The Village

The Village Experience the vibrancy of Canada’s largest + neighbourhood, The Church Wellesley Village. Fun. Vital.

Experience the vibrancy of Canada’s largest LGBTQ+ neighbourhood, The Church Wellesley Village. Safe for All.

Art and culture is central to our lifestyle including galleries, art installations and theatre. Our nightlife is diverse and offers music, dancing and shows that entertain and attract visitors. We are a sex-positive neighbourhood and provide opportunities for our commuity

to actively express and participate in their sexuality. The Village is the historic home of Toronto's LGBT communities. Our neighbourhood has been known for decades as the gathering place for diverse communities and is still a primary point of contact for tourists and LGBT people moving to the City. We are proud to play host to Toronto's Pride Festival, an opportunity to celebrate our village, our history and our communities.

06/17/2026

⚽️🌈Toronto, it’s about to get fab fierce this Friday night!⚽️🌈. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON HUNNY!💋⚽️

VILLAGE FEST- TORONTO’s BIGGEST PRE PRIDE PARTY is here, CHURCH STREET & MAITLAND and it’s dripping in sass, sparkle, & sexy love, opening FRIDAY NIGHT 6PM- 🔴 Presented by FLASH ON CHURCH🔴 we’re turning up the heat with a legendary mega live stage show with party host Jaret Shore Club,— & NO Effing cover charge!💥🍺💪🍆💋🕶️🎉🌈⚽️

Starring Canada’s Drag Race & All Stars royalty:
👑 JADA SHADA HUDSON-with Special Guests:
👑 Georgina Hudson
👑 Ari Darlin
👑 Sasha Montenegro
👑 Loli Fantasia
👑 King Luzral

PLUS- the irresistible Go Go Dancers featuring The CC Boys bringing the flex, muscle, love, & so much pride to the forefront! 💪🎉🔥 Text your friends baby!📱💪🍸

This isn’t just a party — it’s a celebration of YOU, with all the love you can handle!! Powered by: MILL STREET BREWERY, FIREBALL, JJ MALIBU, NEW LEAF FLORIST, STORM CROW MANOR, CHELSEA HOTEL TORONTO, 99.9 VIRGIN RADIO, WIZARD OF OZ FILM-LIVE ORCHESTRA-MERIDIAN HALL SEPT 12&13, & proudly supported by the CITY OF TORONTO!!🌟🌈 ⚽️🕶️☀️ 💎❤️💙💖💛💜💚🧡 MORE INFO @ WWW.CHURCHWELLESLEYVILLAGE.COM

06/17/2026

Ready to turn up the heat, Toronto? 🔥 This Friday, VILLAGE FEST drops the hottest Pre-Pride party with none other than the dazzling Portuguese QUEEN ⭐️GEORGINA HUDSON⭐️ slaying the mega stage.💋✨
White Claw Shore Club, Church & Maitland— no cover, just pure, unfiltered glamour. 🚧 And honey, don’t forget we are shutting down Church Street from Wellesley Street E to Alexander, you KNOW the night’s about to get wild. 🍸💃🏳️‍🌈💋😛🕶️☀️ VILLAGE FEST FRIDAY NIGHT PRESENTED BY: FLASH ON CHURCH!

Come sip, strut, and SERVE looks — let’s make this a night the best! Are you in? Because we’re about to own the this city. VILLAGE FEST- JUNE 19-21! 🌈🔥

06/16/2026

✨🌈 SASHAY and CELEBRATE- VILLAGE FEST TAKES OVER CHURCH STREET FRIDAY NIGHT & ALL WEEKEND JUNE 19-21!⚽️🌈🎉☀️💃🏽🎉 💪💋

This FRIDAY NIGHT, we’re launching Toronto’s HUGE Pre-Pride Party at Church & Maitland — and honey, it’s gonna be a night to remember! 🌟🔥 NO COVER!🍸

Our mega stage at White Claw Shore Club is serving ALL the glam with Canada’s Drag Race alum JADA SHADA HUDSON, her fierce drag daughter GEORGINA HUDSON, ARI DARLIN, Latin sensation SASHA MONTENEGRO, Ms Flash 2026, ADRIANNA EXPOSEE, LOLI FANTASCIA, KING LUZAL, and the sexiest & finest Go-Go Dancers featuring The CC Boys presented by FLASH ON CHURCH! 💥💄💋💪💎🍹⚽️

Come sip, dance, and get your pride on — it’s the ultimate rainbow rendezvous! 🌈✨ Let’s make this weekend one for the books, darlings. See you on the streets! 🏳️‍🌈💋⚽️🏳️‍⚧️🎶🕶️😛

06/16/2026

🌸🎨🚧 We’ve been busy the last 2 months beautifying our village! From colorful flowers and fresh paint to new pole wraps along Church Street — we’re so proud and ready to show off our refreshed look! Come visit and see the transformation! 🌟💐 🕶️🌈☀️🌹🌸

06/16/2026

Toronto, get ready to serve fierce, sip on sass, and dance into your pride? 💋✨ The QUEEN of Church Street is crashing the scene at VILLAGE FEST— Toronto’s Ultimate Pre-Pride Rave and she’s bringing ALL the heat! 🔥👑

This Saturday at 10:30 PM, your gurl SOFONDA TO hits the mega main stage, dripping in glamour, attitude, and enough power to light up the night. 💃🍸💥 Think sexy cocktails, big beats, and a crowd of pure sexiness!

It’s more than a party — it’s a declaration: unapologetic, fierce, and dripping in pride. So grab your fiercest thread and pour that liquid confidence, and let’s turn this night into a runway of love, power, and pure unfiltered fabulousness. 🌈✨

See you on the dance floor, dripping with pride and sass. 💖🔥. VILLAGE FEST FRIDAY NIGHT POWERED BY ⚽️ WOODY’S⚽️, THE CITY OF TORONTO, WHITE CLAW, DILLON’s, TROMBA TEQUILA, FIREBALL, SMOKY BAY SHIRAZ ROSE, MILL STREET BREWERY, & WIZARD OF OZ-FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA SEPT 12 & 13 @ MERIDIAN HALL!
💖✨

06/15/2026

🔥 Get ready, Toronto! 🔥 This weekend, VILLAGE FEST- TORONTO’S BIGGEST PRE-PARTY hits the streets like never before — transforming the parking lot at Church & Maitland into the ultimate WHITE CLAW SHORE CLUB! 🍒🎉🌈🍸🕶️🍹 YASSSSSSSSSSS!

Dive into a night of fierce performances, dazzling drag, and electrifying beats with the party master Jaret as your party host. 🌈💃 Starring Canada’s Drag Race Season 3 alum JADA SHADA HUSDON, then strutting through the lineup of queens and kings that’ll leave you breathless: SOFONDA TO, GEORGINA HUDSON, ARI DARLIN, BABY BEL BEL, CARLOTTA CARLISLE, DRAG KING MANNY DINGO, and more! 🎤👑

Feel the heat as the stage ignites with OMG CLASSIC, PARIS SANFORD, DIVINE DARLIN, MS FLASH 2026 ADRIANNA EXPOSEE, LOLI FANTASIA, KING LUZRAL, and our special guest DJs COZMIC CAT, DJ BLACKCATT, DJ SAMMM, & SAINT MISHA spinning all night long! 🕺💥🎶🎧🎉🎈

And let’s not forget the Village Go-Go Dancers featuring THE CC BOYS — bringing that sexy, pulsating muscle energy to keep you moving till dawn. 🌟🔥

This is more than a party — it’s a celebration of pride, love, and unapologetic self-expression. 💖🌈 Powered by Toronto’s finest and the biggest names in the game, come vibe with us at the EDGE of the city’s most fabulous weekend. 💥☀️🕶️♥️🏳️‍⚧️💯💪

Mark your calendars, grab your crew, See you there!, VILLAGE FEST PROUD PARTNERS: 🌟 THE CITY OF TORONTO🌟 MILL STREET BREWERY🌟 JJ MALIBU🌟 DILLON’S VODKA🌟 WHITE CLAW🌟 TROMBA TEQUILA🌟 THE WIZARD OF OZ FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA (Sept 12 & 13 @ Meridian Hall)🌟 FIREBALL🌟 SMOKY BAY🌟 CHELSEA HOTEL TORONTO🌟 THE NEW LEAF🌟 STORM CROW MANOR🌟 PRIDE TORONTO🌟 FLASH ON CHURCH🌟 WOODY’S🌟 OGRADY’S🌟 THE DRINK🌟 CREWS & TANGO’S🌟 UNDERSTORY🌟 OUT ON THE STREET🌟 99.9 VIRGIN RADIO!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎉💪🍸💋♥️

06/14/2026

🔥✨ Toronto’s Turn Up Queen is BACK! ✨🔥

Canada’s Drag Race Season 3 & All Stars star, Jada Shada Hudson, is about to slay the mega stage at VILLAGE FEST this weekend! 🎤👑

Join us June 19-21 for Toronto’s Biggest Pride Party ever! 🌈🎉. NO COVER! Come Thirsty!

🎶 Catch JADA live at Church & Maitland, Friday night June 19 @ 11PM — presented by Flash On Church!

Get ready to dance, celebrate, and turn UP with the fiercest queens and the best vibes. Party at the Shore Club! We’re going make this Village Pride unforgettable! 💖🌟

’sDragRace churchwellesleyvillage

06/12/2026

HAPPY PRIDE from Councillor Chris Moise!🌈🎉❤️💜 Born to stand out, built to love loud! celebrate your fab self this Pride! Spread the word-Come to VILLAGE FEST- Toronto’s BIGGEST Pre Pride Party June 19-21! Details at CHURCHWELLESLEYVILLAGE.CA📱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💪🎉

06/12/2026

🚨✨ ARE YOU READY, TORONTO?! ✨🚨 WE ARE READY TO WELCOME THE WORLD!! ⚽️

⭐️ ONE WEEK AWAY⭐️ from the most EPIC Pre-Pride Party EVER — VILLAGE FEST— is about to SLAY! 🎉🌈 No cover, all the glam, all the sass, all the Pride power you can handle! 💥🔥💪

Church & Maitland will lit as we turn UP the volume and TURN OUT the love! 🎤 Sip, dance, and SERVE at the WHITE CLAW SHORE CLUB 🌞🎉🤪 with the sun on your face and good vibes in your soul. 🍺🍹🍸☀️

Get ready for a MEGA live stage with Party Host Jaret starring the QUEEN of Church Street, Sofonda TO, Canada’s Drag Race alum Jada Shada Hudson, reigning supreme! 👑✨ Plus performances from Devine Darlin, Baby Bel Bel, Claim Supreme, Tay Bobo, Carlotta Carlisle, OMG Classic & Paris Sanford, Drag King Manny Dingo, and a Men’s Room Fashion Extravaganza that’s gonna make you SAY WOW! 💅🔥🩲

Hold up — it’s NOT over! The House of Venus Wiggle wearable art fashion show, Northern Bear Bash Tea Dance Saturday @ 3pm—PLUS— DJ battles with Cozmic Cat, DJ Blackcatt, DJ Sammm, and Saint Misha spinning beats all night long with the fine sexy Village Go Go Dancers featuring The CC boys on stage nightly @ 9pm wearing JJ MALIBU underwear! 🔥💪🎧💣♥️💚💜❤️🩵💚💖

This is our PRIDE!🌈 This is POWER!💥. This is YOUR moment to SHINE, SLAY, and celebrate the beautiful, unstoppable Q***R community we BUILT! 🌈✨

You READY to OWN the Village? Let’s MAKE HISTORY, Toronto!! VILLAGE FEST 2026- Powered by: CITY OF TORONTO, DILLON’S, WHITE CLAW, TROMBA TEQUILA, MILL STREET BREWERY, FIREBALL, SMOKY BAY SHIRAZ ROSE, THE WIZARD OF OZ -FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA SEPT 12 & 13 MERIDIAN HALL, JJ MALIBU, CHELSEA HOTEL TORONTO, WOODY’S. NEW LEAF FLORIST, STORM CROW MANOR, FLASH ON CHURCH, O’GRADY’S, CREWS & TANGO’S, THE DRINK, THE MEN’S ROOM, AND PRIDE TORONTO!

06/09/2026

🚶‍♂️Big news, Village friends! The uneven sidewalk trip hazard on Church Street in front of Soy Boys is officially gone! Say hello to a smoother stroll and safer steps. Come check out the new sidewalk and enjoy a worry-free walk through our neighborhood. 😊🌟

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65 Wellesley Street East
Toronto, ON
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