What’s happening
Wellington Pride Festival officially runs from 6 - 22 March, but you’ll find our events here on either side of that as well, as Pride is not just a two week thing.
Prefer browsing on paper? Download a copy of our print programme for 2026. Please note the most up to date information will be online.
The majority of these events have been created by the community. However, the Wellington Pride Festival Committee produces the following Signature Events:
6 March - 22 March: Rainbow Windows of Wellington
14 March: Pride Youth Ball
15 March: Pride Hīkoi
15 March: Out in the City
15 March: Pooches in the Plaza
22 March: Pride Picnic
Sincerely, Queerly, Glamorous! Art market and exhibition
Showcasing for sale the works of Rainbow, Queer and takatapui artists. From small art market items to paintings, this promises to offer plenty of creativity to feast your eyes on!
Out in the City
Be part of our all-day family friendly fair event with stalls, stage performances, delicious food and drink and a jam-packed day of LGBTTQIA+ celebration and vibes.
Small Wheels Pride
Come and join Ngā Wīra Iti Collective, the lively, vibrant, and diverse small wheels communities of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, for a bunch of small wheels activities on the waterfront! Seaside Skates and Richter City Roller Derby will have stalls at Out in the City, there'll be a Roller Pride Parade, skate sessions, demonstrations, a mini roller disco, and an opportunity to give skating a go and get some pointers.
Saturdays at S&M's
Join DJ Hiriwini from 9 pm as he takes over the dancefloor with gay anthems and flashback nights - music from 80's law reform to now.
It's time to party like it's 1986!
Bored? Games!
A free, low key, lower sensory event. Come meet people, play board games, have fun.
True Colourers
A free, low key, lower sensory event. Come meet people while you do some colouring - the perfect way to chill.
Fields of Sugar, Fields of Memory | An Embroidered Storytelling Project
Fields of Sugar, Fields of Memory is an embroidered queer storytelling project inspired by 1950s rural Taiwan. Through hand-stitched works and narrative fragments, the event explores memory, desire, inherited silence, and intimate bonds between women across time.
Gemma vs The Normal Worms
Deep in the bowels of the Lost Worm Galaxy, two humans struggle to end all war. But first, they must escape from the stifling influence of... The Normal Worms. 15 hilarious audio episodes, infecting a mind near you…
Carmen Rupe’s Wellington: Walk with a Legend - Digital Tour
Trace the footsteps of Carmen through the streets she shaped and the lives she touched in Pōneke Wellington with this digital self-guided walking tour.
Tour the Rainbow Windows of Wellington
Plan your own viewing of all the businesses in town taking part in Rainbow Windows of Wellington, and then vote for your favourites!
Cahoots Pride Prep
Cahoots Workshop is a space exclusively for gender minorities and women where we teach, learn and share practical skills. We'll be open on 5th/6th March for folks to come in and make all the big, bright queer things you'll need for the Pride Parade and the rest of the festival!
Online Q&A: running an event as part of WPF 2026
Thinking about creating an event for Wellington Pride Festival 2026, but got some questions?
This online event is for you! Members of the Wellington Pride Festival committee will be ready and waiting to answer your questions.
Community engagement: drop in session Lower Hutt
Come chat, play, whakawhanaugatanga and kōrero about all things Wellington Pride Festival.
Community engagement: drop in session
This is a gentle space to play, whakawhanaugatanga and kōrero about the Wellington Pride Festival.