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:

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Chosen Family Night
Mar
12
Art, Comedy, Drag, Dancefloor, Exhibition, Food, History, Live performances, Music, Poetry, Talks, Ticketed event, Ticketed events

Chosen Family Night

Chosen Family Night returns to Te Waka Huia Wellington Museum for a vibrant evening filled with queer history, art and community.

Hosted by Lilly Loudmouth, the festivities include rainbow history tours, drag and music performances, dirty poetry reading and wholesome crafts.

All welcome. Valid ID required for cash bar.

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Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild Pride Month meeting
Mar
11
Art, Craft, Exhibition, Free events, Meet-ups, Talks, Workshops

Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild Pride Month meeting

Wellington Embroiderers’ Guild hosts monthly speakers, shows members’ embroidery work, runs a sale table, and we stitch together and socialize. For Pride Month we are hosting Steven and Arlo of Chosen Family Project to present and share with us all the hard work that the community of crafters have put into this project.

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Fields of Sugar, Fields of Memory | An Embroidered Storytelling Project
Mar
9
to Mar 15
Art, Craft, Exhibition, History, Drop in

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.

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