Category: Events

Feb 15
Who will be Crowned Queen of the South?

Peter Matvos is Auckland Council’s Community Centres Manager. He talks to express about Auckland Council’s Pride Month ‘Proud Centres’ and tonight’s Queen of the South event. Tell us a bit about the concept of Proud Centres? We asked communities what they’d like to see at their local centres and received positive feedback for more Pride […]

Feb 15
Out on the Town: The Greatest Album of All Time Performed Live

Graduating from her role as the Fugees’ lead singer (Killing Me Softly), Lauryn Hill left the band and crafted what many critics consider to be the greatest LP ever recorded by a female artist – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Classics include Ex-Factor, To Zion and Can’t Take My Eyes Off you and will all […]

Feb 15
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World Tour After-Party 2019

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1663″ display=”pro_imagebrowser”]RuPaul’s Drag Race: Werq The World Tour After-Party 2019  Family Bar & Club 270 Karangahape Rd, Auckland Photos: Yosuke Tanaka Auckland’s iconic Family bar and Club held the official after-party of the RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq The World Tour. Packed with fans, Family bar celebrated with the Queens, dancers, and crew from the fantastic spectacle.

Feb 14
Out & About With express: Big Gay Out After-Party 2019 @ Family Bar & Club

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1659″ display=”basic_imagebrowser”]Big Gay Out After-Party 2019  Family Bar & Club 270 Karangahape Rd, Auckland Photos: Yosuke Tanaka Auckland’s iconic Family bar and Club farewelled 2019’s Big gay Out with a bang, hosting the official after-party from 7 pm. 

Feb 14
Working Group for New Auckland Pride Established

A working group has been set up to explore the possibility of establishing a new Auckland Pride festival The ‘Rainbow Community Working Group’ has been launched with the aim to undertake LGBTIQ+ community events which will “be inclusive for everyone for 2020 and beyond.” The group has established a Facebook page which they have invited […]

Feb 14
Valentines Day and Beyond: express’ Top Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra Picks to Make Your Heart Sing

NZ Herald Premier Series: Fantasy 8pm, Thursday 14 February Including highlights from Wagner’s comedic opera Die Meistersinger: Overture, British composer Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’ and Berlioz Symphonie fantastique. Berlioz composed this spectacular symphony to recover from a failed love affair. He evidently found it therapeutic to write music depicting his own beheading and to conclude the […]

Feb 12
Kiwi-Samoan Takes Out Mr. Gay New Zealand Title

27-Year-Old Samoan-Kiwi Nick Francis has been crowned Mr. Gay New Zealand 2019 after a month-long competition which concluded on-stage at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out on Sunday at Auckland’s Coyle Park. Nick who was born in NZ before moving to Samoa with his family as a child, returned back to Auckland in his early […]

Feb 12
Kroad Valentine’s Day #LoveKroad

The origins of Valentine’s Day began over 1500 years ago but it wasn’t until medieval writer Geoffrey Chaucer got hold of the story that St Valentine became associated with courtly love and romance.  Of course, like much of history, stories about ‘the love that dare not speak its name’ have never featured in Valentine narratives […]