Events at Wellington Pride Festival 2025
There’s all kinds of things happening over the month of March, from large scale to small. Have a hunt and find what’s good for you.
Wellington Pride Festival is producing Kuru Pounamu, the Youth Ball, Out in the City, and the Hīkoi and Pride Picnic. All other events are created by our community.
Scroll to find events chronologically, filter by categories to align with your interests, or tags to match your accessibility needs. Otherwise you can download the full programme as a PDF.

Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
A dinner, a relationship on the rocks, a séance gone awry, what could possibly go wrong?

SLAY: A Drag Dance Party (Pride Edition)
Get ready to celebrate Pride with SLAY: Pride Dance Party, an electrifying drag show that’s set to dazzle and delight!

Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
A dinner, a relationship on the rocks, a séance gone awry, what could possibly go wrong?

Painting on Tapa with Whenua Pigments
Create your own wearable tapa badge to take home and contribute to a collective art piece to show your pride.

Strike a pose and learn to vogue
Celebrate Rainbow Pacific Pride by immersing yourself in Ballroom sub-culture. Learn the technique of Vogue and Runway with the 'Kiki House of Marama'.

Out in the City
Be part of our all-day family friendly fair event with over 80 stalls, stage performances, delicious food and drink and a jam-packed day of LGBTQIA+ celebration and vibes.

Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
A dinner, a relationship on the rocks, a séance gone awry, what could possibly go wrong?

Using Counting Ourselves: Wellington Event
The 2025 Counting Ourselves reportand Māori fact sheet have just been released, and we’re holding a community event to talk about using Counting Ourselves.

Make Yourself Heard: The Art of Signwriting
Get ready for the Wellington Pride Festival Hikoi and create a sign that celebrates your rainbow identity, inclusivity, and making a statement. For ages 14-18

Screening: Five Films For Freedom
Watch five powerful short films from Aotearoa, Indonesia, the USA, and the UK, screening on repeat to coincide with the Manalagi residency weekend and Pride in the City events.

Drag Bingo with Selina Simone @DLS
This is not your Grandma's Bingo!
Get ready to strut, dance, and bingo your way into a fabulous night of glamour, glitter, and giggles high above the city lights!

Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
A dinner, a relationship on the rocks, a séance gone awry, what could possibly go wrong?

Wellington City Libraries Presents: The Pōneke Pride Poetry Slam!
Join us for The Pōneke Pride Poetry Slam - showcasing & celebrating our LQBTQIA+ community in the capital!
We welcome Queer Wordsmiths and Rainbow allies alike to watch/judge/compete in a friendly, 2 round poetry competition. Ages 16+

DRAG QUIZ with Braiden Butter @DLS
We turned the fun up to 11 and decorum down to a sensual 2.4 at The DIRTY LITTLE SECRET DRAG QUIZ (Pride Edition), hosted by the iconic mega mix maestro Braiden Butter!

Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
A dinner, a relationship on the rocks, a séance gone awry, what could possibly go wrong?

Pride Movie: Moonlight
In this acclaimed coming-of-age drama, a young man who grows up poor, Black and gay in a rough Miami neighborhood tries to find his place in the world. Chairs are provided, but bring pillows/beanbags/blankets/snacks/drinks if you would like to set up a cozy spot on the floor.

Coven Beach Party: Wellington Pride
Join us for a day at the beach on 16 March to celebrate Wellington Pride Festival!
Whether you are a queer woman, sapphic, trans, gender queer or don’t fit the binary, this event is for you.

Fat Queers Eating Cake
There’s so much strength and solidarity in members of marginalised communities getting together to have a joyous good time. Fat Queers Eating Cake! is a shared meal (please bring food to share, if you’re able), where you can gather with friends old and new, free of any diet talk or body shaming.

Pride Drag Brunch
Get ready for glam, glitter, and good times - we’re serving up two Saturdays of dazzling performances, delicious brunch, and nonstop fun!

Mask making workshop
Come along for some group mask-making for the 2025 Wellington Pride Youth Ball!
This event is open to all youth ball attendees and allies.

Jesus Cucking Christ
Join a discussion about a queer theology perspective on divine vulnerability.

Drag Bingo with Olivia Dreams @DLS
This is not your Grandma's Bingo!
Get ready to strut, dance, and bingo your way into a fabulous night of glamour, glitter, and giggles high above the city lights!

Pride Crafternoon
Celebrate Pride with zine-making, collage, and badge making! All materials are supplied.
Drop-in session for folks aged 14+

Out at the Zoo
Out at the Zoo is a family-friendly weekend, running from the 8th to 9th of March, full of fun activities for our rainbow communities and wider allies.
The theme of Out at the Zoo is ‘celebrating the diversity of the living world – across both animals and people!’

Ginge & Minge Present: House of Ick
House of Ick is bursting at the seams with outrageous characters, c*nty musical numbers, visceral messy sketches, and the best cringe you could hope for.

Nicola Brown - Space Invaders
Join Dunedin comedian Nicola Brown for a journey through the nebula of modern day bullsh*t. In this multi award-winning solo show Nicola navigates medical mayhem, while dodging declarations of love from romance scammers (who've failed to notice how gay she is) and grappling with the extraterrestrial chaos brought about simply by existing as a woman in 2025.

Prowl
Drawing on the divine feminine as a chameleon, witness urban POC artists take the stage, delving into the complex layers of femininity within themselves and one another. Utilising street dance as a potent tool for political expression, these performers confront gender and body politics, challenging colonial legacies and spotlighting indigenous perspectives on gender and femininity, dismantling and redefining the concepts shaped by colonialism.

Ginger’s Lesbian Pop-up Event: Wellington Pride Edition
The first half of the evening will feature an inspiring panel discussion with prominent figures from our rainbow community, who will share their stories and insights on resilience and leadership.
The second half of the evening is all about connection and celebration. Guests can dance, mingle, and enjoy fab entertainment.

APHRODI-TIM
In this brand-new experimental solo show, join Tim as he explores what it really means to love yourself. Combining rituals, poetry, ancient goddesses, dinner plans, sacrificial shit, queer shit, shit, and facial massage, APHRODI-TIM will take you on a half-baked odyssey in the pursuit of self-acceptance and a slither of sanity.

Selena Mersey: Bisexuelle
Bisexuelle is a fraudster and a phony and a top-class liar. Bisexuelle is a smokin' hot broad with a gun. But most of all, Bisexuelle is a madcap, laugh-a-minute exploration of marginalised identity.
And hot damn, was she something to write home about…