Pink is the color of my... 2026 VKBA awards ball

The VKBA presents the 3rd Vancouver Kiki Awards Ball.

To honor the newly named "pink era of ballroom", all categories are bring it in Pink!

Date: Friday July 24th, 2026

Doors at 5 PM | Awards/LSS at 6 PM

Location: Faris Theatre at The Dance Center

Awards hosted by Legendary Pioneer OA Mother Posh Gvasalia & Legendary Mother Ivy Andromeda

Commentated by Iconic Father Twysted Siriano

With DJ Legendary Canadian Godmother Juju Louboutin

TICKETS

• $150 & $200 - Table
• $10 - Online (Competitor Ticket)
• $20 - Online (Spectator Ticket)
• $25 - Door Ticket
• Youth 0-18 - Email [email protected] for discounted tickets.

A table purchase sits up to ten people and includes drinks and snacks. Please note that buying a table does not include entry to the event; each person will still need to purchase an entry ticket separately. Email [email protected] to purchase a table. There are 8 tables available for purchase in total.

This function kicks off the start of the new Vancouver Kiki functions, where trophies will count towards OF THE YEAR AWARDS for the Vancouver Kiki Awards Ball in Summer 2027.

If you are under the age of 19 - YOU MUST HAVE A GUARDIAN PRESENT. Email [email protected] to confirm your guardian. If you do not confirm your guardian, you might be turned away on the day of the event.

If you are unable to pay for tickets but would like to attend the ball, please email [email protected], no one is refused entry for lack of funds. Please contact us by noon of June 12th, 2026.

Any questions feel free to DM us or email [email protected]

Follow us on instagram @vankikiballroomalliance for any updates that might not get reflected on this ticket link.

CATEGORIES

• This is not an OTA ball, all breakdowns will receive their own individual trophies and will not be competing against each other.
• These categories reflect the points eligible for OTY through the VKBA to date.
• This ball counts as the first OTY ball for 26/27 season.

All categories are bring it in PINK.

BEST DRESSED (MF, FF, GNC)

RUNWAY (Virgin, FF All-American, BQ All-American, TM All-American, Butch All-American, BQ European, Drags, FQ, Women's, GNC)

REALNESS (FQ, Drags, TM, Schoolboy, Executive, Prettyboy, Everyday, Butch)

FACE (New, BQ, Butch, TM, FQ, Drags, Women's, GNC)

PERFORMANCE (Virgin, BQVF, RWT, Drags, FQ, Women's, GNC)

Hands Performance

Pop, Dip & Spin

New Way

BODY (TM, Women's, FQ, BQ, Butch)

SEX APPEAL (Women’s, BQ, TM, FQ)

BIZARRE

Fashion Killa

COMMENTATOR VS COMMENTATOR

We would like to acknowledge that we are coming together to celebrate on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.

As an organization that is founded by non Black and Latinx people we acknowledge our ongoing need to question and reflect on how we navigate practicing our ballroom scene here in Vancouver, BC. We know we do not have all the answers and are always looking to be better. We are always seeking and open to how we can better support the Queer/Trans Black and Brown folks that founded the culture we love and share through VBA.

Creating safe space has always been at the heart of ballroom culture and we hope that this event can be a safe space for everybody to enjoy.

Oppressive attitudes and behaviours including but not limited to misogyny, transphobia, racism, fat phobia, ableism, and general bigotry are not welcome here.

Racism, Anti-Blackness, homophobia, transphobia and sexism are ongoing battles that are being experienced in America, Canada and the rest of the world. We all have a lot of work to do in the ongoing fight for equality and have compiled a list of resources to help you support, donate, educate and take action to help you wherever you may be in your continued unlearning/relearning process.

If there are ways the VBA and VKBA can better create an inclusive and safe space please do inform us by e-mail at [email protected] so that we may listen to your input and improve on this for future events.

An event that hosts a series of competitive categories, each with their own focus. Having been birthed in NYC by communities of Queer Black and Latinex people out of a need for safe nightlife spaces due to the discrimination they faced, balls are typically centred around creating safe space for LGBTQIA2+ POC.

Spectators, competitors, and judges, come together to celebrate people within their communities and compete against each other in different categories. Some of the most popular categories are Vogue Performance, Sex Siren, Hands, Runway, Bazaar, and Face. Each of these categories have specific requirements, and competitors are judged by a panel on how well they accomplish them. Before competing against others, category participants are required to “walk” one by one to receive full approval from all judges, known as ‘receiving your 10s’. Competitors who make their 10s battle one on one against each other to impress the judges until there is one winner.

Ballroom culture, drag ball culture, the house-ballroom community, and similar terms describe an underground queer subculture in which people "walk" (i.e., compete), perform, dance, lip-sync, and model in different categories, which are designed to simultaneously epitomize and satirize gender constructs, occupations, and social classes, while also offering an escape from reality. Category participants are required to “walk” one by one to receive full approval from all judges, known as ‘receiving your 10s’. Competitors are judged on their abilities, “effect” (costumes, appearance, theatrics, presentation), and perceived “realness” (embodied and/or visual believability, authenticity). Those who make their 10s battle one on one against each other for trophies, prizes, and glory.

Ballroom culture emerged in the late 1960s in New York City, birthed by the Black and Latinx LGBTQ2S+ community who were excluded from the drag pageant world of white America. The development of the Ballroom scene created safe and inclusive spaces for these communities to explore and experience life styles from which they were excluded due to systemic oppression.

Vogue is a freestyle competitive dance form that utilizes 5 key elements in an improvised battle with other competitors. Currently (although open to interpretation within various vogue communities), the five popular elements of Vogue Performance are catwalk, hands, duckwalk, spins and dips, and floor performance.

“For decades, ballroom, ball or house culture has been a way for queer Blacks and Latinos to live their best lives – that is, to figure out how to respond to a society that devalued their lives and attempted to erase their presence. Through elaborate performances incorporating and commenting on race, class and gender, the ball community has historically reflected the American Dream and one’s exclusion from it.” - Les Fabian Brathwaith (Quote from Rolling Stones).

Please contact the VKBA for more information at [email protected] or on instagram @vankikiballroomalliance

Event Venue

The Dance Center Faris Theatre, 677 Davie street, Vancouver, Canada

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