LGBTQ+ Prides/Events Australia 2025

01 June 2025
Sydney Various Locations: Sydney Pride takes place from the 1st to the 30th June 2025. Pride Month in June stands as a powerful platform to amplify LGBTQIA+ voices, advocate for their rights, and revel in the rich tapestry of LGBTQ culture. Throughout the month, diversity is not only demanded but also highlighted and [...]

07 June 2025
Central area: Sunshine Coast Pride takes on Saturday the 7th June 2025. Come party on the Sunshine Coast for the 5th annual Sunshine Coast Mardi Gras! Showcasing the LGBTQI+ community we invite you to help celebrate diversity of race, sexualities and gender identities, in a family friendly LGBTQI+ event. The [...]

08 June 2025
Hobart: Taspride Queen Ball takes place on Sunday the 8th June 2025. TasPride is a volunteer-led, member-based LGBTQ community organisation in lutruwita / Tasmania, Australia. TasPride aims to support, unite, champion and celebrate Tasmanian LGBTQ lives, families, goals, achievements, culture and love. [...]

13 June 2025
Leeton: Leeton Pride takes place from the 13th to 15th June 2025. Leeton Rainbow Pride Collective Incorporate acknowledges the Wiradjuri people, the traditional owners and custodians of the land our celebrations are held on. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land. Winter Leeton Pride Festival, [...]

13 June 2025
South Hedland Town Square: Pilbara Pride takes p[lace from the 13th to 21st June 2025. Embrace the spirit of unity and inclusivity at the Rainbow Family Day, where families of all compositions come together for fun and connection. Theme to follow Parade to follow Festival to follow After party to follow

14 June 2025
Pine Rivers Park: Moreton Bay PrideFest takes place on Saturday the 14th June 2025. Moreton Bay is the third-largest local government in Australia and is home to 450,000 residents. This number is projected to exceed 690,000 within the next 20 years (this means our population will be greater than in Tasmania). With [...]

18 June 2025
La Trobe Art Institute, 212 View Street: Bendigo Queer Film Festival takes place from the 18th to 21st June 2025. The Bendigo Queer Film Festival provides cultural and artistic opportunities to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTI) people living in Central Victoria. The Festival attracts people from all over [...]

27 June 2025
Adelaide: Adelaide Pride takes place on Friday the 27th June 2025. The South Australian Pride Gala isn’t just an event—it’s a moment. A declaration that our communities are strong, vibrant, and unapologetically proud. This year, we gather to commemorate 50 years since South Australia became the first state [...]

04 August 2025
The Laird Hotel: A Week of Leather takes place from 4th to 10th August 2025. The Laird invites you to AWOL – A Week of Leather and Fetish, undoubtedly Australia’s premier series of geared-up and stripped-down events for same-sex attracted CIS and Trans males. AWOL will provide an array of events which appeal to [...]

07 August 2025
Darwin: Darwin Pride takes place from the 7th to 24th August 2025. With events across the weekend will provide a platform for individuality to not only be accepted but amplified. We invite and welcome all individuals and groups from near and far who identify on the queer spectrum, as well as our active [...]

22 October 2025
Brisbane: Melt Open takes place from the 22nd October to 9th November 2025. Melt Open is an annual open access festival of Queer art and culture premiering in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Born out of the success of Brisbane Powerhouse’s Melt Festival, Melt Open takes pride in showcasing diverse arts and [...]

25 October 2025
Nobby’s Beach to Bernie’s Bar: Newcastle Pride takes place on Saturday the 25th October 2025. Our vision is to make the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter Region a happier, healthier, safer and more culturally rich place for all the LGBTQIA+ community. To empower the current and future generations to be their true selves and [...]

01 November 2025
Adelaide: Feast Festival Adelaide takes place from the 1st to 23rd November 2025. Feast Festival is Adelaide’s Premier LGBTQIA+ Arts and Cultural Festival. Founded in 1997 by professional arts and community cultural workers Helen Bock, Damien Carey, Luke Cutler, and Margie Fischer, Feast was created to [...]

01 November 2025
Adelaide: Adelaide Pride takes place on Saturday the 1st November 2025. Adelaide's Feast Festival is an arts and cultural event that brings together a variety of LGBTQIA+ performers, artists, communities, and audiences. The festival brings together local, interstate, and worldwide artists to create a unique [...]

07 November 2025
Shepparton: OUTintheOPEN Festival Shepparton, takes place from the 7th to 9th November 2025. OUTintheOPEN is Shepparton’s festival celebrating LGBTIQA+ pride and community diversity. The festival boasts a rich program each November including queer films, dinners, drag shows, forums, brunches, art displays, [...]

13 November 2025
Hay Park: Rainbow on the Plains Festival takes place from the 1st to 17th November 2025. The Rainbow on the Plains is a festival of fun, support, inclusion and celebration of LGBTQIA+ community, people from culturally diverse communities and anyone who loves to celebrate inclusion. Theme to follow Parade [...]

15 November 2025
Castlemaine Botanical Gardens: Castlemaine Pride Picnic takes place on Saturday the 15th November 2025. Castlemaine Pride is a community-led initiative that organises local events and activities to bring people together, amplifying LGBTQIA+ voices and celebrating the culture, history, and creativity of the LGBTQIA+ community in [...]

30 May 2025
Macintosh Island Park: Gold Coast Pride takes from the 30th May to 1st June 2025. With Australia's only Pride Parade on the beach, Gold Coast Pride Festival Fair Day is the perfect way to kick off your month of rainbow fun in the sun. Starting off with a bang, our opening night on Friday, sets the stage for an [...]

31 May 2025
GV Hotel: We cordially invite you, a friend of Dorothy, to ‘The Emerald Ball’ that takes place on Saturday the 31st May 2025. Join us for a night of fun, frivolity and friendship, as we celebrate 20 years of Goulburn Valley Pride. “Home is a place we all must find, child. It’s not just a place where you [...]