Windsor-Essex Pride Fest, now in its 33rd year, invites you to join us for the annual Flag Raising Ceremony that kicks off our festival each year, this symbolic event brings to light why our annual festival of diversity is so important to the 2SLGBTQIA community.
The ceremony will take place on Friday, August 1, 2025 at 1:00 pm at City Hall Square to celebrate the official opening of the Windsor-Essex Pride Fest.
MC’d by Windsor’s own Mel Lucier, featuring guest speakers along with Windsor-Essex Pride Fest Board of Directors, local dignitaries, community leaders, allies, supporters and our 2SLGBTQIA community as we come together to show their support for this important community, cultural and tourist attraction in Windsor and Essex County.
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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