Category: Events
English singer, songwriter, Ed Sheeran has announced that he will be setting up a pop-up store on Auckland’s iconic K Road this coming Friday to celebrate the release of his new album. Sheeran’s pop-up store which will be opening in St Kevin’s Arcade on Karangahape Road on Friday the 12th of July to coincide with […]
Winter is here, but never fear, Drag Queens don’t hibernate! Keegan Elliot (with just the one T) gives July’s drag highlights. Auckland: Breaking news: NZ’s most famous drag venue, Caluzzi Cabaret will debut her new facelift on Friday 5 July, with a futuristic Drag Queens in Space theme we’ve heard the venue’s interior will resemble […]
Rainbow leaders from around the world celebrate how far we’ve come but urge everyone to keep fighting for our rights and the rights of others. At Rally WorldPride 2019’s Stonewall Commemoration event held today in Manhattan, it was acknowledged LGBT rights are at a crossroad. In the host country, the United States of America, same-sex […]
The New Zealand International Film Festival has announced its full programme, with 144 feature-length films from 45 countries screening over 18 days beginning on Thursday 18 July. “We’re delighted to finally unveil and launch the full programme, with its typically eclectic and far-roaming range of local and world cinema,” says programmer Sandra Reid. “It’s always […]
Following their recent AGM, Auckland Pride have formally announced the arrival of Max Tweedie to their new Director of Pride position, Duncan Matthews as their new Treasurer and the return of Cissy Rock to their Board as Chair. At just 21 years of age, Max Tweedie has scored the new Director of Pride role. Tweedie […]
Reuben Kaye finally makes his NZ debut at Auckland Live’s Cabaret Season which opens tomorrow. He drops in to express, to talk Cher lyrics, Swedish men and Ketamine. Where were you born and how was growing up for you? I was born in the wagon of a travellin’ show, My mama used to dance for […]
Organisers of World Pride New York City 2019 and Stonewall 50, have confirmed that the Queen of Pop herself will perform at Pride Island for the celebration while in the meantime hundreds of Sydney Mardi Gras team members also head to World Pride to try and convince revellers that Sydney should host the next event […]
Widely considered to be the tipping point of the gay liberation movement, this month marks the 50th anniversary of The Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of our community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, in New York. Express looks at two events happening this month in […]