Queer Arts Festival
Jun 5 – 30, 2026
SUM gallery, On Main Gallery
The Birdhouse
Malaspina Printmakers
Ocean Artworks
Firehall Arts Centre
Or Gallery
Festival 2026 Theme: On the Edge
Queer Arts Festival 2026 embraces the precipice as both danger and possibility. Around the world, queer and trans communities are being pushed to the brink: rights stripped away, identities erased, futures uncertain. Yet edges are also where transformation begins, where risk and reinvention thrive. On the Edge asks what happens when we refuse to fall, when we linger in tension, desire, and anticipation — holding that charged space just a little longer before what comes next.
2026 Festival Schedule
ArtParty! | June 5 | 7-10pm | FREE | Sun Wah Centre, 4th Floor with DJ OShow…
Varied Editions | June 5 – 27 | Tues – Sat | 12pm – 6pm | FREE | Queer Printmakers Exhibition | On Main Gallery…
QAF Community Art Show | June 5 – 27 | Tues – Sat | FREE | SUM gallery…
A Night of Storytelling: Rebirth | June 6 | 7pm | $0-$25 sliding scale | Studio 001, Sun Wah Centre, LG Floor…
Papermaking Workshop | June 7 | 10am – 2pm | $10 | Malaspina Printmakers, Granville Island…
Trans Boxing Intro Series QAF Edition | June 9, 16, 23, 30 | 7:30 – 9pm | $90 – $150, sliding scale | Witness The Fitness, Sun Wah Centre, 4th floor…
Silkscreen Workshop | June 13 | 11am – 3pm | $10 | Malaspina Printmakers, Granville Island…
Zine Workshop | June 14 | 11am – 3pm | $10 | Sun Wah Centre, 4th floor…
Skátne (All Together): Queer Indigenous Films From Turtle Island and Beyond | June 18 | 7pm | $0 – $25 sliding scale | The Birdhouse…
My House by FakeNot | June 19 & 20 | 8pm | $38 / $29 | The Dance Centre…
QAF Clothing Swap | June 20 | 3 – 5pm | FREE | Sun Wah Centre, 4th floor…
I Love Them By The Edge: An Afternoon of Queer Indigenous Poetry | Queer Poetry Reading | June 20 | 2 – 3pm | FREE | Or Gallery…
Queer Weight Lifting 101 | June 21 | 2 – 3pm | June 24 | 6-7:30 pm | $15 – $30 Sliding | Witness The Fitness, Sun Wah Centre, LG Floor…
Tomoki Sanders | Jazz Festival Co-Production | June 25 | 8pm | $38 +fees | The Birdhouse
Fin’Amor Songs from a Former Criminal | June 26 | 7pm | $0 – $25 sliding scale | Firehall Arts Centre
Man Up Musicals Drag Show | June 27 | 9:30pm – late | $14 – 26 | The Birdhouse
Jazz Festival Co-Production with Wallgrin & Devours | June 28 | 8:30pm | $15 at the door | Ocean Artworks, Granville Island