Quebec Pride 2026 / Québec City Pride Festival 2026

Quebec City's Pride is called Fierté de Québec. It is run by the Alliance Arc-en-ciel de Québec, a non-profit community group in the Capitale-Nationale region that works for the rights of people of sexual and gender diversity. The festival used to be known as the Fête Arc-en-ciel. The organizers renamed it to give it more visibility beyond the region, while keeping the same values.

Fierté de Québec takes place in early September over several days. Its centre is Place D'Youville and Rue Saint-Jean, just outside the gates of the old town and at the edge of the Faubourg Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the neighbourhood where the city's queer bars are found. The programme includes a community day where local groups and organizations present their work, a queer market and a solidarity march. In the evenings there are free outdoor stage shows with a gala, karaoke and plenty of drag. Ticketed after-parties add a burlesque night and a ballroom party, and there are talks with performers and live recordings of queer podcasts.

The Alliance describes the festival as a way for queer communities to reclaim public space and to raise awareness of inclusion and rights among the wider population. Events are presented in French and English, though everyday life in the city runs mostly in French, so a few words of French go a long way.

Outside Pride, the Alliance Arc-en-ciel organizes Quebec City's events for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on 17 May. It also runs awareness campaigns, publishes guides and holds a conference on including 2SLGBTQ+ people in the workplace. People who want to get involved can become members or volunteer during the festival, and the organizers recruit volunteers for the community day and the market as well.