Event
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Dates |
Location |
Comments |
Midsumma Festival
|
January
|
inner Melbourne
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Melbourne's queer festival is less big-bang than Sydney's
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| Pride March |
January
|
Melbourne
|
March
for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex & allied
communiities
|
Melbourne
Leather Festival
|
September
|
Melbourne
|
wide
variety of leather and fetish- related events
|
Spring Migration
|
first
weekend in September
|
Yackandandah,
Vic
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Melbourne Queer Film
Festival
|
March
|
Melbourne
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| Sydney
gay & lesbian Mardi Gras |
first weekend in March
|
Sydney |
The best-known GLBTI event in Australia.
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| Chillout
Festival |
Victorian Labour Day long weekend
|
Daylesford
|
Claimed to be rural & regional Australian biggest queer
festival
|
| SpringOut |
late
November
|
Canberra |
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| Feast |
November
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Adelaide
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| Darwin Pride Festival |
June
|
Darwin
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| Brisbane Pride
Festival |
June
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Brisbane
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| Perth Pride |
October?
|
Perth
|
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Sexpo: the health,
sexuality, and lifestyle expo
|
November
|
Melbourne Exhibition Centre (Jeff's Shed)
|
Definitely not a community-driven event (it's just a
commercial sex industry show), but a small amount of community
participation does occur. A good place to browse
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