{"id":789480,"date":"2026-07-09T01:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/789480\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T01:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:38:08","slug":"celebrate-pride-on-the-dance-floor-with-queer-as-funk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/789480\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Pride on the dance floor with Queer As Funk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for a Vancouver Pride event? The group returns to the Commodore Ballroom with a night of live music and dancing.<\/p>\n

People don\u2019t really stay in their seats for long at a Queer As Funk<\/a> show. By the time the band gets going, most of the room is\u00a0already dancing.<\/p>\n

That energy returns to the Commodore Ballroom, as part of\u00a0Vancouver Pride on July 31<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Made up of eight queer musicians from Vancouver, Queer As Funk has spent more than a decade turning funk, soul and Motown into joyous, high-energy live shows. Their sets blend classics from artists like Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin with contemporary hits re-imagined through a funk lens.<\/p>\n

The formula has earned the band a loyal following and multiple sold-out shows at the Commodore Ballroom, where audiences know to expect less of a stand-and-watch concert and more of a night on the dance floor.<\/p>\n

For Vancouver Pride, the band will bring favourites like “Express Yourself,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Proud Mary” and “Shout,” along with funk-inspired takes on modern hits, including songs by the late, great Amy Winehouse.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re a longtime fan or seeing Queer As Funk for the first time, expect a room full of sing-alongs, dancing and the kind of atmosphere that has made the band one of Vancouver’s favourite live acts.<\/p>\n

Vancouver Pride with Queer as Funk<\/p>\n

When: Friday, July 31\u00a0at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where: Commodore Ballroom,\u00a0868 Granville St.<\/p>\n

Cost: $60 and up. Buy tickets via Ticketmaster.<\/a><\/p>\n

The author is part of Vancouver Is Awesome\u2019s content studio team.<\/p>\n

This article contains affiliate links. If you buy tickets through the Ticketmaster links in this article, we may earn a small commission that helps support our local journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looking for a Vancouver Pride event? The group returns to the Commodore Ballroom with a night of live…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-789480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}