Category: Events
Police and Defence Force bosses along with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will march in the parade for the very first time on Saturday 16 March. 2019’s Wellington Pride parade is set to be the biggest one yet with the chief of Defence Air Marshal Kevin Short and Police Commissioner Mike Bush joining Prime Minister Jacinda […]
Proudly supported by express! The Wellington International Pride Parade will ignite the capital city on the evening of Saturday 16 March 2019 – and everyone is welcome! Now becoming a favourite fixture in the Wellington calendar, the theme for the 2019 parade is ‘Fire; ignite your passion for your community’. Creative Director, Amanduh La Whore […]
Keegan Elliot gives us the low down on all the happenings from Aotearoa’s drag scene from local legends to the international stars descending to our shores. Pride month was packed full of Queens from all over the world landing in NZ for some proud performances. There was an abundance of RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni strutting […]
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1665″ display=”pro_horizontal_filmstrip”] Woof! The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show Sunday 3 March Western Park, Auckland Photos | Evan Donnelly Roughly 1000 Rainbow Aucklander’s and their furry friends descended on Ponsonby’s Western Park for the sixth annual Woof! Dog Show. Hosted by a onesie-clad Steven Oates; a panel of judges including comedian Tom Sainsbury, local […]
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1664″ display=”pro_horizontal_filmstrip”] Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade Saturday 2 March Oxford Street, Sydney Central. Photos | Jeffrey Feng Photography An estimated 500,000 spectators lined the streets and on the rooftops and balconies of Oxford Street to cheer on over 12,500 marchers taking part in the world’s biggest celebration of the LGBTQI community. […]
The massive rainbow was painted over 3000 square metres and is believed to be the biggest ever painted in New Zealand. To celebrate the upcoming Wellington Pride festival, Wellington Airport has unveiled a huge rainbow alongside one of its runways after taking three days of painting to complete. Wellington Airport chief executive Steve Sanderson said […]
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and composer catches up with express to discuss his 20-year anniversary “All These Poses” tour which hits Auckland and Wellington this weekend! Since his last jaunt to New Zealand, playing as a part of the Womad Festival, Rufus Wainwright had been knee-deep in his second Opera, Hadrian (which opened in Toronto last […]
With the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras wrapping up this weekend, organisers have announced that this year’s pride parade will start to phase out the use of glitter, balloons, and plastic water bottles. Organisers of the event, that is part of one of the oldest continuously operating LGBTQI organisations in Australia, say the glitter ban […]