Category: Events
Fifteen Thousand people turned out in support of the rainbow community at Auckland’s Rainbow Parade on Ponsonby Road last night, marking the return of a motorized Parade for the city. With over 45 community groups, organisations, and businesses taking part in Auckland’s first motorized Rainbow Parade and one of the largest yet for the city, […]
In a historic first for Sydney, the iconic Sydney Opera House will be lit up with the Progress Pride Flag to celebrate the beginning of Sydney WorldPride 2023. Kicking off at 8:30 pm (AEDT), the Opera Hous sails will light up to mark the opening night of the festival, which will take place over 17 […]
For 30 years the Bread & Circus World Buskers Festival has added a melting pot of international creative flair to central Christchurch’s summer celebrations. Festival performer ‘Piano Man’ Trevor Jones talks to express about the Bread & Circus’ internationally renowned reputation and how it gives nomad buskers a chance to find their chosen family. Since […]
Event Manager Shaughn Woodcock spills the tea on all the ‘wow’ moments we can look forward to at Saturday’s Rainbow Parade on Ponsonby Road. After Auckland has faced a hellish few weeks, Saturday’s Rainbow Parade will bring an abundance of joy and the chance to proudly celebrate inclusion, diversity, and our Rainbow communities. For the […]
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is proudly supporting 2023 Auckland Pride Festival with a series of free events designed to cater to the diversity of Rainbow audiences. These events will be held on 11 February and 19 February. As a safe and inclusive place, Auckland Art Gallery welcomes all through its doors and is […]
The Mercury Bay Art Escape, held over the first two weekends on March 4th/5th and 11th/12th, is an opportunity to explore and tour the studios of innovative and talented artists in an area stretching from Tairua to Matarangi in the stunning Eastern Coromandel Peninsula. Over these two weekends, 39 artists open their studios freely to visitors. […]
As part of Auckland Pride 2023, Auckland Museum welcomes LGBTTQIA+ families and their allies to a fun-filled day of craft activities and entertainment! Pride Family Fun Day, which starts from 10 am till 5 pm on Sunday the 19th of February 2023, includes a very special drag queen storytime with Anita Wigl’it (from RuPaul’s Drag […]
Historian Gareth Watkins unearths February dates from the past that have had a significant impact on today’s queer community. 6 February 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi was signed on this day. With it came New Zealand’s adoption of English law, including the Offences Against the Person Act, which made sodomy punishable by death. […]