In June of this year Valley Pride will put on its third annual festival. Valley Pride made history with the first ever full-scale pride festival in Kings County in July of 2023, and replicated our success in June of 2024. Last year, we held 8 events attended by hundreds of community members who came from across the province from Truro to Yarmouth. These events included sold-out shows at the Al Whittle and Kings’ Arms Commons, and a public event attended by over 500 people in downtown Kentville.

In June of 2025, we plan to build upon the last two years of success by expanding our reach to host events all across King’s County and into Annapolis County from Wolfville to Lawrencetown, and many places in between.

As we have been for the last two years, we are working hard to raise money for our festival and to both build awareness of and support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the Valley. Especially now, as trans individuals in Canada, and around the world, are increasingly under attack, it is more important than ever for us to have a visible, proud queer community here in the Valley.

For our festival, we’re organizing a variety of pride events for audiences of all ages, to help make the valley feel like home to all of its citizens. With the costs of venues, performers, sign language interpretation, tech, tents, security, etc, we need the support of generous businesses like yours to ensure that we put on the most successful version of pride possible and, importantly, keep it financially accessible to our community.

I’m writing to ask you to sponsor either the entire festival or specific event in the festival. Our 2025 festival will includes the following events:

  • June 23: Educational sessions featuring queer healthcare and legal experts, Middleton
  • June 24: Community crafting gathering, Lawrencetown
  • June 25: Quiet reading & community gathering, Canning
  • June 26: Intro to burlesque class, Kingston
  • June 27:
    • “Learn to Play” and pickup soccer, led by head Axewomen soccer coach, Danielle Cyr, Kentville
    • “Everyone’s a Whittle Bit Gay” variety show at the Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville
    • Whittle show after party dance at The Axe Bar and Grill at Acadia, Wolfville
  • June 28:
    • Come Together 3.0, Centre Square, Kentville
      • Vendor market
      • Musical performances
      • Kids play area with bouncy castle and games
    • Queer Prom with drag and burlesque performers, Kentville

We are hoping to raise $5,00 from local businesses to assist with funding these events. As a thank you for your contribution, Valley Pride is offering the following sponsorship levels:

Gold – $750-1000

  • 5 tickets to one of the ticketed events
  • a booth for your business at your choice of one pride festival event
  • announced partnership at all pride festival events
  • logo included as a named sponsor on all pride festival marketing materials
  • 2 social media story posts acknowledging your contribution
  • 1 grid social media post acknowledging your contribution

Silver – $500-750

  • 4 tickets to one of the ticketed events
  • announced partnership at all pride festival events
  • logo included as a named sponsor on selected pride festival marketing materials
  • 2 social media story post acknowledging your contribution

Bronze – $250-500

  • 2 tickets to one of our ticketed events
  • announced partnership at a selected pride festival event
  • logo included as a named sponsor on selected pride festival marketing materials
  • 1 social media story post acknowledging your contribution

Grassroots Supporter – $50-$250

  • logo and/or name and business link included on the Valley Pride website
  • 1 social media story post acknowledging your contribution
  • our eternal gratitude

To discuss our project and how you can get involved, please write to our board member, Lilly Ashdown at lillyashdown@gmail.com.

The deadline to sponsor and secure a space in our print marketing materials is April 30, 2025.