Category: Out & About

Jul 13
Auckland School’s Rainbow Festival: The Lil’ Gay Out!

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under alumni Anita Wigl’it joined in the celebrations for the first-ever Lil Gay Out at Hobsonville Point Secondary School. What do you get when you combine over 170 students from 14 schools around Auckland, 25 external staff members/visiting adults, 12 HPSS helping staff, 14 facilitators from Rainbow organisations and 1 drag […]

Jul 06
Out & About: Opening Night of Everything After

Queer community notables descended on Q Theatre for the opening of Shane Bosher’s Everything After on Saturday 3 July. The Adam Award-winning play follows five years in the life of Nick an HIV+ gay man in his early 50’s who survived the AIDS epidemic and is now navigating his way around a modern gay world […]

Jul 01
Out & About: Sappho Disco at Garnet Station

The 2nd Sappho Disco at Auckland’s Garnet Station on Sat 19th June. Hostess Verity George tells express, “we had 81 women in raptures about the magical atmosphere and safe space. Cousin Alice sang, DJ Nicola Tims spun the decks and Tess Tickle, Drag Mother to Kita Mean, gave a surprise celebratory performance in the Tiny […]

Jun 21
Out & About @ MISBEHAVIOUR II

Following on from the incredible success of their debut event, MISBEHAVIOUR, Auckland’s newest sophisticated, late-night club party experience for the LGBTQI+ community and their allies returned to Everybody’s on Friday 18th June. Taking the flavour of the Melbourne, Brooklyn and East London LGBT scene, MISBEHAVIOUR II delivered a diverse night of music, party stopping moments […]

Jun 07
Out & About: Urge Takes Over Christchurch

For the first time in nine years, Urge Events returned to Christchurch to put on a party at A Rolling Stone on Queen’s Birthday weekend. Urge fans from all over NZ descended on the garden city to dance to sets from DJ’s Gregor and Donald Bennett. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1795″ display=”pro_sidescroll”] Photos | Oliver Hall.

Jun 05
Out & About: Gagging For Saturday Night At G.A.Y?

Gag no more! G.A.Y Auckland will be slaying tonight with Trinity Ice hosting, and performances from Monty Montgomery and Yuri Guaii. Photos by Peter Jennings. [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1794″ display=”pro_sidescroll”]G.A.Y Auckland, 262 Karangahape Road.

May 25
Out & About: Urge Wellington – Back in Black

After an absence of several years, Urge Black returned to the capital on Saturday 22 May. Valhalla Bar was heaving with hot, sweaty men dancing the night away to DJs Everett Wayne (Tauranga) and Pet (Wellington), with a variety of performances throughout the night.  Organiser Alan Granville said “ ‘It’s safe to say it wasn’t […]

May 22
We Are Family! – Friday Night At Family Bar!

[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”1792″ display=”pro_sidescroll”] Friday 21 May 2021 @ Family bar 270 Karangahape Road, Auckland CBD Photos: Matt Fistonich for express Magazine express was Out & About last night at the always-packed Family Bar on Auckland’s Karangahape Road, where Kita Mean from Rupauls Drag Race Down Under brought another night of FABULOUS homegrown talent to […]