Category: Events
As Elton’s final tour dates sell out all over NZ; Oliver Hall speaks to the stars of his upcoming biopic Rocketman, a kiwi super fan and listens in to the man himself to find why we are still all queuing up to see Elton John live. Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will not […]
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 […]
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 […]
express sat down with two of our favourite bitches, Murphy and Ruby – the brains behind Woof – The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show. What is your favourite of all the competitions at Woof and why? M: I love the ‘dog owner look-a-like’ as the hoomans dress themselves and us pooches up in crazy costumes. Most […]