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
As We Do - A Play Reading
As We Do by Ronald Trifero Nelson is set in 1987 Wellington, just after Homosexual Law Reform. This staged reading follows Sam and Trevor navigating the risky, often funny world of gay cruising, HIV anxiety, and desire.
Georgina Beyer – Diamonds are Forever (Walking Tour)
Join us for this special 90-minute walking tour honouring international trailblazer Georgina Beyer (1957–2023). Explore central Wellington locations that shaped her remarkable journey, and discover a defiantly optimistic story of resilience, courage, and lived experience—used to challenge injustice and change the world for the better.
As We Do - A Play Reading
As We Do by Ronald Trifero Nelson is set in 1987 Wellington, just after Homosexual Law Reform. This staged reading follows Sam and Trevor navigating the risky, often funny world of gay cruising, HIV anxiety, and desire.
Plastic and Proud: The Queer History of Fashion Dolls
Long before mainstream representation, these pocket-sized figures carried bold, subversive stories within their plastic frames. From trailblazing toys of the '70s to accidental gay icons of the '90s, discover how queer history found its place on the toy shelf.
As We Do - A Play Reading
As We Do by Ronald Trifero Nelson is set in 1987 Wellington, just after Homosexual Law Reform. This staged reading follows Sam and Trevor navigating the risky, often funny world of gay cruising, HIV anxiety, and desire.
‘Amethyst outlook’: Exploring Katherine Mansfield’s queer identity
“From the amethyst outlook my situation is devilishly fascinating, but it cannot be permanent.” – Katherine Mansfield, 1907
Following the success of 2025’s The Magic of Her Body: Readings of Katherine Mansfield’s Queer Writing, dive deeper into Mansfield’s queer identity from the perspectives of two generations of Wellington writers.
Pride: Past, Present & Future
Looking to better understand why we celebrate Pride? Join InsideOUT for a free 1 hour lunch-and-learn style webinar.
A Change Is Coming: 40th Anniversary of Homosexual Law Reform Walking Tour
Marking 40 years since the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986, this free walking tour traces Aotearoa’s journey toward equality. From the first 1967 reform meeting to Parliament today, discover the people, struggles, and triumphs that shaped our communities — honouring courageous ancestors, activists, and allies who paved the way.
Pride After Dark: He Rā Whatiwhati Kō
Celebrate Pride within the maramataka season of ngahuru with an evening of waiata, talks, hands-on workshops, and kai, in the museum after dark.
Fiona Clark: Unafraid - Screening and Q&A
Join The D*List for a special Q&A screening of Fiona Clark: Unafraid, where we will be joined by Fiona herself.
Fiona Clark: Unafraid tells the story of how the photographer overcame censorship, homophobia, sexism, and vision loss to become one of our most respected social documentarians.
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.
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.
Spiral Collectives’ 50th anniversary celebrations
Celebration of Spiral Collectives’ 50th anniversary with an exhibition featuring 19 significant figures from their herstory.
Spiral Collectives’ 50th anniversary celebrations
Celebration of Spiral Collectives’ 50th anniversary with an exhibition featuring 19 significant figures from their herstory.
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.