For over 15 years, the Queer Arts Festival has presented thought-provoking works and performances to audiences that engage and initiate dialogue. Each year is carefully themed and curated. Here is a historical archive of the Queer Arts Festival from its inception.
Past Events
ArtParty!
Sat Jun 17 | 7pmRoundhouse Exhibition Hall - 181 Roundhouse MewsJoin us as QAF 2023: Queers in Space officially launches...
bumfuzzled monachopsis: innerspace out
Curated Visual Art ExhibitionSat Jun 17 - Wed Jun 28 Mon - Fri 9am - 9pm Sat - Sun 9am - 5pmRoundhouse Exhibition Hall...
Cosmic Connections: Queer Indigenous Astronomy (A View From Above and Below)
Preston Buffalo AR worksSat Jun 17 - Wed Jun 289am to 9pm dailyRoundhouse Exhibition Hall - 181 Roundhouse Mews
Love After the End: Joshua Whitehead & Friends
QAF + Talking Stick Festival: a day in celebration of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer ArtistsSun Jun 18 | 3pm Free cinq-à-sept reception to follow at 5pm
Virago Nation Burlesque
QAF + Talking Stick Festival: a day in celebration of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer ArtistsSun Jun 18 | 7pm Roundhouse Performance Centre – 181 Roundhouse Mews
Kiss & Tell Collective: Lesbian Imagery & Sexual Identities
Thu Jun 22 | 5:30pmOr Gallery - 236 E. Pender St.In this community presentation and Q&A, Dr. Kristen...
New Yams Festival
Odera Igbokwe solo exhibitThu Jun 22 - Fri Jul 28Exhibition is open Tue-Sat, 12 to 6pmSUM gallery - #425-268 Keefer St.
Sujit Vaidya: Breathe In The Fragrance
Fri Jun 23 | 7pmRoundhouse Performance Centre – 181 Roundhouse MewsBreathe In The Fragrance is Sujit Vaidya's celebration of...
Witch Prophet
Sun Jun 25 | 5:30pmšxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square - Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza - 750 Hornby St.Queer Arts Festival partners with Vancouver International Jazz Festival for the second year in a row...
Hymnen an die Nacht:
Claude Vivier RetrospectiveTue Jun 27 | 7pmRoundhouse Performance Centre - 181 Roundhouse MewsIn 1983, Canada’s queerest and...
Glitter is Forever
Wed Jun 28 | 7pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall — 181 Roundhouse MewsOur 16th Queer Arts Festival comes home to dock in spectacular fashion, featuring drag performances by the "only nationally acclaimed All-Asian...
Cross Cultural Queer & Trans Walking Tours
Jun 19 & 26 | 2pmQueer Arts Festival partners with Cross Cultural Walking Tours in celebration of Pride Month for two Cross Cultural Queer & Trans Walking Tours! Cross Cultural Walking Tours are ‘queering’ their 2.5 hour multi-guided tours to build awareness of...
Glitter is Forever
Fri Jul 8 | 7pm Sun Wah Centre, 2nd Floor — 268 Keefer St.Join us for the festival closing party at the Sun Wah Centre: three glorious floors of art, plus music and performances by the Queens,...
Queerotica
A night of literary readings Wed Jul 6 | 7pm Sun Wah Centre, 2nd Floor – 268 Keefer St.Berend McKenzie, Curator
Vanishing Act at Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art Curator Tour
Sat Jul 2 | 3pmFollowed by an opening reception: Sat Jul 2 | 5pmCentre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art - Unit 205, 268 Keefer St.
Bijuriya: Gabriel Dharmoo
Tue Jun 28 | 7pmRoundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre Performance Centre – 181 Roundhouse MewsGabriel Dharmoo is a music composer and experimental vocalist....
Reel Eerie
Sun Jun 26 | 7pmRoundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre Performance Centre - 181 Roundhouse MewsCS Fergusson-Vaux & Ben...
Adria Kain + Janette King
Fri Jun 24 | 7:30pmPerformance Works, Granville Island - 1218 Cartwright St.Queer Arts Festival proudly partners with Coastal Jazz and Blues Society to bring you a night of stunning R&B vocal artistry: Adria Kain...
Catalina La O Presenta:
Now With MeThu Jun 23 | 7pmSat Jun 25 | 2pm Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre Performance Centre - 181 Roundhouse Mews
HAUNTINGS: Pride in Art Community Show
Jun 20 - Jul 8Exhibition open Wed thru Sat, 12 - 6pmThe James Black Gallery – 144 E 6th Ave.Opening Reception: Mon Jun 20, 7pm
VANISHING ACT:
Curated Visual Art ExhibitionJun 18 - Jul 8 Wed thru Sat, 12 - 6pmSun Wah Centre 3rd Floor, 4th Floor - 268 Keefer St.
ArtParty!
Sat Jun 18 | 7pmSun Wah Centre Rooftop - 268 Keefer St. We’re back! What better way to kick off QAF 2022 than from the rooftop of...
Hauntings
JUN 18 - JUL 8 | 2022What haunts you? Fear? Insecurity? Longing? In a Queer context, our very existence is haunting ― a reminder of what colonial culture attempted to erase and an ephemeral suggestion of what future...
Sun Oct 24 | 5pm Transdisciplinary music performance | Mountain View Cemetery
Sat July 24 | 7- 10 pm Festival Opening | SUM & Sun Wah 268 Keefer
Sat Jul 24 - Fri Aug 13, from 12 – 6pmVisual Art Exhibition | Sun Wah 268 Keefer, Lower Ground Floor