Halifax Pride 'full steam ahead' for Saturday parade

After the Halifax Pride parade was cancelled in 2023, the organization says it's looking forward to getting back on track this year.

"We're full steam ahead," operations manager Fiona Kerr said this week during an interview with CBC Radio's Mainstreet Nova Scotia.

CBC will be livestreaming the Pride parade, which is set for Saturday at noon AT, and the festival runs until Sunday, July 28.

The parade route will begin at the north end of Ahern Avenue and travel down Bell Road, Sackville Street, Spring Garden Road, and other streets, before ending at the Garrison Grounds.

This year's route for the Halifax Pride parade. (Halifax Pride)

This year's Pride ambassador is April Hubbard, a queer and disabled artist who has worked to increase accessibility in Atlantic Canada, including in queer art spaces.

The late Jane Kansas, a writer and activist who died in 2022 and worked for the organization in the '90s, has also been named an honorary ambassador for Pride this year, said Kerr.

"She really did a lot to move our organization and festival forward," she said. "She actually brought our after-parties out of closed spaces and into the public, and here we are today on the Garrison Grounds."

The full schedule of Pride events, including community planned festivities, is available here.

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