Saturday, August 1st, 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Britannia 55+ Centre, 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver
One block north of Grandview Park
Facilitated by Blair Brienza
QUIRK-E will light up the Vancouver Dyke March Festival with our raucous Hockey Fans skit, inspiring queer history stories and a moving poem by a trans youth. Join us in the air-conditioned comfort of the cooling space in the Britannia 55+ Centre. There will be chairs, tables, fans, and universal washrooms. This space is wheelchair accessible and will be mask-mandatory throughout the day. QUIRK-E will perform from 3-4 PM followed by a 4-5 PM talk back facilitated by the dynamic host of Queer Poetry Open Mic, Blair Brienza. You might get a new friend, a new handmade bookmark or a new perspective. Come find out!
Vancouver Dyke March and Festival Schedule
- 11 AM Marchers meet at McSpadden Park
- 12 PM March leaves McSpadden Park
Festival at Grandview Park opens - ~ 1 PM March arrives at Grandview Park
- 3 PM QUIRK-E Performance in Britannia 55+ Centre
- 4 PM Talk Back with QUIRK-E Elders, facilitated by Blair Brienza
- 5 PM: Festival and performances end
We’ll begin in McSpadden Park with some pre-March festivities:
- decorate our annual Vancouver Dyke March banner
- join a Queer Bachata dance lesson
- meet our Grand Marshalls and the values-aligned organizations we have invited to our Community Section
- decorate the banners and signs that will be displayed off our Accessibility vehicle
At 12PM, the March leaves McSpadden Park and we’ll make our way up Commercial Drive to end at the Festival at Grandview Park.
Activities at the Festival
- 55+ Community organizations, artisans, and local businesses
- Land Welcome, Grand Marshal speeches & performances
- Food trucks
- VDM merch
- Artists’ Alley
- Kids activity tent
- Low stim tent
- Healing Tent
- Distro Disco donation drive
- Britannia 55+ cooling centre with QUIRK-E reading
