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The Edmonton Pride Parade and Trans March is back!

Celebrate Pride in the heart of downtown Edmonton. The Pride Parade and Trans March will take place on Saturday, August 22, 2026.

For those who identify as part of the LGBTQ2S+ community, Pride is about celebrating diversity and inclusion, increasing visibility, and ending the stigma. Pride is about how far we have come towards equality and how far we still must go for that right.

Road Closures

The following road closures will be in effect on Saturday, August 22 for the Pride Parade and Trans March:

99 Street, between 102 and 102A Avenue
102A Avenue, between 97 and 101 Street
100 Street, between 102 and 103 Avenue
101 Street, between 102 and 103 Avenue
The intersection of 102 Street and 103 Avenue
103 Avenue, between 101 and 103 Street
103 Street, between 102 and 104 Avenue
104 Avenue, between 101 and 104 Street
102 Street, between 103 and 105 Avenue

Parking is not permitted at these locations. Vehicles may be tagged and towed. Local access will be maintained where possible.

Parking

EPark options are available at the Stanley A. Milner and Canada Place parkades. The City Hall parkade will remain open, but will only be accessible from the north via 103A Avenue and 99 Street from 8am-4pm. Access from 102A Avenue and 99 Street reopens after 4pm. Check real-time parking availability for City parkades.

Parkades with limited access during the road closure hours include:

Bell Tower
City Centre West
Precise ParkLink
Century Place
Edmonton Tower
ICE District Central Parkade

Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) Impacts

Starting at 11am on August 23, bus routes 1, 7, 9, 110X, 111, 511, 523, 701, 900X and 901 will be detoured. All routes are expected to return to regular routing by 4pm.

Riders are encouraged to plan ahead and allow extra travel time. View the full list of detours.

Edmonton Pride Festival

The Edmonton Pride Festival runs from August 21-23, 2026.

June is Pride Month

For more information on the many events happening throughout the City, visit the Pride Edmonton Events Calendar.

ETS Pride Bus

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Pride in Edmonton, the City launched its second Pride bus to help recognize the importance of unity, equality and diversity. As with the City’s first Pride bus, which was launched by Edmonton Transit Service in 2019, this bus stays in circulation year-round demonstrating support for the LGBTQ2S+ community.

This bus is wrapped with celebratory and inclusive pride artwork. The creative concept symbolizes colours and identities coming together to embody uniqueness and inclusivity. The design’s pattern does not repeat and has no hierarchy, representing the diversity and inclusion of all GSRM (gender, sexual and romantic minority) identities.