Port Douglas Hot & Steamy Festival: taking a break in 2024!
Come and party with us for the Port Douglas Hot & Steamy Festival in Queensland, Australia! Whether travelling from overseas or locally, the event has been developed by a group of gay Port Douglas business owners and friends who want to showcase our stunning town and region to our broader community.
Brisbane Comedy Festival: April – May 2025** (dates to be confirmed)
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: May 2025 (date to be confirmed)
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: June 2025 (dates to be confirmed)
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.
Sunshine Coast Mardi Gras: June 2025 (date to be confirmed)
The 4th annual Sunshine Coast Mardi Gras will showcase the sunny LGBTIQ+ community and celebrates diversity in a family-friendly event. So get ready to party into the night at the famous Aussie World and hosted by some of the regions top personalities, with a range of performances lined up from drag queens and singers. And local market stalls and a full range of activities for the kids.
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: June 2025 (date to be confirmed)
Welcome to Moreton Bay’s biggest LGBTIQAP+ celebration boasting a star-studded line-up. On Saturday 8 June 2024, Pine Rivers Park will come alive with rainbow flags, glitter, and all things fabulous, as we introduce the first-ever Moreton Bay PrideFest 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.
The Rangebow Festival: 1 – 4 August 2024
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.
Queerswich 2024: Saturday 3 August 2024
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: 30 August – 21 September 2024**
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.
Gold Coast Queer Film Festival: September 2024 (dates to be confirmed)
Curated by Gold Coast Film Festival, the films to be screened showcase the lived experience of LGBTIQ culture and politics, both its pleasures and what has to be fought for. Lovers of drama and history, comedy and politics are invited to join us at HOTA for this year’s Queer Film Festival.
Brisbane Pride Festival: September 2024 (dates to be confirmed)
Now in its 33rd 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 21 September 2024
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 21 September 2024
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.
The Sunshine Coast Queer Ball: Friday 4 October 2024
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 2024 (dates to be confirmed)
Celebrating more than 30 years, Northern Exposure returns for 2024 t0 celebrate the diversity of our Bear family.
Cairns Pride Festival: October 2024 (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 17th 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: 23 October – 10 November 2024
Melt Open, Brisbane’s major new festival celebrating queer art and culture. In an epic, kaleidoscopic floating celebration of LGBTQIA+ communities and allies, Melt Open invites EVERYONE to join the inaugural River Pride Parade 2024. New York-based contemporary Artist, Spencer Tunick is seeking volunteers for a monumental installation on his return to Brisbane in 2024.
Wynnum Fringe Festival: November – December 2024** (dates to be confirmed)
The award-winning Wynnum Fringe celebrates non-mainstream arts, entertainment and cultural experiences taking place in the bayside suburban precinct of Wynnum. It creates venues from under-used public and private spaces, presenting a program of both ticketed and free arts and cultural events that appeal to a wide range of audiences, ages and backgrounds.
Woodford Folk Festival: 27 December 2024 – 1 January 2025**
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