Rathbone @sugar.coated.galaxies I volunteered at a haunted trail when I was 19 years old…
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Why Did The Salmon Arm Arts Centre Create The Pride Project?
Blog post contributed by Tracey Kutschker, Director/Curator @SalmonArmArtsCentre I’m a mom. Before anything else in my life…
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The Salmon Arm Pride Project 2020: Window Display Contest
To warm Salmon Arm up for our first annual Pride Project Arts & Awareness Festival, we teamed up…
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The Art of Drag: Interview with Freida Whales
We connected with Kelowna’s Freida Whales at 2018’s Arts BC conference, and dreamed of collaborating…
