Diversity Cornwall Pride Parade and Festival returns for a 10th Year
July 4, 2025
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Cornwall, ON – The long-awaited Pride Parade and Festival is back from July 12th to July 20th, featuring nine days of exciting events across Cornwall, Akwesasne, and SD&G, with the annual Pride Parade & Festival on Saturday, July 19th. This year’s festival, the 10th anniversary, is gearing up to be the biggest Pride Celebration yet!
The parade will begin at the Cornwall Aquatic Centre (100 Water Street East) at 11 am and head north on Sydney Street, west on Fourth Street and south on Pitt Street before wrapping up in Lamoureux Park for the Pride Festival, which runs until 6 pm.
Pride Week 2025
The Pride Parade & Festival is just one of many events planned by Diversity Cornwall as part of its 2025 Pride Week.
Residents and visitors are encouraged to visit the Diversity Cornwall Facebook page to register for an event!
Other activities include:
Saturday, July 12th
Rainbow Crosswalk at 11am
1st & Pitt Street
Drag Gala at 7pm
Shooters Pub & Nightclub
Sunday, July 13th
Pride Service 10am
Knox St. Paul’s United Church
Beach Day 12pm to 4:30pm
Mille Roches Beach
Monday, July 14th
Flag Raising 5pm to 5:30pm
Cornwall City Hall
Tuesday, July 15th
Drag Story Time 5pm to 6:30pm
Diversity Cornwall Headquarters
Panel Discussion 6:30pm to 8pm
Diversity Cornwall Headquarters
Wednesday, July 16th
Pride Visit to the Zoo 10am to 3pm
Vanderlaand The Barnyard Zoo
Thursday, July 17th
Queers & Beers 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Rurban Brewing
Friday, July 18th
BGC Alexandria Craft Night 6pm to 9pm
Island Park
Art Hive Craft 6pm to 9pm
Diversity Cornwall Headquarters
Saturday, July 19th
Pride Parade 11am
Lamoureux Park
Pride Festival 12pm to 6pm
Lamoureux Park
Pride After Party 9pm
Shooters Pub & Nightclub
Sunday, July 20th
Pride Brunch 10am to 12pm
Cornwall Knights of Columbus Hall
Additional Information
Founded in 2016, Diversity/Diversite Cornwall is a charitable organization founded to coordinate the annual Cornwall Pride Festival and other community events with the goal of fostering diversity, unity, and visibility.
They are using public awareness and education about the 2SLGBTQ+ community to combat homophobia and discrimination.
For more information about this week of fun events, visit the Diversity Cornwall Facebook page or the Diversity Cornwall website.
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