Victoria's Pride Regional Events

Project Title: Pub Queer
Artist/Org Name: Ruby Gill
Geographic Location: Beechworth

North-East Victoria's 80-strong Beechworth Pub Choir presents: PUB QUEER - a monthly poetry and songwriting workshop for LGBTQIA+ locals (at the pub!) led by local lesbian Ruby Gill (they/she) - the award-winning musician/poet who founded Beechworth's Pub Choir and is building on its success with a dedicated, accessible connection/artistic-development-space for regional queers.

Project Title: Seams Affirming
Artist/Org Name: Maropa Vagabond Productions (MVP)
Geographic Location: Daylesford

Curated X Daylesford presents Seams Affirming, where rural trans and gender diverse people reshape affordable clothing around their bodies, style and identity. 

Project Title: Population: Queer
Artist/Org Name: Rachael Blackwood
Geographic Location: Lara

A podcast about our queer, creative lives past the city limits. Two queer women, two opposite journeys to identity and regional life, and an invite for the audience to have their say through voice memos.

Project Title: Worldbuilders
Artist/Org Name: Arena Theatre Company
Geographic Location: Bendigo

Worldbuilders pairs LGBTQIA+ young people from headspace Bendigo with professional artists to build cosplay costumes, props and augmented-reality creatures across four workshops.
Culminating in a photoshoot, their creations then appear via QR code at the Victoria's Pride Street Party, celebrating regional queer creativity on one of Victoria's biggest Pride stages.

Project Title: Queerness in Colour - Spoken Word Night
Artist/Org Name: Ine Dambo
Geographic Location: West Gippsland

Queerness in Colour, is excited to debut as the first intersectional and live spoken word event in the West Gippsland region. A talented lineup of queer, Indigenous and Culturally Racially Marginalised (CARM) folk, will take centre stage to meaningfully showcase their spoken words, stories and provide a panel discussion.

Project Title: How To Keep Safe
Artist/Org Name: Kara Van, Catherine Samsury, Crone Theatre
Geographic Location: Castlemaine

A one-woman show written and performed by 84-year-old Catherine Samsury, exploring the life of Bernie as she navigates her childhood in 1950s America and life as an older lesbian in Castlemaine. The project develops Act Two and explores intergenerational LGBTQIA+ experience, ageing, resilience and living openly.

Project Title: F*** Fabulous
Artist/Org Name: Fat Fruit
Geographic Location: Castlemaine

A collision of world class artists across Naarm, Castlemaine and Daylesford bring you a party celebrating regional queer creativity, collective care and radical joy. A space created with and for trans, gender diverse and queer community, expect pop up performances, DJ, community flash mobs, crowd karaoke and dress ups.

Project Title: Oceanside Pride: Building the Wave 
Artist/Org Name: BEAT Entertainment
Geographic Location: Portland

Building on the success of Portland's inaugural Oceanside Pride, BEAT Entertainment will deliver a four-day creative residency of workshops and mentoring, empowering LGBTQIA+ people, strengthening local creative leadership, and supporting the long-term sustainability of Pride across the Glenelg region.

Project Title: So Last Century - A "Dynasty" and "Number 96" Themed Party
Artist/Org Name: Hindmarsh Pride Committee 
Geographic Location: Jeparit/Wimmera

A gala evening in Jeparit celebrating LGBTQIA+ history through a 1980s Dynasty-inspired theme and references to Number 96. The project also documents stories from Wimmera LGBTQIA+ community members, capturing lived experiences of the 1970s and 1980s and exploring their impact on identity, visibility and wellbeing in rural Australia.

Project Title: Creative Healing: Identity, Culture & Connection
Artist/Org Name: Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA)
Geographic Location: Wodonga

Creative Healing: Identity, Culture & Connection brings together Aboriginal LGBTQIA+SB (Rainbow Mob) people in a culturally safe space to explore identity, creativity and connection through art, yarning and shared cultural experiences. Participants will build confidence, strengthen their sense of belonging and foster meaningful connections with other Rainbow Mob community members.

Project Title: Heartland
Artist/Org Name: Emily Dynes
Geographic Location: Statewide VIC

Heartland is a collaborative fine art photography series documenting queer lives inregional Victoria. Travelling by van across five locations, the project creates magic realist portraits with queer people in place - where identity and landscape intertwine - culminating in a series of portraits and participant statements.

Project Title: Mornington Peninsula QUEERmas
Artist/Org Name: Aunty Jessi
Geographic Location: Mornington Peninsula

A Queermas celebration on the Mornington Peninsula at a time of year when biological family can be particularly challenging. Encouraging community, connection, celebration and spotlighting the importance of CHOSEN family and how powerful it can be. Drag and Burlesque to a LIVE soundtrack, and so much LOVE in the room.

Project Title: Tea Time
Organisation Name: Kei Khosasih
Geographic Location: Woodend

Tea Time is a light-hearted silent animated short film about Southeast Asian culture, family and finding common ground. Tea Time serves a hopeful snapshot of how surprisingly easy acceptance can be. The intersections of our identities may be an answer to finding common ground.

Project Title: Pali-Pali MiRi
Artist/Org Name: Sian Lee Harris
Geographic Location: Mildura

Creation of a body of work consisting of a photographic portraits of Blak Queer Mob in the Mallee. A celebration of Blak Queer bodies on Country culminating in an exhibition and yarn.

Project Title: MIC CHECK 
Artist/Org Name: Yarra Ranges Council
Geographic Location: Healesville

A free summer comedy and performance workshop at The Memo Healesville, led by professional queer performers. Partnering with local youth, community development, and regional theatre groups, participants explore writing, rehearsal, and technical stagecraft through a short venue residency, culminating in a relaxed work-in-progress showcase for family and friends.

Learn about the program as part of Victoria's pride and view some of our events from previous years. 

A landmark program of pride events and projects returns to Victoria each summer as part of a state-wide celebration of LGBTQIA+ communities. Victoria’s Pride (previously Melbourne Pride) is held across the state from December to February, with events in regional and rural areas. The tour of state-wide events culminates in a full day-and-night street party in Melbourne’s iconic Gertrude and Smith Street precinct one week after the annual Midsumma Pride March.

Melbourne’s iconic Gertrude and Smith Streets is transformed into an extravagant street party – with two live music stages and performances from musicians and artists – to celebrate Victoria’s diverse LGBTQIA+ communities.