Wellington Pride Festival I Tū whakahīhī e Te Whanganui-ā-Tara

09/10/2026

09/10/2026

Be sure to secure your place with Sian Quennell Torrington if you're interested!

09/10/2026

Wellington you absolute beauties, we SMASHED our goal thanks to unbelieveable support from the Wellington Pride Parade and the Party Boys for the super great cocktail party we had last night, and of course Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust and their supporters for doubling funds . We are immensely grateful for all the support, and are so excited by what this means for the Festival next year!

There are still so many fabulous rainbow charities taking part in GiveOUT Day, so please do go and support their efforts too if you're able!

Thanks also to those who contributed to the raffle - Floriditas - Cafè & Restaurant Loretta Restaurant Mandatory Menswear and Wellington Chocolate Factory - please support these local businesses who support the rainbow community!

08/10/2026

When you assemble a room full of colourful people for , you get to play ROYGBIV+ with them like they’re the mugs on your shelf or something!

So grateful for this generous beautiful community! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

08/10/2026

GiveOUT Day is now live! Thanks to the amazing folk at Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust , your donations to Wellington Pride Festival from now until pool funding runs out will be doubled.

We know there's a bunch of other wonderful rainbow organisations doing super important work, and we know times are tough in the pocket for most of us. So choose an organisation that matches what's most important to you, because every little bit helps.

We'll be using money raised to pay for Aotearoa's longest-running Pride festival, and support for our Signature Events and the 100+ community events that make it up.

A link for donations is in the comments. Thank you so much for your consideration and your help.

07/10/2026

Our latest newsletter is out now, jam packed with all kinds of things happening right now.

In this edition:

- GiveOUT Day begins tomorrow at 7pm!
- Over the Rainbow cocktail party
- Board Gaymes on 13 October
- Creating your own events for Pride 2027
- La Bola Negra fundraising screening
- Other q***r things happening in Wellington

Link in comments

06/10/2026

Your Pride committee is currently very busy planning half a dozen Signature Events for 2027, but they’re not all that makes the festival great. It’s also you, our community. There’s no way we’d be able to create the 100+ events that we’ve had in past years ourselves. Maybe you’re thinking about an event you’d like to see at WPF 2027? Maybe you could even produce it yourself!

Okay, hold on, before you run away screaming or trembling in fear. Your event does not have to be a 6000+ person fair. It doesn’t have to be a multi-act stage production. Half a dozen people having a cosy, civilised discussion on q***r politics would absolutely count as a Wellington Pride Festival event too, as long as it meets our diversity & inclusion policy.

We've put together a guide on how to create events, and we're holding an online Q&A session on Wednesday 14 October so you can chat to us about your ideas, maybe connect with other people you could work with and have us answer any questions. More details on our website!

05/10/2026

We are super excited to bring you another fundraising screening - this time it's the brand new Spanish epic "La Bola Negra" on Thursday 15 October at the Penthouse Cinema in Brooklyn.

LA BOLA NEGRA tells the story of three men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain and inheritance, across three different eras - 1932, 1937, and 2017.

Grab your tickets via Humanatix and be prepared to be dazzled.

04/10/2026

Our friends at Wellington Pride Parade and the Frisky Events NZ are throwing us a party - and you're invited (as long as you buy a ticket - it IS a fundraiser!)

Join us from 5.30pm this Thursday 8 October for a fabulous evening of drinks, nibbles, live DJ beats and fabulous company at an Eva Street loft apartment; all while raising funds to support the Wellington Pride Festival and our its 100+ rainbow community events. 🏳️‍🌈✨

🍸 YOUR $50 TICKET INCLUDES:

✨ Entry to the event
🥂 A drink on arrival
🍽️ Fabulous bougie nibbles
🎧 Amazing tunes from Sydney DJ Le Snack
💃 An evening of fun, frivolity and fabulous company!

100% of your ticket will be donated directly to the Festival; our generous friends are covering the costs. Plus, it's so funds will be matched by the incredible Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust !

🎟️ RAFFLES & PRIZES

Raffles will be running throughout the night, with fabulous prizes generously donated by our amazing partners including Frisky, Floriditas - Cafè & Restaurant , Loretta Restaurant , Mandatory Menswear and Wellington Chocolate Factory

Tickets available now on Humanatix.

04/10/2026