Pride Winnipeg Celebrates Community at Annual Festival at The Forks, May 31 - June 1

Pride Winnipeg is ready to bring its 2025 festivities to the city and this year's celebration features plenty of live music.

The annual event kicks off May 23 with a variety of activities throughout the city, culminating in the festival at The Forks on May 31 and June 1.

This year's Pride Winnipeg Festival welcomes a glittering lineup of drag performers as well as a stellar lineup of live music to the main stage featuring this year's headliner, JUNO-winning Toronto-based, Tataskweyak Cree Nation multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter and producer Sebastian Gaskin plus local music makers including Ami Cheon, Bobby Dove, Hera, Kilusan, and many more.

The Mamawi Stage -- renamed from the Community Stage to honour the memories two champions of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, Slaytana and Elder Kelly Houle -- is slated to feature dynamic performances from 2SQTBIPOC drag artists, bands, solo musicians, comedians, dancers, poets, and more throughout the weekend, including Kilusan, Rein, and many more. 

The Kids Stage will feature live music from Jessee Havey & the Banana Band, and Mama Cutsworth's Family Dance Hour.

You can also find plenty of community events happening throughout Winnipeg via Pride Winnipeg's website and stay current with their app. 

Pride Winnipeg organizes five milestone events including the Flag Raising, Vigil, Rally, Parade, and Festival. In addition to Pride's programming, there are often dozens of events organized by the community during Pride Season. Download the Pride Winnipeg app for all the details.

Get into the Pride spirit with our Pride Spotify playlist featuring artists from the LGBTQ2S* community in Manitoba including Anastasia Jane, Annaxis, Begonia, CEC, Fire & Smoke, FONTINE, Harper K. Smith, HAVS, Jennifer Machado, Johnny Broadway, Kieran West, Mulligrub, Peter Harder, Raine Hamilton, Sierra Noble, Syd Bomek, and more being added!

Schedule

Saturday, May 31

Mainstage

Host: Cake

1:30 PM The Band at the Bottom of the Sea
2:15 PM The Carabiners
3:15 PM Bicycle Face
4:15 PM Hera
5:20 PM Bobby Dove
6:15 PM The Kaptain

Mamawi Stage

Host: Simon Miron

1:00 PM The Rangers
1:45 PM November Underground
3:30 PM DJ Kilusan
5:00 PM Hold on Surely
6:15 PM Dreyden's Fashion Show

Kids Stage

Hosts: Olivia and Issa

12:30 PM Art City Pronoun Pins Workshop
1:30 PM Act It Out! With MTYP
2:30 PM Drag Story Time with Ruby Chopstix, Good Medicine, and Jolean Ground Beef
3:15 PM Jean's Clown Turn
4:00 PM Mama Cutsworth's Family Dance Party

Sunday, June 1

Mainstage

Hosts: Koas / Chrissy Troy / Ace Burpee

12:30 PM Big Broadway Sing-Along
12:30 PM Ruby Chopstix
1:15 PM Lady Muse and The Inspirations
2:15 PM Satina Loren & 25th Imperial House
2:35 PM Koas
3:00 PM Ami Cheon
4:00 PM NADUH
5:00 PM Bannock Babes
5:45 PM Sebastian Gaskin
6:45 PM House of Gold Diamonds

Mamawi Stage

1:00 PM Rein
1:45 PM Tinge
2:45 PM The Haus of Wolves
4:15 PM Zoon
5:15 PM Haus of Lube
6:00 PM M.C. LUV & Wanda G

Kids Stage

Hosts: Olivia Limehard Sky and Issa

1:00 PM Jessee Havey and the Banana Band
2:00 PM Big Broadway Sing-Along
2:45 PM Drag Story Time with Ruby Chopstix, Good Medicine, and Jolean Ground Beef
3:45 PM Giinawind Riverbend Community School Abinoojiiyag Nagamog Children's Choir
4:00 PM Act It Out! With MTYP

This event is an MB Live partnered event. For more info about MB Live, visit manitobamusic.com/mblive. For more info about partnerships, please visit manitobamusic.com/partnerships.