Category: Events
Launching tonight, GiveOUT Day is four days of national fundraising giving to LGBTQ+ community groups and not-for-profit organisations. Last year was the inaugural GiveOUT Day held in New Zealand, and the hugely successful event raised nearly $60,000 for the 13 rainbow organisations that participated. Organisers The Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust will launch GiveOUT Day 2023 […]
STUFF journalist and URGE Events co-director Alan Granville has announced he is stepping down from the NZ dance party brand. From co-owning and managing URGE Bar on K Road until in closure in 2014 to forming the national roaming party brand, URGE Events, Granville has spent 18 years working on URGE and describes the […]
GiveOUT Day is four days of national fundraising, awareness, and giving to LGBTQ+ community groups, not-for-profit organisations, events, and projects. Last year was the inaugural GiveOUT Day held in New Zealand, and the hugely successful event raised nearly $60,000 for the 13 rainbow organisations that participated. Organisers The Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust will launch GiveOUT […]
Prepare your taste buds for an extraordinary adventure at the Chocolate and Coffee Festival, dedicated to the world’s most beloved indulgences. This annual extravaganza has garnered a reputation as a “must-attend” gathering for chocolate and coffee enthusiasts from all walks of life. Set in the innovative venue The Cloud at Queens Wharf in Central Auckland, […]
Kickstarting on Friday 25 August through to Sunday 3 September, Winter Pride will be painting Queenstown rainbow! Organiser Martin King tells YOUR EX what we can expect from the 2023 festival. This is the first Winter Pride in a few years to not be affected by Covid restrictions – what has that meant for you […]
After selling out their last party as part of Auckland Pride, MISBEHAVIOUR returns to Everybody’s Downtown for MISBEHAVIOUR: HEARTACHE on Saturday 9th, September from 9pm – late. MISBEHAVIOUR is Auckland’s ultimate sophisticated, late-night club party experience for the LGBTQI+ community and their allies, and has born a cult following since its inception in 2021. The […]
Opening in Auckland tomorrow, Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival is now celebrating its 55th year in Auckland and 46th year as a national event. A long-standing advocate of queer cinema, 2023’s lineup is endowed with queer stories, including an Australian gay ballroom romance (Of An Age), a closeted teacher’s choices in Thatcher’s Britain […]
Henrique Beirao, aka Rhubarb Rouge, is changing both the New Zealand drag scene and his hometown of Palmerston North. In October, Henrique will produce and perform in Aotearoa’s first three-day drag festival, Palmy Drag Fest, an ambitious event he is producing independently. Express caught up with the drag entrepreneur to discover his inspiration and long-term […]