EVENTS
Monday June 1st.
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Thursday June 4th. 6:00pm
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The Rocky Horror Picture ShowWhen the film was released in 1975, it was a box office flop. But…audiences loved it and by 1977 it had developed a devoted and enthusiastic fan base and was shown every Saturday night for years, in theatres all around the world! The BBC’s Culture department has said of the film.
Every Saturday night since 1977, cross-gendered disciples in corsets and ripped fishnets have congregated to chant and sing along to The Rocky Horror Picture Show as if attending some gloriously kinky midnight mass. It’s the ultimate cult movie. The first. The biggest. The one cult movie to rule them all. For more than 40 years, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has defined what we mean by a ‘cult’ movie, though few can ever hope to match its phenomenal level of ritualised worship. A box office flop so ker-splatty it was pulled from the few screens showing it back in 1975, only to be lovingly resurrected by a devout fanbase. It has since grossed over $170 million worldwide and holds the record for the longest continually running movie release of all time. |
June 6th
Allen Insurance Group and Trent Hills Pride
Presents
Presents
Storytelling with Betty & Butch
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Storytelling with Betty Baker and Butch is an engaging and heartfelt storytelling experience that invites audiences into powerful personal narratives of identity, resilience, and belonging. Through reading and music, Betty Baker and Butch share stories form children's books
This intimate event encourage empathy, sparks meaningful dialogue, and helps build safer, more inclusive community spaces using the power of story to bridge generations, challenge stigma, and celebrate authenticity. |
Only two presentations!
Inclusion Northumberland - Acorn Room 11:00am
65 Bridge St E, Campbellford, ON
PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN BENNET'S PARKING LOT BEHIND
65 Bridge St E, Campbellford, ON
PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN BENNET'S PARKING LOT BEHIND
Warkworth Library 2:00pm 40 Main St, Warkworth, ON
Register by sending an email to [email protected]
Register by sending an email to [email protected]
Pride in the Park: Warkworth Magic
Presenting LiveTrash Panda Brass
Trash Panda Brass formed in the summer of 2022 on the streets of Toronto with a simple mission of engaging crowds and spreading queer and inclusive joy. Within two years of conception, they graced the cover of Whole Note magazine, rocked TD Jazz Fest, DoWestFest, Cultivate festival, and the Distillery District Concert Series. They’ve also performed in educational workshops at Sterling Hall and O’Neill CVI, and were guest panelists at Queens University on the topic of queer representation in post-secondary music. In November of 2023, they released their debut EP, “Opposable Thumbs”. However, after three summers of active busking, their home will always be on the streets where they are “retooling the art of busking into a kind of amazing outdoor ambush” - The Whole Note.
In an effort to bring music and joy to as wide an audience as possible, they regularly play at community events, festivals and educational workshops and can still be seen playing on the streets of Toronto. With all arranging done by members of the band, Trash Panda Brass is known for their upbeat and fun loving tunes, paying homage to quintessential queer hits and icons. Trash Panda Brass is proud to be here and queer! Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts (PACA)
The Peterborough Academy of Circus Arts (PACA), featured on ptbocircus.org, is a vibrant non-profit dedicated to bringing circus arts to the community through creativity, movement, and performance. Based in Peterborough, the organization grew out of grassroots “circus jam” gatherings and has evolved into a dynamic hub for training, collaboration, and artistic expression.
Through classes, workshops, and public performances, PACA offers opportunities for people of all ages and skill levels to explore disciplines such as aerial arts, acrobatics, and flow arts. Its programming blends recreation with education, creating inclusive spaces where participants can build confidence, physical skills, and community connections. At its core, PACA is about more than circus—it’s about accessibility, creativity, and shared experience. Whether through community “circus jams,” youth programming, or full-scale productions, the organization continues to animate the local arts scene while making circus arts approachable and engaging for everyone. |
June 6th 6:00pmMill Creek Park, Warkworth On.
Pride in the Park: Warkworth Magic is a joyful, family-friendly outdoor celebration that brings the community together to honour diversity, love, and belonging in a relaxed, welcoming park setting. Set under the evening sky, the event blends live entertainment, community activities, and shared moments of connection, creating a safe and affirming space for 2SLGBTQ+ individuals, families, and allies in rural Trent Hills.
More than a celebration, Pride in the Park fosters visibility, reduces social isolation, and strengthens community pride, inviting everyone to gather, connect, and experience the magic of inclusion under the stars. Hosted by our super girl BETTY BAKER Evangeline Gentle
Evangeline Gentle is a Scottish-Canadian internationally acclaimed folk-pop songwriter, performer and vocalist based in Ontario, Canada. Contemplative and affecting, Evangeline’s lyrics evoke lush emotional landscapes within the listener and seek to unite audiences with a sense of “sameness”. A celebration of queerness and queer culture is woven throughout Gentle’s upcoming release Where The Diamonds Are, best heard on singles “Gay Bar” which debuted on CBC q, and “Bad Girls”. On this she says “While many have never been to a gay bar, most know the euphoria of getting dressed up to go out dancing with friends. We are inextricably connected by our shared emotional, human experience. I love that songs remind us of this.”
Produced by Jim Bryson (Kathleen Edwards), and mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Philip Shaw Bova (Bahamas, Feist), her 2020 debut self-titled release earned international praise. Gentle was interviewed by legendary host Scott Simon on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, appeared in Forbes, and received radio play on BBC, CBC, SiriusXM and more. Evangeline supported headliner Donovan Woods at the 2021 Mariposa Folk Festival, with other standout performances including those at Maverick Festival (UK) and Static Roots Festival (Germany) in 2022. She has supported acts such as Kathleen Edwards, Tim Baker, Begonia, Basia Bulat, Craig Cardiff, Whitehorse and Rae Spoon. Evangeline’s highly anticipated sophomore release arrives in 2023. And our QEENS!
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June 10th 6:00pm
Allen Insurance Group and Trent Hills Pride
Presents
Presents
Aron Theatre Co-op 54 Bridge St E, Campbellford
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Voices of Resilience: Thriving as 2SLGBTQ+ seniors in Rural Communities - panelVoices of Resilience: Thriving as 2SLGBTQ+ Seniors (Re-invented Adults) in Rural Communities is a powerful community panel that centres the lived experiences of older 2SLGBTQ+ adults navigating life, identity, and belonging in rural settings. Through personal storytelling and facilitated dialogue, panelists share journeys of resilience, self-discovery, and reinvention later in life, while addressing themes of visibility, social connection, access to inclusive services, and rural isolation.
This intergenerational conversation creates space for learning, empathy, and meaningful connection, helping to challenge stigma, reduce isolation, and strengthen inclusive, age-friendly communities across Trent Hills and surrounding rural areas. |
Moderator
Polly-Jean Vernon is a Canadian electronic artist, drummer, and synthesist based in Toronto. She is best known for her solo project, 8know8, which features a "queer-feminist-synth-punk" sound.
Jo Jefferson
Jo Jefferson (they/them) is a queer/trans writer, parent, and community worker. After migrating to Toronto in 2013 from rural Nova Scotia, Jo has recently relocated to a 25-acre land collective in Trent Hills. When they're not facilitating workshops for adult learners, Jo loves birdwatching, playing music, gardening, exploring the forest around their home, and hanging out with their four kids.
Meirion Jones
Meirion Jones has spent most of his life, 50 of his 80 years, living in a rural environment. He grew up just outside of Beaverton, Ont. and at age 20 moved to TO and joined the corporate world for the next 30 years.
Then in 1995 along with his partner Bob Leahy, he moved to the outskirts of Warkworth. These past 30 years have been a combination of various activities including running a B&B, producing shows at the Warkworth Town Hall Centre fire the Arts and selling real estate. But now he is firmley retired and enjoying the rural life even more. Bob Leahy
Bob Leahy is a former banker, turned AIDS activist who has been living in Warkworth for the last 30 years. Latterly his advocacy work has centred around U=U as well as HIV and aging issues. He has been partnered with fellow panelist Meirion Jones for 45 years and counting.
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PanelistsTrish Stenson & Jo Hansen
Trish Stenson and Jo Hansen are longtime partners, community builders, and former co-owners of The General on Millpond. Both recently retired from shop life and are stepping into new creative chapters. Trish is a psychotherapist and Certified Executive Coach who has lived out and proud since discovering her sexual orientation in high school in 1969. A lifelong activist and feminist, she has been a trailblazer in LGBTQ+ and women-centered initiatives across Canada, from Montreal to Alberta and now Ontario. Jo is a Canadian Screen Award–winning costume designer whose career spans decades of innovative and multifaceted projects. Coming out later in life, Jo navigated an industry that was not always welcoming of difference in the 1980s and 90s. She now lives her life as a feminist lesbian who is out and proud. Together, Trish and Jo embody resilience, authenticity, and a deep commitment to community - living proof that pride is both personal and collective. Stacey Love-Jolicoeur
Stacey Love-Jolicoeur is a retired Independent Education and Mental Health Support Professional and a lifelong advocate for the 2SLGBTQ+ community. At 67, she remains a respected and trusted pillar within her local and provincial communities, continuing to offer mentorship, guidance, and lived life experience wisdom. For more than two decades prior to retirement, Stacey provided education, training, and direct support services to 37 federal and provincial correctional facilities, institutions, and halfway houses across Canada, supporting more than 300 incarcerated 2SLGBTQ+ individuals. She founded and operated the not-for-profit organization Saga-LGBTQ Education and Support Services of Canada Inc., created to meet the growing and complex needs within the correctional environments and community. Stacey delivered training to correctional administrators, healthcare professionals, psychologists, social workers, and support staff, while also facilitating 2SLGBTQ+ group programming and providing one-on-one and peer-to-peer counseling to offenders. She developed a specialized reintegration program for transgender inmates with release dates, helping participants transition successfully back into their communities. This program demonstrated strong outcomes and received recognition within the correctional system. In 2018, Stacey received the Women’s Leadership Award, recognized at the Ontario Legislative Assembly and presented by the House of Commons. From 2012 to 2024, Stacey volunteered as Coordinator and Facilitator of a Transgender Peer Support Group in Belleville, Ontario. She also served as a member of the Rainbow Youth Committee for the Bay of Quinte region and participated on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committees for both the City of Quinte West and the City of Belleville. Stacey is a registered mentor with Rainbow Health Ontario, providing mentorship and consultation to individuals, organizations, agencies, and businesses across the province. A Two-Spirited Métis Trans woman, Stacey brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work. She has delivered workshops, lectures, and speaking engagements on diversity, inclusion, affirmation, and acceptance, with a particular focus on transgender lived realities. Her depth of insight, compassion, and authenticity have made her a valued resource to countless individuals and institutions. Throughout her life, Stacey has worked to educate others about the discrimination, marginalization, and systemic barriers faced daily by members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community—transforming pain into purpose and advocacy into action.
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