Montreal Pride 2024 guide to events, parades and dates

Beginning at 1 pm on August 11, the 2.5 km long Pride parade route begins in the former Gay Village in the downtown west end, running along René-Levesque Boulevard from Metcalfe Street to Alexandre DeSève Street in the heart of the current Village in the east. Don’t forget to observe the Minute of Silence at 2:30 pm to honour those the LGBTQ+ communities have lost to violence and AIDS. 

Meet new people and discover many organizations, community groups and sports teams catering to the LGBTQ+ communities. Kiosks will be lined up along the Sainte-Catherine Street pedestrian mall between Saint-Hubert and Papineau streets in the Village, on August 9 and 10 from 11 am to 6 pm daily. 

On August 9, the Olympic Park will host the biggest drag show ever presented in Montreal, billed as the “Soirée 100% Drag”: hosted by Barbada, MajestiX will showcase local drag royalty beginning at 7:30 pm, followed at  9 pm by Drag Superstars hosted by Rita Baga, which will feature drag artists from various RuPaul’s Drag Race franchises.

The superb Mundo Disko event returns to the Olympic Park’s Esplanade on August 10, from 3 to 11 pm featuring performances by internationally beloved house and disco divas Crystal Waters and France Joli.

The Loto-Québec Stage on the Esplanade Tranquille at the corner of Sainte- Catherine and Clark streets downtown will present many free shows including Afro Drag starring drag artists of Black, African and Caribbean descent (August 1), and FeminiX, an evening dedicated to women of sexual and gender diversity, will feature Montréal’s legendary DJ Misstress Barbara (August 4). In the Village, the Des gags et des paillettes queer-comedy show hosted by hilarious drag star Mona de Grenoble features a lineup of local artists including Coco Belliveau, Tranna Wintour and Sam Cyr, at Le National Theatre on August 2. On August 8 on the Olympic Park’s Esplanade, the ImmiX concert kicks things off with entertainers Marjo, Mitsou, Elisapie, Sarahmée and Pierre Kwenders sharing the stage with emerging artists, accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Simon Godin.

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On August 11, the Olympic Park’s Esplanade will transform into the city’s largest open-air dancefloor for the Mega T-Dance featuring local and international DJs such as DJ Mohammad and Kitty Amor.