Events & Gatherings
Summer Solstice Spectacular: Rita Baga
Saskatoon Pride and Remai Modern are delighted to present Montreal drag artist Rita Baga at the museum for a special performance in celebration of Pride 2024 on Friday, June 21.
Rita Baga will bring her soaring live vocals to the stage with a band as she performs beloved anthems from the 1980s. The lineup also includes Edmonton-based drag artist and two-spirit performer Cedar T.
The Summer Solstice Spectacular performance begins at 7 PM, with a VIP meet and greet to follow. Tickets are $60 for early bird general admission ($70 after May 6) or $135 for the VIP Experience, which includes the meet and greet.
Remai Modern members and Saskatoon Pride members get $5 off both ticket prices as a thank you for their support!
This event has rush seating. Ushers will be available to assist guests in finding the best available seats but we recommend guests arrive early.
This is a 19+ event.
Event/Exhibition meta autogenerated block.
When
June 21 at 7:00PM–9:00PM
Where
Riverview Room
About Rita Baga
Rita Baga, personified by Jean-François Guevremont, is a drag artist repeatedly proclaimed queen of Montreal! Star of the stage and character now prominent on our television screens, Rita Baga shakes up conventions and makes people identifying with 2SLGBTQ+ communities shine.
In 2019, Rita Baga was selected from over 1,000 applicants to compete on Canada’s Drag Race, the highly anticipated first Canadian edition of the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Thanks to her dazzling performances, breathtaking outfits, and endearing and accessible personality, she earned a place in the series finale, watched in more than 162 countries around the world.
She continues to be part of the Drag Race franchise as host and main judge of Drag Race Belgium, the second season of which finished airing in March 2024.
Rita was the first drag in the world to appear on the cover of Elle magazine and to partner with the L’Oréal makeup brand. She has also been named the best drag queen and favourite television personality of Quebecers by Cult magazine twice.
In the fall of 2023, Rita published the book One Sequin at a Time (Diary of a Queen) in the fall of 2023, in which she recounts her atypical life, the rise of his notoriety, and the surprising underside of the drag profession. Later that year, she made it to the finale of the Canadian edition of The Masked Singer. Rita is currently working on her first album and touring across the country.
About Saskatoon Pride
The 2024 Saskatoon Pride Festival: One Light, Many Colours takes place throughout the city from June 7-23.
Since incorporating in 2002 under the name Saskatoon Diversity Network Inc.—and for years prior that—Saskatoon Pride has invited the community to celebrate diversity and inclusion and to empower and embrace fellow humans with diverse gender identities and orientations, welcoming them into the circle of home.
The annual Saskatoon Pride Festival with the Saskatoon Pride Parade is the largest festival of its kind in the province with events that reflect the spectrum of Queer and Two Spirit people of our city and region. Other areas of activity include advocating for the equity, legal protection, and safety of 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and addresses discrimination where it occurs.