On Friday, Windsor Essex Pride Fest welcomed local MPP Andrew Dowie, local media and members of the public to its office on Ottawa Street to reveal the recent renovations to as well as to recognize a $28,300 Capital Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).
Glitter, balloons, confetti — and a whole lot of pride — filled Ottawa Street on Sunday as thousands gathered to celebrate Windsor’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community and inclusivity.
The Windsor-Essex Pride Fest Parade, which has been celebrated for 32 years, served as a vibrant finale to 10 days of festivities across the city.
The Windsor-Essex Pride Fest(opens in a new tab) Parade returns to Ottawa Street Sunday morning.
The parade begins on Argyle Road and continues down Ottawa Street to Lanspeary Park.
It was all about love Sunday morning on Ottawa Street when up to 3,000 people came out to march in the 32nd Pride Fest Parade.
By 10:30 a.m., supporters of the LGBTQ+ community were already lining the street ready to show their support. By the time the parade started, the crowd had grown in size and enthusiastically cheered on those participating.
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest brought the Pride Parade down Ottawa Street once again Sunday morning.
The annual event, held since 1992, has various participants from all across the city, with many supporters cheering them on throughout the path to Lanspeary Park.
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest, in partnership and support from Lavender Promotions, brought the popular drag show Queens of Pride event back to Lanspeary Park with the pride festival happening this weekend.
‘I’m nervous. I’m excited. I’m really looking forward to marching,’ says Kyra Mnende. After escaping their home countries and coming to Canada, around 30 2SLGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers in Windsor, Ont., will walk in the city’s Pride parade together this weekend.
“No matter what, rain or shine, it’s a beautiful thing when Windsor-Essex comes together and celebrates our individuality and what makes us different,” said local radio host and 2024 Pride ambassador Dan MacDonald. “The best thing about Pride Fest is it celebrates our diversity. All the things we might be insecure about, it celebrates them. That’s why it’s such a powerful festival for me as ambassador.”
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest 2024 began on Aug. 2 with a flag-raising ceremony at Windsor City Hall. Dan MacDonald, official ambassador of this year’s event, was among the many who shared thoughts on the occasion.
As Windsor’s Pride Fest launches into a 10-day celebration of diversity with a city hall flag-raising Friday afternoon (Aug. 2), organizers emphasize the need of understanding its history.
We are a powerful statement of our region’s commitment to equality and diversity as well as to strengthen the sense of community and contribute to the vibrancy, health and overall well-being of 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Windsor-Essex. Your help ensures that this continues to be a number one priority for our community and your organization.
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest is a non-profit organization that depends on continued support of sponsors and donors to provide the services and programming to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community of Windsor-Essex
Whether you have a question about our organization, or one of our events, want to sponsor or donate, or just want to get involved, please get in touch by email or by using the contact form. One of our Windsor-Essex Pride Fest team members will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
Phone: (226) 348-3378
General Inquiries: [email protected]
2109 Ottawa Street, Unit 216
Windsor, Ontario, N8Y 1R8
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Windsor-Essex Pride Fest is funded in part by a generous grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
