2023 Festival Supporters…

Please take note of our valued supporters who have made substantial contributions to Salt Spring Island and its 2SLGBTQIA+ and allies community. When making decisions on purchasing goods and services, please keep them in mind. Your support for these businesses recognizes their fine efforts as involved corporate citizens in our community. The Salt Spring Pride Festival is grateful to all who have contributed to the festival’s success. If we have inadvertently excluded anyone deserving from this list, please accept our sincerest apologies.


PRESENTING PARTNERS

HOSPITALITY

HEALTH AND WELLNESS


MEDIA PARTNERS


MAJOR SPONSORS


FESTIVAL FRIENDS


DONORS


GRANTS


Special Thanks…

The Salt Spring Pride Festival is grateful to all who have contributed to the success of this year’s festival.  If we have inadvertently excluded anyone deserving from this list, please accept our sincerest apologies.

Shamana Ali

Emily Andromeda (Emily Whitehall)

All Saints by-the-Sea - Anglican Parish of Salt Spring Island

Aoyama Tetsuya

AquaLink – Chris Hall

Auntie Pesto’s Café – Liz and Shawn Walton

BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union

BC General Employees Union (BCGEU)

BC SPCA Salt Spring Island Branch – Gerald Lewandowski and Jen MacLellan 

Robert Beringer

Michael Birkett – DJ

Butterflyway Beyond Hope BC – Anne McKague

Buzzy's Luncheonette

Joy Cameron

Canadian Orca Rescue Society – Eric Pittman

CiderWorks at Salt Spring Apple Company - Peri Lavender

Copper Kettle Community Partnership

CUPE Vancouver Island District Council

Shauna Devlin

Damsel Flight Designs - Carolyn Walkner

Dragonfly Art Supplies

Folk Stock & Trade

Fierté Canada Pride - Pride Security Grant via WAGE (Women and Gender Equality) Canada

Foxglove Farm – Jeanne-Marie Herman and Michael Ableman

Gallery 8

Ganges Fitness

Gulf Island Picture Framing

Gulf Island School District (SD64) – Tisha Boulter

Harbour House Hotel – Kelly Armstrong

Mark Hiltz

Tim Hiltz

John Howe

Karen Hudson

Kristan Huthmacher

Inculeader Marketing Ltd. – Andrew Hutchinson

Island Community Services

Island Health

Island Magic Touch

Island Pathways

Islanders Working Against Violence (IWAV) – Heather Picotte

IslEnt Productions, with Craig’s Pride Karaoke

David Jacquest

Mark Laberge

Laurie’s Recycling & Garbage

Living Water Media Services – Dave Vollrath

Love My Kitchen Shop

Donna Madsen

Erin Magly

Carolyn McAskie and Sylvia Spring

Morgan McConnell

Keegan McEvoy

Metta VanderVliet

Mondo & Company

Mouat’s Dockside Shopping – Dave Toynbee

Rick Meyers aka Ms. Vikki Smudge

Monik Nordine

OMG Boutique

Sharon Proske

PurnaMa

Raven & Gold

Kim Robinson

Rock Salt Restaurant & Café

Flossy Rockwell

Christie Roome

Royal Canadian Legion – Branch #92 | Salt Spring Island, BC

Julian Sale

Salt Spring Arts Council

Salt Spring Books

Salt Spring Eye Care Optometry Clinic – Dr. Andrea Varju

Salt Spring Inn

Salt Spring Literacy Society

Salt Spring Island Farmers' Institute – Bradley Damsgaard, Barry Dunster, Desiree Nelson, Elly Rakhmetouline

Salt Spring Island Film Festival

Salt Spring Island Fire and Rescue - Mitchell Sheffrin, Campbell Jackson

Salt Spring Island Public Library – Julia Wagner

Salt Spring Island RCMP – Sergeant Clive Seabrook | Detachment Commander

Salt Spring Literacy Society

Salt Spring Mercantile Ltd. – Matt Rissling

Salt Spring Water Co.

Sasquatch Clan Patrol – Adrian Sylvester, with Derek Thomas and Jason Sylvester

Shelder the Electric Clamfish - Michelle Footz

Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership Society – Jacqueline East and Jamie Sterling

SSI Mobile Electronic Repair

Steffich Fine Art 

SWITCHBOARD CAFE

THE FISHBOWL – Genevieve Price

The Fritz Movie Theatre

The Local Barber Shop

The Mateada Lounge – Janna Zahorodniuk and Tom Van Deursen

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

Derek Thompson - Indigenous Guest Speaker and Workshop Presenter

Phoebe Fae Thompson - website design

Transition Salt Spring – Darlene Gage

Twang & Pearl Boutique

Vancouver Island Persons with AIDS Society

Vikki Smudge – Drag Queen Extraordinaire

Kath Webster

Whiskers Pet Store

Adrian Wright Law Professional Corporation

Anne Zeller

Meghan Zoot-Woods

ORGANIZING TEAM

Juli Mallett, President – DAISSI Society Board

Karen Cunningham, Vice President – DAISSI Society Board

Susan Higginbotham, Director – DAISSI Society Board

Shellyse Szakacs, Director - DAISSI Society Board

JZ Brown, Director – DAISSI Society Board

Jesse Brown – Grants

Jean Burgess - Planning, Coordination, and Campground

Lindsay Dann – Project Developer and Festival Co-ordinator

Steve Martindale – Planning and Promotions

PRIDE PARADE

Bethany Somerville

Rowan Percy

PRIDE VILLAGE COMMONS

Robert Birch - Programming

Caffyn Jesse

VOLUNTEERS

Natu Mbanefo - Volunteer Coordinator