Category: Events
Event Manager Shaughan Woodcock spills the tea on this year’s Rainbow Parade, taking over Ponsonby Road on Saturday 17 February 2024. How many community groups are involved in this year’s parade? Currently, we have 45 registered groups and around 2,500 participants taking part in this year’s amazing Rainbow Parade. It’s great to see support for […]
Visit Auckland Museum on Sunday, 11 February, from 10 AM to 3 PM for an unforgettable Pride Family Fun Day! This event, free with museum entry, promises a day packed with joy, creativity, and entertainment, tailored especially for LGBTTQIA+ families and their allies. As you step through the vibrant chalk pavement drawings at the entrance, […]
COUNTDOWN: FOUR MONTHS TO GO! Prepare for the unprecedented celebration of inclusion and diversity in sports at the Rainbow Games 2024 from Thursday 4 – Monday 8 April! Whether you’re an experienced athlete or just starting out, there is something for everyone. The competitive and social divisions across Open and female-identifying categories create safe spaces […]
“Expect more lights, floats, glitter, love and colour!” Auckland Rainbow Parade’s Co-Chair gets us hyped for the Ponsonby Road parade’s Summer return! The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow will be positioned in Ponsonby as the Auckland Rainbow Parade returns bringing diversity, unity, respect, celebration, inclusion and loads of colour in 2024. Co-Chair Matt […]
Aussie ‘Boylesque’ troupe Briefs made their successful return to New Zealand on Thursday 16 November at Auckland’s Q Theatre with their spectacular new show ‘Dirty Laundry’. The opening night of Briefs’ Dirty Laundry combined the ‘boys’ top talents of drag, cabaret, comedy, and circus-like acrobatics for their wild new show, a perfect night for an […]
Are you ready to be part of a sporting event like no other? One that celebrates diversity, inclusion, and empowerment? The Rainbow Games Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 2024 is here to unite the rainbow community and their allies in a vibrant celebration of acceptance. SAVE $20: USE CODE ‘YOUREX’ WHEN YOU REGISTER From 4-8 April 2024, […]
The NEW Wellington Pride Parade will be part of the Wellington Pride Festival and promises to “bring colour, diversity, celebration, and fabulousness to Wellington!’ A Wellington Pride Parade will officially return as part of the Wellington Pride Festival on Saturday 9 March 2024. The new organisers have called a Community Hui on Monday 13 November […]
URGE Events co-director Alan Granville has announced his departure from the brand, and DJ Everett Wayne has confirmed that he will step up and take the reins alongside co-director Paul Heard. YOUR ex sits down with the three to find out what this evolution means for URGE. Alan: Why is now the right time to […]