Brisbane Comedy Festival: 23 April – 25 May 2025**
Comic musings, side-splitting stories and tear-inducing tales… Brisbane Comedy Festival returns in 2024, bursting at the seams to host a hand-picked selection of the funniest folk in the country.
Big Gay Day: Sunday 4 May 2025
Brisbane’s biggest and best rainbow festival is back featuring musical acts, drag extravaganzas and so much more, all in support of local LGBTQIA+ charities.
Gold Coast Pride Festival: Saturday 31 May 2025
Spend the day celebrating Pride on the Gold Coast. Macintosh Island Park comes alive with Fair Day, Drag Pageant and After Party. Wear your brightest rainbow colours to the beach as we stroll together along the foreshore of Surfers Paradise Main Beach in the Beach Parade.
Bilo Rainbow Picnic in the Park (Biloela): June 2025 (date to be confirmed)
Join Bilo Rainbow for their bi-annual Pride Picnic in the Park! This is a family friendly inclusive event celebrating the PRIDE of our LGBTQIA+ community. Featuring Food Stalls, Market Stalls, Entertainment and Lawn games & activities.
Moreton Bay PrideFest: Saturday 14 June 2025
Welcome to Moreton Bay’s biggest LGBTIQAP+ celebration boasting a star-studded line-up. Pine Rivers Park will come alive with rainbow flags, glitter, and all things fabulous, as the Moreton Bay PrideFest is hosted during World Pride month.
Queen’s Ball (Brisbane): June 2025 (date to be confirmed)
With a history spanning 64 years, the Queens Ball is Queensland’s premier awards night for people of diverse genders and sexualities and the longest continuously running event of its kind in the world.
Queerswich: August 2025 (date to be confirmed)
Queerswich is a free family fun day for the LGBTQIA+ and greater community in Ipswich QLD. With fabulous on-stage performances, including some of the best drag queen shows in SE QLD, family-fun activities, LGBTQIA+ community services stalls, artisan markets and food trucks, come and experience the glitz, glamour and fun of the queer community, that is uniquely Ipswich and fiercely proud.
Brisbane Festival: 5 – 27 September 2025**
One of Brisbane’s most anticipated events of the year, bringing people together as they awake from their winter slumber for an explosion of arts performances and experiences. Brisbane Festival is unlike anything else you can experience in the world. The festival redefines what an International Arts Festival looks and feels like, staying ahead of the game and bringing the next generation with us.
Brisbane Pride Festival: September 2025 (dates to be confirmed)
Now in its 34rd year, Brisbane Pride Festival is Queensland’s largest LGBTIQA+ event, attracting more than 10,000 festival-goers over a four week period each year. Brisbane Pride Festival is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of all LGBTIQ+ people and communities to live well and free from all forms of discrimination.
Brisbane Pride Rally and March: Saturday 20 September 2025 (date to be confirmed)
The Rally is an annual gathering where speeches are made about LGBTQIA+ rights and issues. The March is a proud procession through Brisbane’s streets, celebrating LGBTQIA+ identity and advocating for equality. The Rally starts at Queens Gardens Park. The March ends at Musgrave Park for Fair Day.
Brisbane Pride Fair Day: Saturday 20 September 2025 (date to be confirmed)
Welcome to Fair Day – the crown jewel of the Brisbane Pride Festival! Musgrave Park transforms into a vibrant rainbow playground where diversity is celebrated, love is honoured, and community thrives. The main stage is the beating heart of Fair Day – hosting a non-stop line-up of entertainment. Wander through the marketplace filled with a diverse range of stalls offering crafts, fashion, LGBTIQA+ merchandise, and more. Indulge in an array of delicious food options that cater to all tastes.
Wynnum Fringe Festival: September 2025** (dates to be confirmed)
The award-winning Wynnum Fringe celebrates non-mainstream arts, entertainment and cultural experiences taking place in the suburban bayside precinct of Wynnum.
The Rangebow Festival: 9 – 12 October 2025
The Rangebow Festival takes place annually primarily across the Sunshine Coast Hinterland communities of Maleny, Montville, Flaxton and Mapleton. The festival returns with a number of events over four big days this August including community events, theatre performances, film premieres, immersive experiences, family events and more.
Loud & Proud Logan: Saturday 11 October 2025
Loud & Proud is a celebration of our diverse genders, bodies and sexualities via a vibrant, multi-arts festival. Enjoy a day full of love and kindness with a dash of unapologetic pride and acceptance. Coinciding with International Coming Out Day, Loud & Proud Logan will be held at Kingston Butter Factory on Saturday 11 October 2025.
The Sunshine Coast Queer Ball: October 2025 (date to be confirmed)
The Sunshine Coast Queer Ball is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ style, culture and community! It is an opportunity to recreate your formal experience as your fabulous authentic selves. The night features an epic line-up of Queer performers, and is set to be one huge party!
Northern Exposure (Brisbane): October 2025 (dates to be confirmed)
Celebrating more than 30 years, Northern Exposure returns for 2025 t0 celebrate the diversity of our Bear family.
Cairns Pride Festival: October 2025 (dates to be confirmed)
Whether you live in Cairns or anywhere in FNQ, or are thinking of visiting this tropical paradise, we want to welcome you to join us for the annual Cairns Pride Festival with events planned across the calendar for our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy people, communities and allies.
MELT Open: 22 October – 9 November 2025
Born out of the success of Brisbane Powerhouse’s Melt Festival, the new iteration of Melt takes pride in showcasing diverse arts and cultural events. With an expanded line-up of venues and artists, this destination city-wide festival aims to foster inclusivity, provoke thought and celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities and artists
Sunshine Coast Pride Festival: 14 – 23 November 2025
Expect to see the best of the Sunshine Coast on display, from beach parties to picnics in the park and roller-skating along the boardwalk. The ever-popular Fair Day returns on Sunday 16 November, with family-friendly entertainment, music, markets and of course the highly coveted dog fashion parade. More details to come…
Woodford Folk Festival: 27 December 2025 – 1 January 2026**
The Woodford Folk Festival is held annually over six days and six nights – beginning with the iconic Opening Ceremony and closing with the spectacular showcase on New Year’s Day. More than 2,000 local, national and international, artists, musicians and presenters put on over 400 acts to an audience of an estimated 132,000 people. The festival experience is deep, rich and colourful. Tickets now on sale!
If your festival or event is not listed above, and you would like to submit for consideration, please send an email to: reception@australianpridenetwork.com.au Your festival or event must be not-for-profit and primarily coordinated by those who identify as LGBTIQ. (Events organised by individuals or commercial entities will not be considered)
Image: Launch of the Moreton Bay PrideFest (supplied)
Note: ** festival contains significant LGBTIQ content