THE WINNIPEG PRIDE FESTIVAL is made possible by the volunteers and organizations who lend their skills, time, energy, and money in support of our community.  

Special Thanks to Lambda and Pink Money Events: Rainbow Community Development, The Rainbow Resource Centre, WhatWomynWant, CKUW/Queer In Your Ear, Jennifer Davis, the trans.zine!, Southside Golf Course, OutThere Sports and Rec, Augustine United Church, and Drew Bickford & Elayna Bilous for creating and managing such fantastic Community Events.

There were many people and organizations who helped and we wanted to highlight a few who made us proud. 

Flag Raising at City Hall:
Winnipeg City Hall; The Mayor’s Office; Acting Deputy Mayor Gord Steeves; Councillors Jenny Gerbasi, John Orlikow, and Harvey Smith; Chocolate Zen Bakery; Piper Pam; and those who came out to celebrate the raising of the Rainbow Flag.

FUSION: The Garden of Eden:
Blush Ultraclub; Taavo Soodor; DJ Ryan G, DJ Wizzard, DJ Hott Boxxx; Davin Furtado with Sara St. Goddard and Kristine Wilson; Breyanna Burlesque with Benoit Forest and Aaron Stringer; Rob Thomas; Mario Cortez; Bill Dymond; Siku Glacier Iced Vodka; GLBTT Sexual Health Promotion Coalition; Gio’s, Club 200, McNally Robinson Booksellers, Adonis Spa, TicketWeb, and Pride Committee ticket sellers (and associates); Rob Coté of Blindside Creative.

Pride Rally & March:
The Manitoba Legislature Grounds; MC: Adam Jennings; The City of Winnipeg Police Chiefs Office and Police Officers; Float Judges: Murray Sloane - Siku Glacier Ice Vodka, Duane Nicol - Assiniboine Credit Union, and Cam Bush; Dee and the Security Team; Rob S. and his doggy stop crew; Parade marshals; MPIC; Political leaders who came to show their support; Winnipeg Downtown Biz; All those who marched, watched, or had floats or walking groups.

Pride Festival & Lambda Business Fair:
MC: Adam Jennings; Main stage performers: Kate Reid, Jeff Straker, Süss Trio, TechPara Winnipeg, Welcome to Reykjavik, SOMS, Ms. Gio’s Trio; Facepainters Tia and Cassandra; Anders at UofM for recycling bins; Donna G., and the Two-Spirit People of Manitoba; All Biz Fair registrants; Sandy, Val, Richard, Debbie, Tracy, Vicki and the other setup & cleanup volunteers.

AND:
Past board members: Danika M., Tyson C., MaureenC., Daryl M., Murray L.;

Chocolate Zen Bakery for the fabulous Pride Cake, RPM for the Pride Buttons, and to Gio’s, their board and staff for giving us a venue for committee meeetings throughout the year.

RPM - Rainbow Pride Mosaic; Outwords Inc.; LGBT Centre of the U of W; Mandy and Nancy - Sign Language Interpreteurs; Kenny Boyce & Rob Christianson; and anyone who lent a helping hand or went out of their way to help out... we are sorry we can’t name you all!

And finally... our sincerest gratitude to all of the partners, friends, and families of the hard working members of the Winnipeg Lesbian & Gay Pride Committee.

Thank you for your patience, caring, and support over the last 10 months, we couldn’t have done this without you standing proudly beside us.

With Pride,

The Winnipeg Pride Committee