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Queer delights at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

March 29 - Arts & Entertainment, Festivals, Performance

Now in its 31st year, the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off tonight with a program that includes more than 540 shows taking place in over 100 venues and featuring over 2,000 performers. With so much ...

Top Picks at the 2017 Melbourne Queer Film Festival

March 16 - Arts & Entertainment, Festivals, Film

Celebrating its 27th year, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) is set to delight, excite, shock and surprise with the most cutting edge queer cinema has to offer from Australia and around the globe. We take a look a...

Stay safe, know your rights and have fun this Mardi Gras

February 26 - Events, Festivals, News

HIV and LGBTI health advocates are encouraging Mardi Gras revellers to look after themselves and their mates during this year’s party season, especially in relation to HIV, sexual health, alcohol and other drugs, and str...

Chillout Festival celebrates 20th Anniversary

February 24 - Festivals, News, Travel & Tourism

Celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2017, Daylesford’s ChillOut Festival has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the biggest and longest-running Country Queer Pride events in regional Australia, and the...

Melbourne Queer Film Festival announces 2017 program

February 18 - Festivals, Film, News

Now in its 27th year, Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF), Australia’s largest queer film festival, has launched its massive 2017 program encompassing 135 challenging and inspiring films from 30 countries, including 47 ...

Sunshine Coast Pride Festival celebrates 10 Years

February 15 - Festivals, Travel & Tourism

Celebrating 10 years of Pride, the Sunshine Coast Pride Festival is 3 days of activities, artists, venues, parties and performance, with a diverse line-up ranging from folk to dance musicians, DJs and Drag Queens all cel...

Mardi Gras Film Festival to showcase the full spectrum of queer life

February 13 - Arts & Entertainment, Festivals, Film

From James Franco making porn to a sing-a-long with Doris Day, Queer Screen’s 24th Mardi Gras Film Festival (15 February to 2 March) has something for everyone – whether it’s an inspiring political documentary, a t...

Ideas, Icons and Immersive Performances: Art Gallery of NSW goes queer...

February 8 - Arts & Entertainment, Festivals

The Art Gallery of NSW is set for a fabulously queer makeover this February and March as Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras rolls out a bumper program of events and activities to spark creative discussion and celebrate eq...