2021 Auckland Pride Month Programme

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February 03 - 28. 2021

aucklandpride.org.nz

AUCKLAND PRIDE BOARD

Kaan Hiini, Co-chair Robyn Vella, Co-chair Kyle Habershon, Treasurer Micheal McCabe, Secretary Kara Beckford, Takatāpui Representative Piripi Mackie Wetini Paul Tangaroa Paul, Māori Rōpu Todd Karehana, Māori Rōpu Cissy Rock (retired July 2020) Duncan Mathews (retired July 2020) Michael Lett (retired November 2020) Phylesha Brown-Acton (retired July 2020) Zakk d’Larté (retired July 2020)

AUCKLAND PRIDE TEAM

Max Tweedie, Director of Pride Richard Green, Major Events Producer ammer Freya Finch, Gala Director & Creative Progr

PUBLICISTS

Michelle Lafferty, Publicist Kelly Geater, Publicist

DONATE WITH PRIDE

support of individual Auckland Pride is grateful for the generous unity. comm donors and proud benefactors within the Name of Bank ANZ Inc Name of Account Auckland Pride Festival 1-25 Account Number 01-0249-020965

CONTACT

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2021 Auc kland Pride Fes tival

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Nau mai, haere mai! We warmly welcome you to February 3rd on join us early on Maungawhau, fo r Tuwheratanga ceremony of the , the opening 2021 Auckland Pride Festival!

The Auckland Prid e Festival 2021 opens with the dawn blessing, ac knowledging man a whenua and our takatāpui whānau. As the ve ry first event of a month-long programme, Tuw he ratanga offers a chance to open the spac e fo r the Festival, to take stock and reflec t b ac k on our shared history, th ose who have ca rv ed a path for our community, and to pay tribut e to the pioneers of the queer liber ation movement in Aotearoa.

3 February

Maungawhau | 6.00am

Join us as we wel come the dawn and celebrate the star t of the 2021 Auc kland Pride Festival by remem bering the ‘fallen rainbows’ of our communit ies, paying homag e to their memory as pione ers of Pride in Aot ea roa, and Ahurea Takatāpui .

Following the cl ose of formal pro ceedings we invite you to stay on for a ligh t breakfast.

We look forward to seeing you bri ght and early for the official opening of 2021 Auckland Pride Festival.

Free

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Karanga Atu, Karanga mai.

Auckland Prid e are calling o ur communitie s together.

The Auckland Pride March is an energetic d of unity and c isplay ommunity, sh We invite our o w casing the rich rainbow comm diversity of ou unities to r communities jo in u s a s w , amplifying the e march throu from our grass g c h a lls the streets roots commun of Central Auc ity organisatio kland once mo and celebratin n s , re joining g the uniquen our voices tog ess of who we ether and sen The March calls a re . d ing them us together to to the heaven make ourselve s with a collec heard across A s ti ve call for otearoa. continued cha nge, continue d progress and in celebra With a whakap tion of the pro apa reaching g ress already back to the Ga achieved.

Liberation Pro y test led by Ng ahuia Te Aweko in 1972, the M tuku arch will begin We will march as a gathering , walk, and wh Albert Park, ba in eel down sking in the su Bowen and Vic n w ith kĹ?rero and toria Streets, th music, before en up Queen heeding the c Street, and th alls of our rang ro u g before setting h th e Waharoa into atira off for a hÄŤkoi.

Square where Aotea the Party begin s .

We invite everyone to sta For the 49th y y on for kai an ear of Pride in d k anikani Auckland, we enjoying our in encourage ou credible quee r community to r a rt ists for a celebration gather with th karanga, wheth that will carry eir er it’s a call th u s in to the evening. at demands change, educ ates one anoth er, or celebrate we are. s who For the purpos es of contact tracing and health & safety , registration is essential.

27 February

Albert Park | 3.00pm

Free

Register at au cklandpride.org .nz/march

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27 February

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Our Authentic Prom Proud Centres presents Ever wondered what it would be like to go as your authentic self to a prom? Have you ever wanted to go in drag or a suit instead of a Dress ?

Now’s your chance. Proud Centres presents Our Authentic Prom come as you are & who you are. Come dance and relive your Prom night with your lover or lovers or even your best Judys. You could even be crowned at the ball. Prizes to be won!

12 February

Free

Freemans Bay CC | 8.30pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

NYMPHO

BGO Brunch

NYMPHO is a queer club night with performance and visual art woven into high energy DJ sets and musical performances centered around: techno, house, R&B, hyperpop and other emergent sounds. NYMPHO aims to create a safe space which celebrates queer, trans and fringe identities and promotes sexual liberation and gender euphoria. With support from Ending HIV & the Pride & Spark Empowerment Initiative

Start your Big Gay Out 2021 in style with our fabulous Big Gay Out Rainbow brunch. Free event for the whole community. Chill out and enjoy the sweet sounds from DJ Devine, relax in the sun with a mocktail and grab yourself some delicious brunch goodies, plus much more.

Queer club night

Proud Centres Festival Day

12 February

$10-$20

14 February

Free

Whammy Backroom | 10.00pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

Pt Chevalier CC | 11.30am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Big Gay Out After Party

Pride Caribbean Carnival

After all of the fun in the sun, pop down to G.A.Y to party the rest of the night away down at your home, G.ā.Y! Your favourite inclusive venue, G.A.Y, went crazy last Big Gay Out that left everyone wanting more. This year will get even crazier and you never know what to expect! So we will see you there to cool off being in the hot sun all day at Coyle Park, and party the night away down at your home,

Pride Caribbean Carnival celebrates the musical sunshine sounds of the Caribbean steelpans. We welcome you to savour our Caribbean food, ‘sip it easy’ with a glass of Trinidad homemade rum punch, ‘jump up’ in the Carnival masquerade and ‘wine down low’ in the limbo dancing!

Special performance by renowned drag queen Black Mamba!

14 February

Free

20 February

G.A.Y | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Western Springs Garden Hall | 7.00pm Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

$20

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Homo House

Queer AF: Pride 2021

Auckland’s favourite gay party returns to Neck of the Woods to celebrate one huge month of PRIDE in Auckland! Homo House features its signature over-the-top production and world class sound system with some of the best gay DJs in NZ including DJ JORDAN ESKRA & DJ MODELLA!

A pride party like no other - Queer AF is returning for Auckland Pride 2021 celebrating all degrees of queer, championing women and gender minorities in an unforgettable night of dance and celebration.

Theta Project

20 February

$35+

20 February

$10-$15

Neck of the Woods | 10pm

Book at thetaproject.co.nz

Basement Theatre | 10pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

China Pride Gala

In the Dark

This event is the milestone to celebrate. Dress up and join us to celebrate The Chinese New Year and Pride Festival Month TOGETHER!

So you really thought the party was over... No ma’am! G.A.Y and Auckland Pride will be continuing the party! Bring a friend or 10 because we will have pumping D.J’s, and iconic drag shows. Our gender diverse staff will make sure everything is awesome....

With Special Cocktails just for the event.

China Pride Festival

Auckland Pride After Party

20 February

$68-$78

27 February

Free

WineCave | 7pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

G.A.Y | 10.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

SPLASH

Proud Centres Pool Party On the last Sunday of Pride Month, have fun in the sun and get slayed in the shade for the closing party of Auckland Pride Festival 2021 — Proud Centres are taking over the incredible Erin Pools. Nurse your hangover while sipping on kombucha and dozing to the sweet sounds of the lapping water. We will be making a splash with beats from an incredible DJ line up. This is an alcohol and drug-free party.

Spaces are limited so make sure you get your free tickets now!

28 February

FREE

Pt Erin Pools | 12.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Scratch Fest A mini fest within a fest. For the short works that are being shaped, prodded, squished and stretched.

Let’s put them out there, set them free and see how they fare out in the world. With performances by queer artists and allies. There will be a bit of everything - poetry, music, music that is poetry, theatre, experiments, theatre experiments, dance and more.

3 February

Free

Basement Studio | 6.30pm

Book at basementtheatre.co.nz

Night of the Queer Luck & Schooney

No Homo: Queer Comedy

Journey into the shadows of a sexy world full of magick and mystery as tarot is transformed to embody the queer spirit. This wild celebration of sexual diversity reveals that you should never run from your fate. With dazzling dance, extraordinary aerial artistry, sassy song, bold burlesque, divine drag and a huge dose of comedy, Night of the Queer is a sublime queer cabaret that appeals to all colours of the rainbow.

No Homo is Auckland’s hottest night of queer comedy featuring a lineup of Aotearoa’s best queer stand-up.

Join regular hosts and 2x Billy T Award Nominees James Mustapic and James Malcolm as they present a night of LOLGBTs and hilarious queer excellence - headlined by the incredible Alice Snedden!

No Homo: Queer Comedy usually sells out, so bookings are essential.

4–5/9–13 February

$27+

4/5 February

$20-$22

TAPAC | 7.00pm & 9.00pm (12/13)

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

Basement Theatre | 10.00pm

Book at basementtheatre.co.nz

Amamelia, Native Bush & D. Tyrone

Gowns, Beautiful Gowns

DJ’s from across Tāmaki Makaurau’s underground LGBTQI+ dance music scene playing in the place! Forging spaces for dancing, expression, and connection is integral to the mental wellbeing of our community. We hope to recreate this energy in an all-ages, public space where we can be our queerest and best selves in the sweet, open air. Discrimination of any form will not be tolerated.

Gowns, Beautiful Gowns is a drag showcase of 13 Auckland drag artists, that are showcasing their perception of gender, fashion and art in an array of fabulous drag shows. With appearances from: Lilly Loca, Natrasha, Lucina Innocence, Dirrrty Helen, Vanessa LaRoux, Margarita Blades, Medulla Oblongata, Shavorn Aborealis, Leidy Lei, Nivalia Night, Nadja Angel, Miss Geena and Lala Loopsy.

5 February

Free

5 February

$20+ excl. fees

Ellen Melville Centre | 4.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Phoenix Cabaret | 7.30pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Dragons Diva Den

Ngā Hinepūkōrero

Be prepared for dazzling lip syncs, sensational live singing, and sizzling hot drag as the resident stars of Dragon’s Diva Den take to the Wintergarden stage inside the sumptuous Civic for a Pride Spectacular! Lady Trenyce Bhone, Ms Lady B and a special guest queen will band together to transform two celebrity guests into the most outrageous drag artists you’ve seen!

This Waitangi Day, feel the power of the spoken word from these wāhine toa, with poetry that mixes witty and sassy with profound and hard hitting. Ngā Hinepūkōrero are four wāhine Māori who use the spoken word as a platform to bring attention to important issues in our country, especially those that affect Māori, intertwining waiata and te reo Māori in their work to express their love for whakapapa and culture.

Spoken Word Poets

5/6 February

$27-$32 excl. fees

6 February

Free

Wintergarden, The Civic | 8.30pm

Book at aucklandlive.co.nz

Auckland Art Gallery | 3.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

F.I.N.E. Festival Join us for a Festival celebrating Pasifika pride.

Spaces are limited so make sure you jump on Proud Centres Facebook page to get FREE tickets!

3.30/8.30pm

Inky Pinky Ponky

When the new kid at St Valentine High turns out to be fabulous fakaleiti Lisa, her classmates are quick to judge.

But Lisa doesn’t bat an eye until First IV hunk Mose is dared to ask her to the school ball and she falls in love for the very first time.

7.00pm

44 (FAFA) Panel

Some of our most trailblazing queens in our scene will give you the T on T and everything you’ve ever wanted to know they will feed. Panellists to be announced through the Proud Centres Facebook page.

5.30pm

Po’ula

A space where we give all our queens across Auckland to come and showcase what they have to offer. Dips, hips and tricks on how to be trick. Fine Fatale are a powerhouse of emotion, humanity, religious and social politics, and Samoan tradition choreographed by Amanaki Prescott with verve and performed with physicality and soul.

8 February Māngere Arts Centre

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Performance

Le Freak: Decolonise

I Wanna Be Mark Wahlberg

Colonial ideals such as Patriarchy, Greed, Inequality will be left at the door as our performers entertain, challenge and inspire you. Be prepared to question how the fabric of society is woven, as we slowly unpick it and lay it out bare. featuring Misty Frequencies, ThevonP, Ego, Mistress Supreme & Constance Miraj.

Kia mau koe ki ngā kupu o ou tūpuna.

Karanga mai whānau.

I want to be a strong, unquestioned leader. I want to be uncompromising, but entirely forgiven because of my exuberant charisma. I want to kick around the house in my boxer shorts. I want to take my whiskey neat and my marriage on the rocks (to justify my affairs). I want to be the hero and feel proud. I want to be the villain and feel proud. I Wanna be Mark Wahlberg.

6 February

$10

9-13 February

$18-$38

G.A.Y | 10.30pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

Basement Theatre | 6.30pm

Book at basementtheatre.co.nz

GAYS IN SPACE

Not as simple as it sounds

Gays in Space is a camp-tacular comedy musical by Tom Sainsbury and Jason Smith following three hapless homosexual astronauts and their trusty sex-bot on humanity’s next great mission: to probe Uranus.

First performed in 2018 to a soldout audience, and described by the NZ Herald as “a cult classic in the making” it’s back for a very short season at Q Rangatira!

In this world premiere, international artist Ivan Lupi offers an intimate yet powerful act of mourning dedicated to each one of the estimated 100,000 homosexuals who have been arrested, abused and killed during the Holocaust. The artist will be in the space, repeatedly playing a triangle instrument for 6 days each day for 5 hours straight in order to reach 100,000 touches and beyond.

The audience is invited to take part.

Ivan Lupi

9–10 February

$25-$29 excl. fees

10-13/18-20 Feb

Free

Q Theatre - Rangatira | 7.30/9.30

Book at qtheatre.co.nz

The Audio Foundation | 12-5.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

HEtheyShe

Coven Arts Collective HEtheyShe premiering at the Basement Theatre 2021 Pride Season is a solo performance art, activation dance experience, they are a projection mapping of the world unseen, a soundscape of the disillusionment that manifests in our subconscious self painted by the dancing body to challenge the limitations of our tunnel visioned collective understanding of gender.

9–13 February

$18-$38

Basement Theatre | 8.00pm

Book at basementtheatre.co.nz

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The Best Roles I’ll [probably] Never Play

Let’s Get Loco!

Lamenting they’ll never be Liza, claiming the right to be a child again, belting out some Babs - it’s a night with no rules where dreams come true. ‘The Best Roles I’ll [probably] Never Play’ is a celebration of musical theatre roles that performers Brady, Charlotte, Cherie, Heather, Paul, and Rebekah are unlikely to have the opportunity to play.

Take a trip with BFF’s Ricky and Martin as they go on their first OE to the gay capital of the Pacific, Sydney baby! Martin’s on a quest to find a ‘daddy’ while Ricky’s living la vida loca. Their getaway takes a turn when they meet Charlene, a Kylie Minogue super fan who’s determined to show them the time of their lives...

11-13 February

$28-$35 excl. fees

11-20 February

$25-$28 excl. fees

Q Theatre - Loft | 6.30pm

Book at qtheatre.co.nz

Q Theatre - Loft | 9.00pm

Book at qtheatre.co.nz

Dragvine -

Les Femmes

Hosted by creative event leaders Paintvine is a uniquely creative interactive experience where NZ’s leading drag queens, Kita and Anita will take you on a creative journey complete with painting, games drinks and performances. There is something for everybody at Dragvine - get creative, get weird, get wild. Either way, you’ll be coming home with more than just a buzz.

Need some Spice back in your life?

Cabaret drag sensation, Les Femmes, is guaranteed to be a side-splitting night out filled with hilarious antics, slick harmonies, sensational tunes and legs for days! These gals along with their seven-piece band are set to dust the Wintergarden stage as they sashay their way through a greatest hits songbook of much-loved girl bands from The Supremes to the Spice Girls!

A Drag, paint and wine experience

12/26 February Phoenix Entertainment | 7.00pm

$69+ excl. fees

12/13 February

$35-$45 excl. fees

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

Wintergarden, The Civic | 7.30pm

Book at aucklandlive.co.nz

Mx Up and Coming Take part in a showcase of drag talent and creativity. A Drag King or a Queen who have been waiting to unveil themselves will slay the runway. With workshops and makeup tutorials to help you before the event, there’s nothing to lose. Come and see if you’ve got what it takes to be the next up and coming!

There is $500 to be won plus other fabulous prizes! Spaces are limited so make sure you REGISTER.

13 February

Free

6

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

New Lynn CC | 8.00pm

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The Rainbow Connection

Candyland Part 3: The Remix

A family friendly cirque cabaret showcase featuring established and developing performing artists from within the rainbow community of Tāmaki Makaurau. An event that is sure to surprise and delight, see performers from across the rainbow spectrum defying gravity and expectations as we celebrate the joy that comes from connecting with others and sharing our stories. Koha entry. Raising funds for the GMA Free Binder Programme

Start your journey down the magical road to sweet surprises! This is the Sweetest show around! Prepare for sugar overdose so good that it’s sickening. With a cast as sweet as this they will probably kill you with kindness. Shows from: Crystal Quartz, Lala Loopsy & featuring a SECRET SPECIAL MYSTERY PERFORMER. What kind of Candy are you?

Carnies and Queers

13 February

Koha

13 February

Free

Dust Palace | 7.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

G.A.Y | 1.00am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Atamira: TŌTORU Threefold, Triple, Trio

Enby Encore

Experience the creative process of Aotearoa’s leading Māori dance company, working live onsite in the Gallery. Led by three senior dance practitioners, the week unfolds as an interactive and up close observation of Māori contemporary dance behind the scenes. Watch for more information about interactive dance classes, conversations with the choreographers, and live rehearsals.

Shining a spotlight on some of this cities hidden musical talents, while creating an enjoyable safe space event for all to feel comfortable as themselves. Hosted by Miss Geena from House of Drag Season 2 and Showgirl at Caluzzi Cabaret.

Featuring live performances by Randa, NahBo, Māia Huia, Margarita Blades & Monty Montgomery. Full dinner menu available plus prizes to be won!

15-19 February

Free

Auckland Art Gallery | 10-5.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

A Gender Diverse Cabaret

17 February

$25+

Caluzzi Cabaret | 7.00pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

Proud Centres x IMAN Ball Presented by the House of IMAN

The House of Iman are bringing you Fashion, Femme Queens, Butch Queens, 5 Striking Categories, Spins & Dips and Lots of BODY ODY ODY ODY. Ballroom culture has been shaping popculture and the fashion industry for decades and the House of IMAN is carrying on this legacy. Mother Jaycee Tanuvasa is no stranger to hosting incredible vogue nights and balls. A former Pride board member with a track record of outstanding projects in Pride, this will be her come back and you won’t want to miss it! Spaces are limited so make sure you get your free tickets!

19 February

FREE

Venue TBA | 8.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Code Switch

The Laramie Project

Join Medulla Oblongata and friends for an evening of tantalising entertainment with a cast of multifaceted individuals. A variety show like no other. Step into this extraordinary world of colour, and bathe in the delights of queer performance.

The Laramie Project is a play by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Company about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay student Matthew Shepherd, in Laramie Wyoming. 12 actors play multiple roles where actual interviews with the Laramie community are presented to tell the effect the hate crime and the subsequent attention had on this American community.

18 February

$20

18-27 February

$25-$35

Phoenix Entertainment | 8.00pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

Westpoint PAC | Multiple Times

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

PROLOGVE: Chapter II ‘PROLOGVE: Chapter II’ is a love letter from Non-Binary artists to the people who have accepted us, nurtured us, loved us unconditionally, and it’s a motivating transaction to the Non-Binary audience and other supporters to show that we can achieve anything, and already have achieved so much!

This is a thank you, this is something to inspire, this is our representation, this is our PROLOGVE.

20 February

$15-$20

G.A.Y | 10.00pm-1.00am

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

GALS Rainbow Choir with Pride at the Gallery

Coco Cabana Tropicana

The ever popular and uplifting GALS Auckland Rainbow Choir returns to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki with a colourful celebration of community and voice for Auckland Pride Festival 2021.

A drag show, dress up, dance party extravaganza on Waiheke Island!

Mermaid Constance Maraj will be hosting the evening of drag performance, live music and DJs. Strap on your coconut bra and pineapple headpiece for a night in the Caribbean! Our cocktail bar will be serving all the tropical favourites; piña coladas, margaritas and aperol spritz!

20 February

Free

20 February

$20-$25

Auckland Art Gallery | 2.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Artworks Theatre, Waiheke | 7.00pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Over My Dead Body: UNINVITED

A Night of Poetry

It is a flat-warming party on the eve of World AIDS Day. When 3 uninvited guests turn up, the party takes a turn for the worst. But as skeletons are dragged out of the closet, the flatmates discover they are more intricately connected with the past than they ever imagined. The newest play in Jason Te Mete’s Over My Dead Body series.

Come along to a night of poetry readings by queer poets! Grab yourself a tea or coffee and settle in to enjoy a medley of literary creations. Discover poets you’ve not yet heard from or gather inspiration for your own work! List of poets coming soon.

24-27 February

$25-$30 excl. fees

Q Theatre - Loft | 9.00pm

Book at qtheatre.co.nz

25 February

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | 6.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Queerlesque

Rochelle Khan Live Music

Burlesque! Drag! Variety! Queer!

Va-Va-Voom Productions is back with a bang with Queerlesque! Expect to see a diverse variety of queer artists from around New Zealand, ranging from professional showoffs to baby queens, sashaying and shantaying the boards of Phoenix Cabaret this Auckland Pride season.

DJ’s from across Tāmaki Makaurau’s underground LGBTQI+ dance music scene playing in the place! Forging spaces for dancing, expression, and connection is integral to the mental wellbeing of our community. We hope to recreate this energy in an all-ages, public space where we can be our queerest and best selves in the sweet, open air.Discrimination of any form will not be tolerated.

Proud Centres Festival Hub

25 February

$18

Phoenix Entertainment | 7.30pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

20 February

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | 6.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Supreme Ball 2.0

Presented by COVEN-Carangi After a sickening SUPREME Ball at the Wintergardens, COVEN-CARANGI is back for SUPREME 2.0 at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Categories and themes announced end of January

26 February

$10-$20

Auckland Art Gallery | 9.30pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Exhi bi –tio n Exhibition

Dressing Aotearoa Now New Zealand Fashion Museum Through the lens of fashion, Moana Currents: Dressing Aotearoa Now takes a view on migration, cultural exchange and adaptation in the Pacific, Te MoanaNui-a-Kiwa. Presented by the New Zealand Fashion Museum with Māngere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku, it shows how various threads drawn from across the Pacific are woven together to produce new identities in Aotearoa.

3–12 February

Free

Mangere Arts Centre | Daily

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Let Me Be Perfectly Queer

Retro Hero Exhibition

Let Me Be Perfectly Queer is a collection of poems by Kayla Allison exploring her journey as a millennial gay woman, trying to figure herself out and getting caught up in hopeless romance. Written with an urgent energy, the poems express what Allison describes as “feelings poured out like espresso over ice”.

Twenty years ago, The Hero Parade moved from Queen Street to Ponsonby Road, showcasing vibrant floats to celebrate the LGBT community of Tamaki Mākaurau. Despite detractors, the parade thrived for eight years, rivalling the Sydney Mardi Gras. This archive, captured by Chas Foxall, is of just one of Auckland’s Hero Parades, chronicling an event that remains loved by many.

Kayla Allison

3-18 February

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | Daily

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Chas Foxall

3-18 February

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | Daily

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Reflections of Pride

It’s a Boy

Reflections of Pride is an augmented reality installation that allows the public to reflect their support for Pride. A screen set inside Studio One Toi Tū Sidewalk Gallery shows passers by their reflection with rainbow face paint and an animated unicorn horn and flower crown. This allows the audience to take selfies with the effect and post them to social media celebrating Pride Festival.

Föenander Galleries are proud to present ‘It’s a Boy’ by Oliver Cain ft.

Billy Apple. This new series of works gently probes at confronting and challenging issues surrounding sexuality, gender and identity. The exhibition also includes six remaining works by Billy Apple, from his ART FOR AIDS series. Proceeds from the sale of work in this exhibition raises money for the NZAF. Event: 5 Feb from 5pm

Oliver Cain ft Billy Apple

3-18 February

Free

27 Jan - 7 Feb

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | 9.00am-5.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Föenander Galleries | Daily

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ICONS 2021

Same Same but Black To coincide with Pride month and Black history month, Same Same but Black presents: ICON 2021 an exhibition celebrating the black pioneers of the rainbow community.

Part exhibition, part education, part conversation, part celebration, part agitation; ICON 2021 is an online photography exhibition, podcast series, social media outreach and live stream pop up event.

Proud Centre pop-ups: 11 Feb, Te Manawa; 11-19 Feb, Te Atatū Peninsula CC; 19 Feb, Panel Discussion with Amazin Lethi; 20 Feb, Highbury House; 20-28 Feb, Central Library

3-28 February

FREE

Online & in Proud Centres

More at samesamebutblack.co.nz

Studies 2017–18

Been Here Long?

Luca Nicholas is an early-career artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau. He concentrates on printmaking, using a range of processes to explore queer experiences with humour and pathos. With one exception, the etchings in Studies 2017–18 are based on photographs cribbed from the ‘social networking’ app Grindr. Opening Night: 10 Feb from 6pm 10% of the proceeds of sales will be donated to RainbowYOUTH.

Ōtautahi-based Paul Johns is one of Aotearoa’s foremost artists. He has long explored gender and sexuality in his work—sometimes directly, sometimes more discreetly. BEEN HERE LONG?, his first solo exhibition in Tāmaki Makaurau for many years, brings together a selection of light-based works, paintings, and photographs.

Opening Night: 10 February - 6pm Artist Talk: 13 February - 11:30am.

Luca Nichols

Paul Johns

10 Feb-13 March

Free

10 Feb–13 March

Free

Visions | Daily

More at aucklandpride.org.nz

Visions | Daily

More at aucklandpride.org.nz

Charlotte Museum Pop Up

Queer with a K

The Charlotte Museum will ‘POP-UP’ at Auckland Pride to exhibit items and objects from its unique collections about the historical queer lesbian communities of Aotearoa and their shared lesbian cultural experience.

Join us for a live performance night on Fri 26 February. and on Sat 27 February from 10am you are invited to bring along your treasures and momentos to donate.

A video screening and panel discussion exploring the colourful, outrageous and deeply personal connections that have made Karangahape Road a cultural and spiritual home for Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s rainbow communities across the generations. Following the panel discussion, at 7:30pm will be the launch of The Manager’s Office; an 80’s inspired private hire bar at the back of Monster Valley.

Monster Valley

24–27 February

Free

25 February

Free

Garnet Station | Multiple Times

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Monster Valley | 5.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Rūrangi The Movie Rainbow Carpet Tour Join the cast and creators of Rūrangi The Movie, for the opening night of their Rainbow Carpet Tour. Packed with media buzz and community spirit, including a complimentary drink from Spencer Block Wines and fundraising to support RainbowYOUTH. Taking a nuke to clichéd, cis-plained queer stories, come experience a groundbreaking LGBTQi Kiwi film that we can all be proud of.

3 February

$20

Rialto Theatre | 6.00pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

And Breathe Normally

Pink Drinks & Pride Film

An Icelandic single mother struggling with poverty and a Guinea-Bissauan asylum seeker facing deportation find their lives intertwined in unexpected ways.

Join us for a drink and mingle at our bar The Pinter before we stroll across the courtyard to enjoy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Waiheke Cinema. The film is about two drag performers and a transgender woman who travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret. Bar open from 4.00pm, Film at 8.00pm

Splice presents

Waiheke Pride Week

6 February

Free

8 February

$19+

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Waiheke Theatre | 4.00pm

Call 09 372 4240 to book

Shanghai Queer

Takatāpui LGBTQ short film showcase

Shanghai Queer is a first-of-its-kind documentary film about LGBTQ’s pursuit of equality and freedom in Shanghai, China. The documentary tells the collective memories of the development of Shanghai’s LGBTQ community over the past 15 years (2003-2018) and discusses China’s LGBTQ-related issues and depicts a picture of local activism fighting for the minority’s equality.

A showcase of Maori, Pasifika and global indigenous short films curated

by Leo Koziol (Ngati Rakaipaaka, Ngati Kahungunu) of the Wairoa Maori Film Festival, presented in association with the Asinabka Film & Art Festival of Ottawa, Canada. Join us for a very special night!

China Pride Festival

Full short film listing on www.kiaora.tv

21 February

Free

24 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Titirangi Theatre | 8.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Queer Scenes x Proud Centres

Free Registrations essential aucklandpride.org.nz

Queer Scenes and Proud Centres present a series of Queer Films for Auckland Pride Festival 2021 For a full schedule and locations please check aucklandpride. org.nz or facebook.com/proudcentres Beanbags provided!

Booksmart

Best friends Amy and Molly realise that they have been cast aside by their surroundings for being bookworms and pretentious. They decide to let loose and make up for the lost time. R16

5 February

Ellen Melville Centre | 8.30pm

Pariah

In a desperate search for sexual expression, a Brooklyn-based teenager assumes paradoxical identities and stands to lose her family and friends while setting herself up for heartbreak. R18

10 February

Titirangi Theatre | 8.30pm

Bend it like Beckham

A girl bends the rules, to reach her goal, in professional soccer. But her traditional parents refuse to even consider it and want her to hang up her football boots, find a nice boy and learn to cook. PG-13

19 February

Te Atatū Peninsula CC | 8.30pm

Freak Show

When his glamorous mother is forced to send him to live with his straightlaced father, Billy discovers that he’s like a diva-out-of-water at his new ultraconservative high school. NR

20 February

Te Atatū Peninsula CC | 8.30pm

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Two drag queens and a transsexual take their act on the road. They have several adventures and uncover deep secrets as they travel across Australia, entertaining homophobes and enthusiasts alike. M

20 February

Studio One Toi Tū | 8.30PM

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PROUD CENTRES orting the 2021 Auckland Council is supp transforming Auckland Pride Festival by events venues our arts, community and sting a series into Proud Centres and ho EE events of diverse, inclusive and FR across Tāmaki Makaurau.

Tāmaki Makaurau, Vogue From Festival Days across Films, Talks, Workshops, and Balls, Drag Competitions, Pride Centres will be celebrating Community Events, Proud is an ole month. Proud Centres across Auckland for the wh de Pri and is part of Auckland Auckland Council initiative February 2021.

Festival running from 3 – 28

Festival Days

Free

Ellen Melville Centre Festival

Snap a pic with the Rainbow Gaytes or the Instaworthy Rainbow Stairs in partnership with Heart of the City or choose from the lineup below.

4.00pm

Amamelia, Native Bush & D. Tyrone

6:30pm

Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

4.00pm

Rainbow Histories &

Human Rights Workshop

7.00pm

Queer Together Potluck

4.00pm

Rainbow Cookies

8.00pm

Pimp my pup

5.30pm

Cooking for bachelors

6.00pm

Drag The Line

8.30pm Queer Scenes: Booksmart

5 February

Ellen Melville Centre | 4:00-10.00pm

Onehunga Whānau Day

Shop the OUT in Onehunga Rainbow Market or one of the the cooking classes, learn about PRONOUNS or make a face mask with MISS Intercontinental NZ. 10.00am

OUT in Onehunga Rainbow Market

11.00am

Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

10.00am

Rainbow Storytime with Medulla

11.30am

MakeUp Tutorial with Medulla

10.00am

Rainbow DIY Poi Making

11.00am

Rainbow Cookies

12.00pm

Sewing with Miss Intercontinental NZ

13 February

4

Onehunga CC | 10:00am-2.00pm

Registrations essential aucklandpride.org.nz

Proud Centres at BGO

Come and chill at Auckland Coucnil’s themed tent and enjoy the authentic Proud Centres experience.

14 February

Coyle Park | 12:00-7.00pm

Te Atatū Peninsula Festival and Market

Learn about PRONOUNS, create a Tie Dye masterpiece and get your dinner sorted with variety of food trucks before you finsih the night with an outdoor movie.

5.00pm

OUT in Te Atatū Peninsula Market

6.30pm

Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

5.00pm

Food Truck Market with Food Collective

8.00pm

Pimp My PUP

5.30pm

Tie Dye with The Recreators

8.30pm

Queer Scenes: Out & Bend it like Beckham

19 February

Te Atatū Peninsula CC | 5:30-10.00pm

Studio One Toi Tū Festival

Learn about PRONOUNS, create a Tie Dye masterpiece and get your dinner sorted with variety of food trucks before you finsih the night with an outdoor movie.

10.00am

Rainbow Story Time

11.00am

Pride Flag Workshop

1.30pm

Embroidery for Crafty Queers

2.00pm

China Pride Self Explore: Face to Stress

20 February

6.00pm

Music, Mingling & Activities – Food Truck

8.00pm

Pimp My PUP

8.30

Queer Scenes: Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Studio One Toi Tū | 10:00am-10.00pm

Pre-Pride March PARTY

Learn about PRONOUNS, create a Tie Dye masterpiece and get your dinner sorted with variety of food trucks before you finsih the night with an outdoor movie.

8.00am

Fresh Produce City Centre Market

10.00am

Live music w/ Rochelle

10.30am

Kiel Tutin

Dance Workshop

11.00am

How to grow a successful business online

11.00am

Rainbow Cookies

12.00pm Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

27 February

12.30pm

Next Best Rainbow Baker

12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm

MakeUp 101 with Medula with Yuri with Monty Mongomery

1.00pm

Sewing with Miss Intercontinental NZ

1.00pm

Get ready to March!

1.30pm

Todd Williamson

Dance Workshop

Ellen Melville Centre | 8:00am-3.00pm

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Rainbow Stairs at Ellen Melville

Rainbow stairs are BACK. The most photographed attraction of 2020 season is back and is brought to you

by Auckland Council and Heart of the City!

3-28 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Rolemodels: Future & Present 3x3 Rainbow Auckland Mixer

A spoken word showcase

Launching Rainbow Auckland’s first Wednesday of the month Networking Mixers in style! We warmly welcome you to 2021, with an invitation to come and meet some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Queer leaders of the future as the Rainbow NZ Charitable Trust proudly present the successful applicants of their annual Tertiary Scholarship recipients.

Whether you’re keen to get up on the mic, or just want to sit back and enjoy the show, 3x3: a spoken word showcase is the perfect place to get creative in a supportive and friendly environment. Every night features three of the most exciting voices in our community with a lineup of two poets and one musician, as well as an opportunity for you to share your own words.

3 February

Free

3/17/25 Feb

Free

Westpac Britomart | 5.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Multiple Venues | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Rainbow Cookies

Pop Up Cafe & Karaoke

Little ones will be provided with freshly made cookies, icing, glitter and sprinkles to get creative with.

Chef Ricardo will teach kids to create whimsical, edible art with magical cloud frosting and beautiful rainbows – your imagination is the only limit! Suitable for ages twoplus and an adult must accompany each child.Festival and Proud Centres: Onehunga Whānau Day

An opportunity to relax in safe surroundings, meet new people and if you feel the urge, sing a song (or two).

Proud Centres x Chef Ricardo

Friendship House

5/13/27 February

Free

5 February

Free

Multiple Venues | Multiple Times

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Friendship House | 7.00pm

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Pimp My PUP

Queer Together

Bring down your furry friend and get them pimped! We will have dress ups, makeup and a professional photographer to make your fourlegged friend fierce!

Come along to our Auckland Pride Festival Potluck and meet up with old friends and new make some new ones.

Bring a dish to share for the potluck, this is your chance to show off that fabulous Huitlacoche Salad you have always wanted to make!

Proud Centres Festival Days

Pot Luck

Dinner from 7.00pm.

5/19/20 February Multiple Venues | Multiple Times

Free

5/20 February

Free

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Multiple Venues | Multiple Times

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Howick Pride Join our local LGBTQAI+ community and celebrate together at Howick Information Hall. We will have folks joining us from Rainbow Youth, Proud Centres and Ending HIV as well as appearances from Auckland’s most incredible drag artists, local queer musicians and face painting for the family!

12.00pm

Drag w/ Monty Montgomery & Yuri

Join your hosts the incomparable Monty Montgomery and the drop dead gorgeous, and sometimes disgusting, Yuri as they put the ‘How’ in Howick. An unforgettable performance not to miss from two local Howick legends.

1.00pm

Face Painting

Come on down to Howick Information Centre for FREE Face Painting! Bring the kids down, get immersed in the fun and activity during Howick Pride.

2.00pm

Live Music w/ Shannon McIntyre

Shannon McIntyre is a Howick local with international talent. Performing for Pussy Riot on their New Zealand tour around the country, this successful queer musician is coming home to play some of her sweet original tunes as well as some of our favourite covers.

6 February

Howick Information Centre | 12-2pm

Free

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Queer Magick

Queers and Wares Market

Nature is innately queer. Connect to the spiritual nature of queer and trans consciousness with us as we invoke mythological queer and gender diverse figures to look over the Pride Festival.

Prompt Start. Te Henga (Bethell’s beach), 6 February 10 AM.

Championing the talent of Tamaki Makaurau creatives the Queers and Wares will be returning for Auckland Pride 2021! With support from Auckland Council, Queers and Wares will host an array of stalls selling jewellery, ceramics, prints, photography, candles, clothing and more. Buy locally and sustainably this summer while supporting queer makers.

with Queer AF

6 February

Free

6 February

Free

Te Henga Walkay | 10.00am

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Studio One Toi Tū | 10.00am-2.00pm

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Trans beach picnic

Life Drawing

Join RainbowYOUTH and OUTLine for a day of fun in the sun! Join us at one of Auckland’s beautiful beaches, where we’ll have lawn games, kai and good vibes!

Some kai will be provided.

Venue will be confirmed in the new year.

This is a drug and alcohol-free event. All ages welcome.

A safe and fabulous space for drawing from life. For this one-off session the model will be working with a range of camp and quirky props. This session is led by kind and experienced teachers. All are welcome to attend regardless of experience and ability.

Feel free to come along and do your own thing. Guidance for beginners will also be provided.

RainbowYOUTH x OUTLine

Splice Presents

8 February

Free

8/22 February

Free

TBC | 12-3.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.30pm

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The Reading Revolution

You’ve Got Mail

Celebrate Pride 2021 with The Reading Revolution! Pride themed readings happening throughout the month.

The Reading Revolution is a shared reading group where participants read and listen to short stories. We welcome speakers from of any language who want to read or listen to short stories.

This is a group for everyone!

To find out more, visit thereadingrevolution.org

Valentines day is around the corner, maybe it’s a sweet connection... maybe someone wants to be my friend. Join in for a night of fun and short letter writing to a connection of your choice, better yet choose them all. Mix and mingle with anyone and everyone, get to know people, find new friends, find a date for valentines day, BGO or maybe you just want someone to send silly memes to and ROFL with.

9/16/23 February

Free

9 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 5.00pm

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Ellen Melville Centre | 7.30pm

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Pride Drag Queen Bingo

Drag Queen Bingo

Welcome to Drag Bingo, an inclusive event for the LGBTI+ community & straight allies. Come win some fabulous prizes and celebrate Pride with a few games of Bingo with your hosts Miss Trinity Ice & Miss Geena then a few drag shows scattered in between .

Yes, this is bingo, the game of blue-haired grandmas and churchbasement fund-raisers, but drag bingo is a night to remember. Drag Bingo - Proud Centres edition is a regular on the Auckland scene each February and promises to be an evening of unbridled fun, complete with ridiculous drag numbers, hilarious drag queen antics, chances to win fabulous prizes, and much, much more!

Miss Trinity Ice presents

Proud Centres Edition

11 February

Free

12/18 February

Free

Caluzzi Cabaret | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Multiple Venues | 7.30pm

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Rainbow Teachers’ Drinks

Pot Luck & Movie Night

Secondary school teachers of the rainbow community, here’s a chance to mix and mingle, right at the start of the school year before we’re all exhausted! Come and celebrate pride with end-of-the-week drinks and nibbles, and stories of your first days in the classroom in 2021!

Community dining and networking.

Friendly people and great conversation. Games available too.

Bring some food to share.

Friendship House

12 February

Free

12 February

Free

Garnet Station | 5.00pm

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Friendship House | 8.30pm

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Prismatica Plants, People, Pride

OUT in Onehunga Rainbow Market

Prismatica is about coming together – to buy plants, to meet other collectors and growers and to talk about our shared passions and to learn from each other. To do this during the Pride festival on Saturday the 13th February from 10am till 2.30pm we have hired the Auckland Horticultural Association Hall on Great North Road, to host a fun public event .

OUT in Onehunga Rainbow Market is a free eclectic market celebrating DIY arts, crafts, comics and selfpublishing– with a particularly queer flavour. We aim to give rainbow creators a platform for their work, connecting them to members of the public, as well as fostering a community of artists and makers.

To REGISTER for a stall please go to Proud Centres Facebook page.

13 February

Free

13 February

Free

Western Springs Garden Hall | 10am

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Onehunga | 10.00am-2.00pm

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Rainbow suncatcher

Queer Herstory History

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is proud to support Auckland Pride Month this February. Whānau drop in|free art making will be themed around the rainbow flag, with activities that celebrate all the colours of the rainbow.

This weekend’s activity is making a rainbow suncatcher.

Celebrate the heritage of queer lesbian and LGBTQ+ spaces and community places by walking K’Road and hearing their stories. Enjoy hearing about spaces there in an era before gentrification in nearby gaybourhoods Grey Lynn and Ponsonby and before K’Rd’s seedy, wild reputation got cleaned up.

Auckland Art Gallery Whānau Drop-in

OURstories Walking Tour of K’Rd

13/14 February

Free

13/16 February

Free

Auckland Art Gallery | 10.00am

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Karangahape Rd | Multiple Times

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Rainbow Storytime

Ride with Pride to the BGO!

These Rainbow Storytime events help to teach children about acceptance with themes of family, love and friendship, being different and belonging, being unique and accepted and are for children, families and anyone who likes a good story! Presented by the fabulous Drag Queens Miss Trinity Ice and Medulla.

Pump up your tyres, check your brakes, glam your wheels and join us as we cycle from the city out to Coyle Park for Big Gay Out! Assembling at 11am for a 11.10am departure, meet us at the forecourt of the Auckland War Memorial Museum for a relaxed cycle to the NW Cycle way, then down Pt Chevalier Rd.

13-26 February

Free

14 February

Free

Multiple Venues | Multiple Times

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Auckland Museum | 11.00am

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Auckland Pride

Love is Love Pride Picnic

Join the board of Auckland Pride at the Big Gay Out! Drop by our tent for kōrero, share some ideas for the festival, share your call for the March or just chill out and grab some refreshments.

Indulge in bubbles, fruit platters and pastries on the tropical island of Waiheke!! Art performance RAINBOW YOURSELF will take place in front of your very eyes with 7 models being body painted the colours of the rainbow. Each artist will theme the body using a element and emotional story around their given colour ie. red/fire/ heated passions.

at the Big Gay Out

Waiheke Pride Week

14 February

Free

14 February

Free

Coyle Park | 12.00pm

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Artworks Theatre | 8.00pm

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Board Gaymes

flash tattoo flashday

Calling all Board Gamers, Gaymers, Players and beyond to a meet up with games big and small! Come along for a fun and inclusive event of competition, connection and laughs as we bring back the annual Pride Board Gaymes night!

Love and Hope tattoo open their doors for a fundraiser flash day, all proceeds will be donated to RY. Magali Corpas, JJES (Joshua Solomon), Charlotte Verduci and Bekah Marsden will all have flash available on the day.

Pop by at 9am to lock in your design, and you’ll get a time to be tattooed that day.

RainbowYOUTH fundraiser

16/22 February

Free

Multiple Venues | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

19 February

Free

Love and hope tattoo | 9.00am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Rainbow Night Market

Food Truck Market

Experience an amazing Rainbow Night Market on Friday night on 19th Feb 2021 from 5pm to 9pm at Britomart Square, showcasing a fabulous mix of food, art, music & performances, rainbow decorations and Chinese New Year!

Join us for a great line up of Auckland’s best food trucks! Come for dinner, have a picnic in the park, dine inside or outside, catch up with The Recreators, stay along for a movie plus much more! Enjoy the fun community vibe happening at Te Atatū Peninsula.

China Pride Festival

19 February

Free

19 February

Free

Takutai Square | 5.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Te Atatū Peninsula CC | 5.00pm

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Drag/Dress Up Bingo

Geek Out for Pride 2021

Dust off your best drag queen and drag king outfit and join us for a night of merriment and laughs. Prizes for the best King and Queen outfits.

A Fun day out for things Geeky and fantastical! Bringing Rainbow Geeks of All ages out to play - Gender Flip your favourite Superhero, Glam up your Orc alter Ego or dress down as a Vulcan.

Friendship House Cafe

19 February

Free

Friendship House | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

with Proud Centres

20 February

Free

Te Atatū Pen. CC | 10.00am-3.00pm

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China Pride Festival February is Auckland Pride Month and Chinese New Year Month – it’s the perfect time for China Pride NZ to share their voice representing Chinese Rainbow Communities!

Join China Pride on the third weekend of Pride for celebrations across Tāmaki Makaurau that will range from an Opening Gala, sports, markets, talks, films, and so much more! The China Pride Festival is made possible through the Pride & Spark Empowerment Initiative.

19 February

Rainbow Night Market Takutai Square (See pg 35)

20 February

Touch Rugby Melville Cricket Pavilion (see pg.43) Self Explore Workshop Studio One Toi Tū (see pg. 51) China Pride Gala Winecave (see pg. 12)

21 February

Sweat with China Pride Albert Park (see pg. 43) Rainbow Pet Gathering Sweet Affairs (see pg. 36) Queer Chinese Film Night Ellen Melville Centre (see pg. 22)

19-21 February | Multiple Venues

Free

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Queer Kōrero with the Greens

Rainbow brooch making

To tautoko the theme of “Karanga Atu, Karanga Mai” the Rainbow and Auckland Central Greens are hosting an afternoon of Queer kōrero. We want to hear your experiences & talk about how everyone can better use parliament to affect change and champion rainbow issues. Share some kai and kōrero and join us in working to progress the rights, health and wellbeing of our rainbow communities in Aotearoa.

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is proud to support Auckland Pride Month this February. Whānau drop in|free art making will be themed around the rainbow flag, with activities that celebrate all the colours of the rainbow.

This weekend’s activity is making a rainbow felt brooch.

20 February

Free

Ponsonby Community Hall | 2.00pm

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Auckland Art Gallery Whānau Drop-in

20/21 February

Free

Auckland Art Gallery | 11.00am

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Music, Mingling, Activities & Food Trucks

Rainbow Pet Gathering

A Fun, Friendly and Inclusive day out for all ages! Bringing together people from all over, sharing the dazzling glitz and happiness in our collective shine.

Celebrating our rainbow unity brightly with this sensational evening of fun!

Our Professional pet groomer Jen will provide nail trim and teach you how to trim nails correctly. Also, there will be games and gifts, as well as homemade pet snacks and milk on site.

China Pride Festival

20 February

Free

21 February

Free

Studio One Toi TĹŤ | 6.00-8.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Sweet Affairs | 11.00am

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Circle of Love Body Positive Inc.

The Circle of Friends memorial recognizes people living with HIV and their allies. We will host a positive pride picnic bringing community together at this important site. Bring your picnic and join us for an afternoon of food and music. We will be teaching the traditional activity of making poi and practicing traditional poi spinning.

21 February

Free

Circle of Friends Memorial | 11.00am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

All ages WhÄ nau day

Proud Movies

Join RY, Outline, and the ASHES team for a day in the sun, lawn games and a BBQ, meet others from the community and the staff who work at RY outline and ashes.

This event is all ages, and for all members of the community and their whanau.

Come to Te Manawa for some free popcorn and a fabulous movie marathon.

RainbowYOUTH x OUTline

21 February

Free

Onehunga Bay Reserve | 12.00pm

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at Te Manawa

21 February

Free

Te Manawa | 1.00-5.00pm

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Queer Cuts

After Hours at the Museum

This year thanks to Vivo salons, we’re taking queer cuts into the regions as well as Auckland. Vivo open their salons for free gender-affirming hair cuts in auckland.

Join Auckland Museum for an evening of frivolity, music, and mingling.

Our musical line-up has something for everyone. Make the most of meandering through our specially-lit galleries without the crowds – the Museum is yours! Single? Let the games begin. If you’re looking to make a new friend, don’t miss our famous Carbon Dating game. Sign up when you register!

RainbowYOUTH with Vivo salon

Celebrating Pride

22 February

Free

24 February

$45

Vivo Salon | 9.00am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Auckland Museum | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandmuseum.com

Bikes, Beers, & Queers

Dinner for Queer Womxn

Bike Auckland’s monthly Bikes and Beers event for February is going queer for Pride Month! Bike, Beers and Queers is a relaxed after-work get-together for Tamaki Makaurau’s bikey people. Drop by after work and enjoy a few hours of beer, chats and general fun. LGBTTIF and straights are all welcome, united by our love for cycling!

Splice is offering an evening meal for all women who feel they belong to the lesbian community for a “meet-and-greet” opportunity.

A particular welcome to those women who have never come to such a meeting before and simply want to meet people in a safe and welcoming environment.

Bike Auckland

25 February

Free

Brothers Beer & Juke Joint | 5.00pm Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Splice Presents

25 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.00pm

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Heel of Fortune

Games Night

Heel of Fortune is a trivia night game show, unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Drag, disco and debauchery - you won’t want to miss this! Get your teams together for your chance to win some massive prizes including a gift pack from our favorite local queers Agnes and Eddies, Cosmic Corner, as well as your chance to win free tickets to Manarchy this April! Plus much more.

An easy going way to round off a jam packed month of activities.

25 February

Free

Western Springs Garden Hall | 7.00pm Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Friendship House

26 February

Free

Friendship House | 7.00pm

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City Centre Market

Pride Korowai

Everyone loves a good local market the fresh fruit and veg, the community vibe, the busker, bumping into neighbours...so here it is, centrally located on Freyberg Place at the Ellen Melville Centre. Come purchase your weekly fresh produce from the south, the west & beyond. When you’re done shopping, feel free to linger in the Ellen Melville Centre’s “urban lounge”.

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is proud to support Auckland Pride Month this February. Whānau drop in|free art making will be themed around the rainbow flag, with activities that celebrate all the colours of the rainbow.

This weekend’s activity is making a collective Pride Korowai.

Proud Centres Festival Hub

Auckland Art Gallery Whānau Drop-in

27 February

Free

27/28 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 8am-12.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Auckland Art Gallery | 11.00am

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Get Ready @ RY

Next Best Rainbow Baker

We’re bringing our annual get ready pre march event! come along to the RY drop in centre where we’ll have the community wardrobe, makeup artist, sign making and kai, at the end of the event we’ll make our way to Albert Park for the start of the Auckland Pride March.

Do you have what it takes to win $200? Bring your best signature creation, from the most fabulous pavlova, to the slipperiest tart (bake it at home, in your oven)!

CATEGORY IS: Imagination. A panel of judges choose a winner. The judges will be looking for the most original, impressive and delicious creation. Show off your Creativity, Uniqueness, Nerve and Taste!!!

RainbowYOUTH

Proud Centres Festival Day

27 February

Free

27 February

Free

RainbowYOUTH Drop-In | 11am-3pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Ellen Melville Centre | 12.30-1.30pm

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Get ready to March!

Picnic and Politics

Grab your crafty queers and come down to create all the signs, banners, capes, badges and more to stand out!

Look out for the Green Gazebo at the top of Albert Park on Princes Street (near the Rotunda) where Green MPs Elizabeth and Chlöe will be hanging out and looking forward to meeting you. Bring your kai, your whānau, and any questions you want to ask them.

There’s no issue too big or small! It’ll be a low key event, where you’ll have the opportunity to ask any questions you like and just generally hang out.

Proud Centres Festival Day

with Green MPs

27 February

Free

27 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre |1.00-3.00pm

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Albert Park | 2.00-4.00pm

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Free

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Samesame but different Opening Gala Rhion Munro hosts some of Aotearoa’s most exciting writers as they tell intimate stories of home and explore its many meanings for them.

Join us for an evening where poignant observations mingle with laugh-out-loud anecdotes as the sun sets across Freyberg Square. Featuring awardwinning playwright Ahi Karunaharan, acclaimed story-teller and journalist Aroha Awarau, lesbian crime-writer extraordinaire Jen Shieff, Lil O’Brien, recently published writer of wildly successful Not That I’d Kiss a Girl,, and writer of the internationally acclaimed homecoming series, Rūrangi, Cole Meyers.

12 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 7.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Ngaio Marsh Crime Queen: Secrets and Red Herrings Honoured Writer

Ngaio Marsh was a global ‘Crime Queen’ in those harrowing decades of doubt haunted by two World Wars and the Great Depression. One of the many fascinating things about Ngaio Marsh is how the queen of the crime novel managed to conceal herself in so many layers of mystery, red herrings and intrigue. Her sexuality was debated during her life and after her death, and she remains an enigma.

Join award-winning author Joanne Drayton on a journey into the mind and mystery of Ngaio Marsh.

Why did she write her stories? How did she edit her life? And what career-ending dangers did she have in store for her biographer?

13 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 3.30pm

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Poetry Speakeasy speak it slam it recite it read it perform it sing it. Samesame but different and Auckland Libraries present the sixth PRIDE Poetry Speakeasy open mic, with guest poet Courtney Sina Meredith. Share your rainbow poetry, come and listen in a welcoming word nest at the Grey Lynn Library.

10 February

Free

Grey Lynn Library | 5.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Your Loving Friend

Hello Darkness

Our 2021 literary salon - aka Storytime - for grown-ups and other family, featuring ardent epistles and juicy journals by ladies (and the odd gent) of letters. Rediscover the lost and loving arts of correspondence, complete with curlicues. This is the third annual Sisters Gay event, held in association with the Same Same But Different LGBTQI+ literary festival. All welcome.

Victor Rodger, the award winning author of Black Faggot , presents a one-man adaptation of Hello Darkness, the critically acclaimed book by samesame but different’s late founder, Peter Wells which was Inspired by a series of Facebook posts that Peter wrote as he battled cancer. Hello Darkness is a moving, sometimes funny but always honest examination of one man’s life as he contemplates the end.

The Sisters Gay present

Victor Roger & Peter Wells

11 February

Free

11 February

Free

Grey Lynn Library | 6.30pm

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Ellen Melville Centre | 7.00pm

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Crime and Punishment

Queer Bodies

Crime and punishment are loaded terms for LGBTQI+ writers. Who gets to decide what constitutes a crime, and who dishes out the retribution that follows? Join three whipsmart writers who have waded into this contested area in a panel hosted by a two-time finalist for the Ngaio Marsh awards, Jen Shieff. Featuring Aroha Awarau, M. Darusha Wehm,

Continuing our theme of ‘Home’, we turn inward to our own bodies, to the very skin we inhabit. These writers discuss how queer bodies influence their writing.

This panel features the creators of the joyously subversive show Reclamation Ria Hiroki and Elyssia R’anee Wilson-Heti, Dunedin-based psychologist and author of Perv Jesse Bering, writer and disability activist Henrietta (Etta) Bollinger, and poet and publisher Jackson Nieuwland.

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion

13 February

Free

13 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 10.30am

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Ellen Melville Centre | 12.00pm

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Far from Home

Kassie Hartendorp

What happens when storytellers or subjects are far from home? This panel explores the pain, perspectives and sometimes strange clarity of writers who have written about subjects while disconnected from their homelands and communities.

Featuring Chris Brickell, Brent Coutts, Marolyn Krasner, and Ahi Karunaharan.

In memory of Samesame but different’s late founder, Peter Wells, each year we invite a writer to discuss issues close to their heart that directly affect the LGBTQI+ community. This year we invited Kassie Hartendorp (Ngāti Raukawa) renowned community activist and organiser working in the areas of youth, takatāpui, anti-racism, workers rights and housing.

13 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 2.00pm

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The Peter Wells Lecture

13 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 5.00pm

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Objects from Home Saturday Night Gala

LGBTQI stories often come wrapped up in objects that conceal or reveal.

In this stimulating session, five fantastic writers and creatives bring their precious queer objects and share the stories they hold. Community icon Carole Beu hosts these amazing writers and performers as they share stories about their most treasured objects. Join gay historian Chris Brickell, ground-breaking publisher Ian Watt, performer and musician Ramon Te Wake, and awardwinning poet Courtney Sina Meredith for this thoroughly entertaining Saturday evening. At the conclusion of this event, the winners of the Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest will be announced. Special thanks to Foundation North for their sponsorship of the contest. Refreshments available from 6.15pm

13 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Gary Lonesborough

How to get Published

Join Gary Lonesborough, author of The Boy from the Mish, talking about his debut novel, a funny and heart warming story set in a rural Australian community, about seventeen-year-old Jackson finding the courage to explore who he is. Published in February 2021, this book is already receiving critical acclaim for its powerful storytelling and unflinching look at the experience of growing up gay and Aboriginal.

Are you writing a pukapuka (book)?

Experienced publishing professional Elizabeth Heritage will use her insider knowledge to guide you through the different avenues to publication.

Handouts will be provided. Please bring something to take your own notes on as well.

Online Event

An interactive workshop

14 February

Free

14 February

Free

Online | 10.30am

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Ellen Melville Centre | 1.00pm

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Sport

Rainbow Badminton Proud Centres Rainbow Badminton Tournament is a tournament dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community and friends. Individuals will be battling for the title of the next rainbow badminton superstars. Spectators are welcome on the day! Spaces are limited so make sure you jump on Proud Centres Facebook page and REGISTER!

7 February

Free

Te Atatū Peninsula CC | 10.00am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Rainbow Self Defense

Party in the Dark

Get ready for a self defence courses specifically designed for the Rainbow communities of Aotearoa New Zealand! It has been developed from Kia Haumaru (Women’s Self-Defence Network)’s over twenty years of experience bringing the self-defence kaupapa to Aotearoa.Spaces are limited so make sure you jump on Proud Centres Facebook page and REGISTER!

Retro Dance will have you toe tapping, clapping and grooving to those magical tunes of the 70s and 80s! The moves are easy to follow with lots of good feel vibes that will have you smiling, flowing and glowing from head to toe!

Spaces are limited so make sure you REGISTER!

7 February

Free

7 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 1.00-5.00pm

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Freemans Bay CC | 6.00-7.00pm

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Glow Yoga

Rainbow Netball

Get glowing and flowing with Glow Yoga. Join Sherylee for Black Lights, Body Paint and Glow in the Dark Yoga. Unlike a typical yoga class being in near darkness helps you to be aware of your breath and focus inwards, leaving our energized and refreshed. Spaces are limited so make sure you jump on Proud Centres Facebook page to get your FREE ticket!

Proud Centres Netball Tournament is a tournament dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community and friends. Teams will be battling for the title of the FIRST EVER rainbow NETBALL superstars.

Spectators are welcome on the day!

Teams: 7 plus max 2 reserves Spaces are limited so make sure you jump on Proud Centres Facebook page and REGISTER!

9/18/22/23 Feb

Free

12 February

Free

Multiple Venues | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Oranga | 9.00-11.00am

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Sport

Pride Ultimate Frisbee

Touch Rugby

Pride Ultimate Frisbee seven-a-side Ultimate Frisbee tournament.

It is a fun and friendly social Ultimate Frisbee game with easy rules and a noforce policy that makes it an attractive sport for everyone, from Ultimate Frisbee-fanatics to beginners.

Come and join our Touch Rugby Game!

China Pride NZ senior sports player Nancy will lead us to play games, quiz and Touch matches to learn more about New Zealand’s national sport.

China Pride Festival

13 February

Free

20 February

Free

Auckland Domain | 12.00-4.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Owairaka Park | 10.00am

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Rainbow Volleyball

Sweat With Pride

Proud Centres Rainbow Volleyball Tournament is a tournament dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community and friends. Teams of FOUR will be battling for the title of the next rainbow volleyball superstars. Spectators are welcome on the day! Teams of FOUR plus maximum ONE reserve.

Don’t miss out the group park workout on Sunday morning with our professional coach Lorraine!

All bodyweight, no equipment. Just do whatever you can base on your own ability.

China Pride Festival

20 February

Free

21 February

Free

Te Puke ō Tara | 9.30am - 2pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Albert Park | 10.00-11.30am

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Skate Demo

Rainbow Pickleball

Looking to improve your roller skating skills? Join us for an afternoon of sun and skating at East Auckland’s premier park for skate lessons from some of Auckland’s best female and NB skaters!

Lessons will be from 12-2 for beginners followed by a demo from our best then continue the day with tunes and skates from til late! We will provide limited skate and pads for those that don’t own any but BYO is prefered!

Proud Centres Rainbow Pickleball Tournament is a tournament dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community and friends. Individuals will be battling for the title of the next rainbow pickleball superstars. Spectators are welcome on the day! Spaces are limited so make sure you jump on Proud Centres Facebook page and REGISTER!

for Gals and Enby Pals

21 February

Free

26 February

Free

Barry Curits Park | 12.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Te Atatū Peninsula CC | 7.00pm

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Cooking for bachelors Finally mustered up the nerve to talk to that cute barista and they agreed to go on a date with you? Maybe you offered to cook them dinner at your place only to realize afterwards that you can barely make toast without burning it.

Well, do we have a solution for you.

Register for this class with our celebrity chef Ricardo and learn how to make a perfect meal that doesn’t taste like 3 days unwashed socks.

5 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 5.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

Rainbow Histories & Human Rights Workshop

HE/SHE/THEY/ZE - Pronoun practice is chill as! Get some good vibes about group practice integrating pronouns into introductions, conversing with and about gender diverse people with minimal awkward moments, taking and offering corrections like a champ, and smoothly choosing gender specific words. Proud Centres are sponsoring six different socials for us to do just that. Kai included.

This workshop will include a presentation on Rainbow histories and human rights, followed by a group discussion, led by a human right law scholar from South Asia who has been living in Aotearoa for the last 20 years. His identity needs to be kept private due to homophobia from his community. If you would like to understand human rights law issues related to Rainbow communities, this workshop could be a good starting point.

5-27 February

Free

Multiple Venues | Multiple Times

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

5 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 4.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Drag The Line

Rainbow Awakening

A chance to learn some stunning makeup techniques from upcoming drag artists. Come join Mama Tati and friends in the city for a quick 20 min tutorial. Exaggerate, enhance and create those glamorous looks.

Members of Rainbow Awakening will share their experience of creating meditation retreats as committed and monogamous gay couples, creating an environment of love and rest in a simple nature hut. Singles welcome. Our group culture is intoxication-free. We continue the rainbow lineage of males with our nature in pagan and indigenous tradition. Email rainbowawakening1@ gmail.com to RSVP.

Intro to Couple Retreat for gay men

5 February

Free

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Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.00pm

7 February

Free

Ponsonby CC | 11.00am-1.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Identity Soup

The Rainbow Ripple

Identity forms slowly and quietly during a child’s development, we barely notice.

Some aspects we can choose and some aspects choose us. Mostly our identities support our life with little conflict. Sometimes iIdentities that seemed to fit together peacefully, may turn into internal or external conflicts, or even war. Perhaps we should know more about our own identities...

Join the NZ Accounting Profession as we collectively explore the implementation of LGBTQIA+ diversity and inclusion strategies and the ripple effect which extends beyond the LGBTQIA+ community.

Maria & Julia Clements

Accounting for Pride

9/17/25 February

Free

10 February

Free

Multiple Venues | 7.00-9.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Melville Cricket Pavilion | 10.00am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Accessing Trans Healthcare RainbowYOUTH x OUTLine

RainbowYOUTH, CAYAD, OUTLine and the team at Auckland Sexual Health and doctors will join together to bring you an accessing trans healthcare workshop filled with tips and tricks for the best care possible, this workshop is for everyone, from parents who have gender diverse children to those who are gender diverse themselves.

10 February

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Dance Workshop

Dance Workshop

Kiel Tutin began his career in dance after moving to New Zealand, performing and teaching as a cochoreographer of crews ‘Sorority’, ‘Kings’ and ‘The Royal Family’ from The Palace Dance Studio. Teaching his signature style in over 30 countries around the globe, he has worked with a plethora of artists around the globe, choreographing for music icons such as Jennifer Lopez, and BLACKPINK.

Todd Williamson has taught workshops across the globe in Taipei, Sydney, Honolulu, Los Angeles and has worked with world class artists such as Karol G, Jennifer lopez, ke$ha, Jolin Tsai and Stan Walker. His workshop will share his knowledge of choreography and movement while also giving his unique insight into the dance industry.

with Kiel Tutin

10/27 February

Free

Multiple Venues | Multiple Times

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

with Todd Williamson

10/27 February

Free

Multiple TImes | Multiple Times

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Drag 101

Rainbow DIY Poi Making

RY team up with some of Auckland’s most beloved Kings and Queens to bring you a 101 Workshop, where you’ll learn the basics of drag! Followed by Proud Centres drag ball for new and emerging Kings and Queens.

Poi Yeah! help people build their cultural competency in a informative & explorative way, making Maori culture, Taonga and Matauranga Maori more accessible. Learn to 3 or 4 plait and assemble a pair of poi, as well as the history, past present and future, of Poi and much more!

Materials provided. This event is part of Proud Centres: Onehunga Whānau Day

with RainbowYOUTH

13 February New Lynn CC | 5.00pm

Free Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Proud Centres Festival Day

13 February

Free

Onehunga CC | 10am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Make-up Tutorial w/ Medulla Sewing w/ Miss Proud Centres Festival Day Intercontinental NZ In 2020 we’ve learned how to bleach our hair and that face masks are very expensive. We invite you to learn how to create your own cloth face mask with extraordinary Arielle Keil, Miss Intercontinental New Zealand, New Zealand’s first transgender beauty queen! She will be sharing her passion and knowledge of sewing by teaching us all how to make face masks.

Get up close and personal with the fabulous Medulla as she walks you through how to paint your face like a pro.

13 February

Free

13/27 February

Free

Onehunga CC | 9.30am - 2pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Multiple Venues | Multiple Times

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Rainbow Path:So Far to Go Refugee & asylum seekers’ rights

“So far to go” depicts both the distance Rainbow refugees and asylum seekers have travelled to Aotearoa NZ and the huge gaps in our immigration laws and policies that leave refugees and asylum seekers isolated with inadequate support, sometimes held in detention.

Our expert panel includes the Green Party’s Refugee Spokesperson, MP Golriz Ghahraman, Rainbow refugees and asylum seekers, and legal, policy and community advocates. Find out more about the changes needed to fully respect the rights of all refugees and asylum seekers in Aotearoa NZ - inclluding our rainbow whānau.

15 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Looking back at the church & the gay community

Religious Abuse & Conversion Therapy

Prof Emeritus Peter Lineham is often in the media commenting on religious issues and has authored many books on religion in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

This seminar looks at the nature of religious abuse and conversion therapy, especially in the context of Christian based religions. Silent Gays provides ways to understand the depth of the issues and resources to build a new life founded on freedom, peace and unconditional love.

16 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 5.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

16 February

Free

Mt Eden War Memorial Hall | 6.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Game Changer

Plant-Based Cooking Made Easy Register for one of the classes with Chef Ricardo, previous head chef of Little Bird Cafe. You will learn about plant-based cooking basics, easy meal prep for the week and how to use food and waste in unique and cost-saving ways. Last year tickets were gone in less than 24 hours so please make sure you jump on Proud Centres Facebook page and REGISTER!

16/22 February

Free

Multiple Venues | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

RY Crafternoon Flag making workshop

Being Out in Games

Come along to our Auckland drop in centre this Pride for a DIY flag making workshop & crafternoon! As usual there will be kai and community as well.

Thinking of becoming a game dev?

Check out this latest AklGameDev Meetup featuring a crew of diverse creatives from various disciplines telling their story, what it’s like to be a game dev, and offer words of wisdom to those that wish to be part of the industry. Come and listen to this talk on Feb 17 from 6pm - 9pm over on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook.

16 February

Free

RainbowYOUTH drop-in | 4.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

17 February

Free

Online | 6.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Trans-Mission

Sex Positive

Introducing Transmission - a panel made up of the Trans community to discuss issues within our community as well as sharing our story’s and experiences with those not so familiar with our communitypromoting diversity and acceptance for the T In LGBTIQA+.

A community discussion around your sexual health and being able to ask all of those questions that you have been shy to discuss. We will have speakers to break the ice and discuss subjects such as PrEP, U=U, PnP, Fans Only. This is a safe space to hear the answers to the questions you were to shy to ask.

Panel Discussion

Panellists to be announced soon!

17 February

Free

Grey Lynn Library Hall | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

18 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Tie Dye workshop

DIY Car Maintenance

Tie-dye is in! Come and create your own beautiful rainbow piece of clothing to wear with Pride with The ReCreators.

During her exhibition Make Boobs Great Again, artist and ex-race car driver, Sarah Yates invites our rainbow community to join this free workshop. Hosted during Pride 2021, participants will learn basic car maintenance skills. Spaces are limited, so get in quick!

with The Recreators

19 February

Free

20 February

Free

Te AtatĹŤ Peninsula CC | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Western Springs CC | 9.30am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Proud Voices On-Screen Symposium A half-day event for creators of film, series and documentary from the queer, LGBTQIA+ and rainbow community. Hear from queer content creators about their craft, and their vision for the future of queer content. A great place to meet other creatives. Aspiring filmmakers welcome - including those just dipping their toes in.

20 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 1.00-7.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Embroidery for Crafty Queers

Pride Flag Workshop

Learn to embroider with fellow queers from local domesticated dyke, tutor Siobhan Ridgley. In this three-hour workshop you will create a patch as an expression of what Pride means for you. As an introduction to embroidery, you will learn hand sewing hacks and basic stitch techniques. To personalise your Pride patch, you will then embroider your choice of text, symbols or illustration.

Make your own Pride flag or Bunting with artist Sarah Yates. This is a three hour basic hand sewing class where you will make your own Pride flag or bunting. We will use upcycled then hand-dyed materials to make your very own Pride flag to take along to the celebration. No skills necessary, just your time and some creativity.

All materials provided but you are welcome to bring your own as well!

20 February

Free

20 February

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | 1.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Studio One Toi Tū | 11.00am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Vogue 101

Self Explore: Face to Stress

RainbowYOUTH and House Aitu team up to bring you our first-ever Vogue 101 workshop, facilitated by the incredibly talented team at House Aitu, this will be a brilliant introduction to the world of Ballroom & vogue. This event was made possible through the Pride & Spark Empowerment Initiative

Self-exploration Workshop understanding and exploring coping strategies under stress. A new and unique project to give Chinese community opportunity to access to professional group psychotherapy/ counselling service at a reasonable cost. Method: Expressive art therapy.

Mandarin only.

RainbowYOUTH x House Aitu

China Pride Festival

20 February

Free

20 February

Free

Te Puke ō Tara CC | 12.00-3.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Studio One Toi Tū | 1.30-4.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Love In Transition

21 February

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | 1.00-3.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

There is a lot of info out there about transgender parent and child relationships, but there’s shocking little about how a transitioning partner can impact romantic and/or intimate relationships. This two part workshop is for trans and gender diverse people and/or those who love them (trans or cis) with a lens for queering relationships in new and exciting directions while navigating a lot of change. It’s for any gender, sexual/asexual, solo/mono/ poly relationship style, in or out of any relationship. It will be focused on romantic attachment and sexual activity will be mentioned in Part 2. You can attend one or both at your discretion.

Led by Ren (trans non-binary, they/them pronouns) and Willow Lunicke (transgender woman, she/ her pronouns) are a long term queer couple with a polyamorous relationship who have navigated many aspects of social and medical transition together.

1.00-2.15pm - Part One: Social Transition “coming out” 2.45-3.30pm - Part Two: Medical Transition “physical transformation”

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Inclusive Schools Together

Gynaecology

This workshop is an opportunity for school staff who are involved in or interested in creating rainbow inclusive schools to come together with each other and InsideOUT. InsideOUT will be sharing our new resources and policy guidelines for schools created in partnership with the Ministry of Education and providing opportunities for staff to connect and learn what other schools are doing in this space.

2021 Auckland Pride Proud Centres Ambassador Becki Moss will be hosting a panel discussion about gynaecology, it’s gaping shortfalls for the rainbow community and how some medical professionals and researchers are working towards making it more gender affirming and LGBTQIA+ friendly while bringing up some of the issues that still need to be addressed.

A Queer Discussion

20 February

Free

21 February

Free

Grey Lynn Library Hall | 1.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

What’s Up –

Queer Artists & Poets

Join some of Auckland’s fiercist activists for our rainbow communities for a panel discussion on the state of queer rights in Aotearoa. If you’re interested in the status of issues/ legislation, what is still yet to be achieved, and what you can do - this event is for you! You’ll also be able to question them about the intricacies of these human rights issues and political processes!

An open invitation to Gay artists, poets and musicians to celebrate their gifts that they contribute to Auckland

An Activist Gala

Splice Presents

22 February

Free

Studio One Toi Tū | 7.00-9.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

23 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.30pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Collecting Voices

Drag King Workshop - for Everyone

Join a panel of experts in the field of transgender health in Aotearoa to hear about the latest research from the Counting Ourselves study and updates from those working in the field of gender affirming healthcare with a panel discussion including Joe Horton and Jeannie Oliphant (ASHS), Jack Byrne and Jaimie Veale (Counting Ourselves), and Rachel Johnson (Centre for Youth Health).

Join Monty Montgomery, Tāmaki’s own gender bender Drag Daddy to awaken your inner drag king. Producer of the Drag King show Manarchy, Monty comes equipped with the make up & masculinity to turn you into the mansplainer you’ve always wanted to be. We’lll help find your drag persona, mingle in some make up & go over the ins and out of performing!

Open to any gender or sexuality interested in testing the water of Drag Kingdom!

Gender Affirming Healthcare Panel

23 February

Free

Ōtara Music Arts Centre | 7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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24 February

Free

Titirangi Theatre | 6.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

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Talks & Workshops

Letting In/Closing Out Panel for POC

A panel discussion platforming perspectives and experiences of “coming out” for queer/rainbow ethnic young people, drawing from the research on their relationships with family, community and intimate partners. The first part in the series is rooted in the premise of carving out spaces of wellness and wholeness across the queer and ethnic communities to uplift queer/ rainbow ethnic minorities living in Aotearoa. POC only.

24 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 6.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

CORE Therapy Workshop

Enter Creation

This workshop looks at holistic ways of dealing with the mental health issues created by religion in LGBT+ people.

We often end up quietly suffering, turning to addictive behaviours.

This workshop helps to provide a core paradigm shift in how we see ourselves, our minds and our place in the universe, in a way that empowers us to find the self love and inner peace we desperately crave.

A 2-hour workshop that will help you embody your unique imaginings through movement to express your creative individuality, visions and myths. The workshop is about supporting our freedom to move without inhibition, to connect with others, to make bold physical statements of who we are, a space welcoming people from all of our Rainbow communities and their Allies.

Jim Majoram

Movement workshop

24 February

Free

26 February

Free

Mt Eden War Memorial Hall | 6pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Grey Lynn Library Hall | 6.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Make-up 101

How to grow a successful business online

From 12pm Yuri and Medulla will share the tips and tricks of painting faces and how to practice lip syncing and facial expressions so you shine brighter than diamonds onstage. Then from 2pm Monty Montgomery will teach you how to be the camp cowboy you’ve always wanted to be, with tips and tricks of painting masculine faces.

Join us for masterclasses that will help your small business and ideas adapt, grow, and better serve your customers. From how to build a website, set up an online store, advertise on Google and more.

Sandy, Rod and Victor will help you take your business to the next level.

w/ Yuri, Medulla & Monty Montgomery

27 February

Free

Ellen Melville Centre | 12-3pm

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27 February

Free

Grey Lynn Library Hall | 6.00pm

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2021 PRID E CALENDAR

MAJOR EVENTS Tuwheratanga

3 February

Free

Maungawhau | 6.00am

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Pride Gala

4 February

$25-$50

Q Rangatira | 8.00pm

Book at aucklandpride.org.nz

Big Gay Out

14 February

Free

Coyle Park | 12.00pm-7.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Pride March

27 February

Free

Albert Park | 4.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Pride Party

27 February

Free

Aotea Square | 6.00pm-11.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

Splash Pool Party

28 February

Free

Pt Erin Pools | 12.00pm

Register at aucklandpride.org.nz

WEEK 1 Community

Page

W 3 7.00pm

T 4

F 5

S 6

3x3: A spoken word showcase.

Ellen Melville Centre

28

Friendship House Pop Up Cafe & Karaoke

Friendship House

28

Howick Pride

Howick Information Centre

29

12-3pm

Howick Pride: Face Painting

Howick Information Centre

29

1.00pm

Howick Pride: Drag Performances

by Monty Montgomery & Yuri

Howick Information Centre

29

12.00pm

Howick Pride: Live Music w/ Shannon McIntyre

Howick Information Centre

29

2.00pm

Pimp My PUP

Ellen Melville Centre

29

8.00pm

Proud Centres: Ellen Melville Centre Festival Day

Ellen Melville Centre

24

4-10pm

Queer Magick

Te Henga Walkay

30

Queer Together - Pot Luck

Ellen Melville Centre

29

Queers and Wares Market with Queer AF

Studio One Toi Tū

30

Rainbow Stairs

Multiple Venues

28

Rainbow Cookies with kids

Ellen Melville Centre

28

Rolemodels: Future & Present

Westpac Britomart

28

Trans Beach Picnic

Takapuna Beach

30

Exhibition

S 7

7.00pm

10.00am 7.00pm 10am-2pm 24H

24H

24H

24H

24H

4.00pm 5.30pm 12-3pm

Page

W 3

T 4

F 5

S 6

S 7

Dressing Aotearoa Now

Māngere Arts Centre

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Let Me Be Perfectly Queer

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

4

Exhibition

Page

W 3

T 4

F 5

S 6

S 7

Reflections of Pride

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Retro Hero Exhibition by Chas Foxall

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

ICON 2021

Online

21

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

Oliver Cain: It’s a Boy

Föenander Galleries

20

10am-6pm

10am-6pm

10am-8pm

10am-6pm

10am-6pm

Rūrangi

Rialto Nemarket

22

6.00pm

Queer Scenes

Ellen Melville Centre

23

S 6

S 7

Performance

8.30pm W 3

Page

T 4

F 5

Amamelia, Native Bush & D. Tyrone

Ellen Melville Centre

13

4.00pm

Dragon’s Diva Den

Wintergarden, The Civic

14

8.30pm

Gowns Beautiful Gowns

Phoenix Venue

13

7.30pm

Le Freak: Decolonise

G.A.Y Bar

15

Ngā Hinepūkōrero

Auckland Art Gallery

14

Night of the Queer

TAPAC

13

No Homo Queer Comedy

Basement Theatre

13

Scratch Fest

Basement Theatre

13

6.30pm

Page

W 3

Sports Party in the Dark

Freemans Bay CC

44

Rainbow Badminton

Te Atatū Peninsula CC

44

Rainbow Self Defense

Ellen Melville Centre

44

Talks & Workshops

10.30pm 3.30pm 7.00pm

7.00pm

10.00pm

10.00pm

T 4

F 5

1-5pm

W 3

T 4

F 5

Ellen Melville Centre

46

5.30pm

Drag The Line

Ellen Melville Centre

46

6.00pm

Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

Ellen Melville Centre

46

6.30pm

Rainbow Awakening

Ponsonby CC

46

Rainbow Histories & Human Rights Workshop

Ellen Melville Centre

46

Page

S 7

10.00am

Cooking for bachelors

Community

S 6

6.00pm

Page

WEEK 2

8.30pm

S 6

S 7

11.00am 4.00pm

M 8

T 9

W 10

T 11

F 12

S 13

Auckland Pride at Big Gay Out

Coyle Park

34

Friendship House Pot Luck Dinner & Movie Night

Friendship House

31

Love is love Pride Picnic

Artworks Waiheke

34

Pride Drag Queen Bingo

Caluzzi Cabaret

31

OUT in Onehunga Rainbow Market

Onehunga CC

31

10am-2pm

Prismatica - Plants, People, Pride

Western Springs Garden Hall

31

10am

Proud Centres at Big Gay Out

Coyle Park

25

Proud Centres Drag Queen Bingo

Ferguson Hall

31

Proud Centres: Onehunga Whānau Day

Onehunga CC

24

10am-2pm

Queer Herstory Walk K’road

Studio One Toi Tū

34

4.30pm

Rainbow Cookies with kids

Onehunga CC

28

11.00am

Rainbow Teachers’ Drinks

Garnet Station

31

Rainbow Stairs

Multiple Venues

28

Rainbow Storytime

Onehunga CC

34

10.00am

Rainbow Suncatchers - AAG Whānau Drop in

Auckland Art Gallery

34

11am-3pm

The Reading Revolution

Ellen Melville Centre

30

S 14 12-6pm

7.00pm 3.00pm 7.00pm

12-7pm 7.30pm

5.00pm 24H

24H

5.00pm

24H

24H

24H

24H

24H

11am-3pm

55

Community

Page

Ride with Pride to BGO

Auckland Museum

34

Splice Presents: Life Drawing

Ellen Melville Centre

30

You’ve Got Mail

Ellen Melville Centre

30

Exhibition & Film

M 8

T 9

W 10

T 11

F 12

S 13

S 14 11.00am

6.30pm 7.30pm

Page

M 8

T 9

W 10

T 11

F 12

S 13

S 14

Dressing Aotearoa Now

Māngere Arts Centre

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

ICON 2021

Online

21

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

ICON - Proud Centres Pop up

Te Manawa/Te Atatū CC

21

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Let Me Be Perfectly Queer

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Luca Nicholas: Studies 2017-18

Visions

21

6-8pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

11am-3pm

Paul Johns: Been Here Long?

Visions

21

6-8pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

11am-3pm

Queer Scenes

Lopdell House

23

8.30pm

Reflections of Pride

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Retro Hero Exhibition by Chas Foxall

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Splice Presents: And Breathe Normally

Ellen Melville Centre

22

W 10

T 11

F 12

S 13

S 14

Literature Crime & Punishment

Page

Ellen Melville Centre

42

Hello Darkness

Ellen Melville Centre

42

Honoured Writer: Ngaio Marsh

Ellen Melville Centre

41

How to get published

Ellen Melville Centre

43

Poetry Speakeasy

Grey Lynn Library

42

Far from Home

Ellen Melville Centre

43

Online Event: Gary Lonesborough

Online

43

Peter Wells Lecture: Kassie Hartendorp

Ellen Melville Centre

43

Queer Bodies

Ellen Melville Centre

42

Samesame but Different Gala

Ellen Melville Centre

41

Saturday Night Special: Objects from Home

Ellen Melville Centre

43

Sisters Gay Presents Loving Your Friend

Grey Lynn Library

42

Party

Page

6.30pm M 8

T 9

10.30pm 7.00pm 3.30pm 1.00pm 5.00pm 2.00pm 10.30am 5.00pm 12.00pm 7.30pm 7.00pm 6.30pm M 8

T 9

W 10

T 11

F 12

S 13

S 14

Big Gay Out After Party

G.A.Y Bar

11

7.00pm

BGO Brunch

Pt Chev Community Centre

11

11.30am

NYMPHO

Whammy Backroom

11

10.00pm

Our Authentic Prom

Freemans Bay CC

11

8.30pm

Performance

Page

M 8

T 9

W 10

T 11

F 12

S 13

6.30pm

6.30pm

6.30pm

The Best Roles I’ll [Probably] Never Play

Q Theatre - Loft

16

Candyland Part 3: The Remix

G.A.Y Bar

17

1.00am

Carnies & Queers

The Dust Palace

17

7.30pm

Dragvine, Drag, Paint, Wine

Phoenix Venue

16

F.I.N.E. Festival

Māngere Arts Centre

14

F.I.N.E Festival: 44 (FAFA) Panel

Māngere Arts Centre

14

7.00pm

F.I.N.E Festival: Inky Pinky Ponky

Māngere Arts Centre

14

3.30/8.30pm

F.I.N.E Festival: Po’alu

Māngere Arts Centre

14

5.30pm

Gays In Space

Q Theatre - Rangatira

15

HetheyShe

Basement Theatre

15

8.00pm

8.00pm

8.00pm

8.00pm

8.00pm

I Wanna Be Mark Wahlberg

Basement Theatre

15

6.30pm

6.30pm

6.30pm

6.30pm

6.30pm

Let’s Get Loco!

Q Theatre - Loft

16

9.00pm

9.00pm

9.00pm

Les Femmes

Wintergarden, The Civic

16

7.30pm

7.30pm

Mx Up and Coming

New Lynn

16

Night of the Queer

TAPAC

13

Not as Simple as it Sounds

Audio Foundation

15

6

7.00pm 3.30-9.30pm

7.30/9.30pm 7.30/9.30pm

8.00pm 7.00pm

7.00pm

7.00pm

12–5pm

12–5pm

7.00/9.00pm 7.00/9.00pm 12–5pm

12–5pm

S 14

Sports

Page

M 8

T 9

W 10

T 11

F 12

S 13

Glow Yoga

Freeman’s Bay CC

44

Pride Ultimate Frisbee

Auckland Domain

45

12-4pm

Rainbow Netball

Oranga CC

44

9-11am

Talks & Workshops

Page

6.00pm

M 8

T 9

W 10

T 11

F 12

S 13

Accessing Trans Healthcare

Studio One Toi Tū

47

7.00pm

Accounting for Pride

CPA Australia

47

5.30pm

Drag 101 with RainbowYOUTH

New Lynn CC

48

Identity Soup - Maria & Julia Clements

Studio One Toi Tū

47

Kiel Tutin Dance Workshop

Te Puke ō Tara CC

47

MakeUp Tutorial with Medulla

Onehunga CC

48

11.30am

Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

Onehunga CC

46

11.00am

Rainbow Poi Making

Onehunga CC

48

10.00am

Sewing w/ MISS Intercontinental NZ Arielle Keil

Onehunga CC

48

12.00pm

Todd Williamson Dance Workshop

Te Puke ō Tara CC

47

WEEK 3 Community

Page

S 14

5.00pm 7-9pm 8.30-10pm

7-9pm

M 15

T 16

W 17

T 18

F 19

Board Gaymes

Multiple Proud Centres

35

China Pride: Rainbow Night Market

Takutai Square

35

China Pride: Rainbow Pet Gathering

Sweet Affairs Cafe

37

Circle of Love

Circle of Friends

37

Food Truck Market

Te Atatū Peninsula CC

35

5.00pm

Friendship House Drag/Dress Up Bingo

Friendship House

35

7.00pm

Fundraiser Flash Tattoo Day

Love & Hope Tattoo

35

9.00am

Geek Out for Pride

Te Atatū Peninsula CC

35

Music, Mingling & Activities - Food Truck

Studio One Toi Tū

37

Pimp My PUP

Multiple Proud Centres

29

Proud Centres Drag Queen Bingo

Ferguson Hall

Proud Centres: Studio One Toi Tū Festival

Studio One Toi Tū

25

Proud Centres: Te Atatū Peninsula Festival Day

Te Atatū Peninsula CC

25

Queer Herstory Walk K’road

Studio One Toi Tū

34

Queer Kōrero with the Greens

Ponsonby CC

36

RainbowYOUTH Whānau Day

Onehunga Bay Reserve

37

Proud Movies @ Te Manawa

Te Manawa

37

Rainbow Storytime

Studio One Toi Tū

34

Rainbow Brooch making-AAG Whānau Drop In

Auckland Art Gallery

36

Rainbow Stairs

Ellen Melville

28

The Reading Revolution

Ellen Melville Centre

30

Exhibition & Film

S 14

7.00pm

S 20

S 21

7.00pm 5.00pm 11.00am 11.00am

10am-3pm 6.00pm 8.00pm

8.00pm

7.30pm 10am-10pm 5.30-10pm 7.30pm 2.00pm 12.00pm 1-5pm 10.00am

24H

24H

11am-3pm

11am-3pm

24H

24H

24H

24H

24H

S 21

5.00pm

Page

M 15

T 16

W 17

T 18

F 19

S 20

Luca Nicholas: Studies 2017-18

Visions

21

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

11am-3pm

Paul Johns: Been Here Long?

Visions

21

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

11am-3pm

ICON 2021

Online

21

24H

24H

24H

24H

24H

24H

ICON - Proud Centres Pop-up

Multiple Proud Centres

21

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Let Me Be Perfectly Queer

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Reflections of Pride

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Retro Hero Exhibition by Chas Foxall

Studio One Toi Tū

20

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Drinks & Pride Film

Pinter & Waiheke Cinema

22

China Pride: Shanghai Queer

Ellen Melville

22

Queer Scenes

Multiple Proud Centres

23

24H

7-9pm

4.00pm

57 6.00pm

8.30pm

8.30pm

W E E K

0 3

Talks & Workshops Party

Page

M 15

T 16

W 17

T 18

F 19

S 20

China Pride: Opening Gala

Winecave

12

7.00pm

Homo House

Neck of the Woods

12

10.00pm

Pride Caribbean Carnival

Western Springs CC

11

7.00pm

Queer AF: Pride 2021

Basement Theatre

12

10.00pm

Performance

Page

M 15

T 16

W 17

T 18

F 19

10am - 5pm

10am - 5pm

10am - 5pm

10am - 5pm

10am - 5pm

S 20

Atamira Dance: Tōtoru - Threefold, Triple, Trio

Auckland Art Gallery

17

Coco Cabana Tropicana

Artworks Theatre

18

Code Switch

Phoenix Venue

18

Dragvine, Drag, Paint, Wine

Phoenix Venue

16

Enby Encore

Caluzzi Cabaret

17

GALS at the Gallery

Auckland Art Gallery

18

IMAN Ball

Venue to be announced

17

The Laramie Project

Westpoint PAC

18

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

Let’s Get Loco!

Q Theatre - Loft

16

9.00pm

9.00pm

9.00pm

9.00pm

Not as Simple as it Sounds

Audio Foundation

15

12–5pm

12–5pm

12–5pm

12–5pm

PROLOGVE: Chapter II

G.A.Y Bar

18

Sports

Page

China Pride: Sweat with China Pride

Albert Park

45

Glow Yoga

Onehunga CC

44

Rainbow Volleyball

Te Puke ō Tara CC

45

Skate Demo for Gals and Enby Pals

Barry Curits Park

45

Touch Rugby - China Pride

Owairaka Park

45

Talks & Workshops

Page

7.00pm

7.00pm 7.00pm 2.00pm 8.30pm

M 15

T 16

W 17

T 18

F 19

S 20

10.00am

9.30-2pm 12.00pm 10.00am

M 15

T 16

W 17

T 18

F 19

S 20

49

Studio One Toi Tū

51

Crafternoon Flag Making Workshop

RY Drop in Centre

49

DIY Car Maintenance

Western Springs CC

50

9.30am

Embroidery for Crafty Queers

Studio One Toi Tū

51

1.30pm

Game Changer - Plant-Based Cooking Made Easy

Ellen Melville Centre

49

Gynaecology: A Queer Discussion

Ellen Melville Centre

52

Inclusive Schools Together

Grey Lynn Library

52

Identity Soup - Maria & Julia Clements

Franklin Arts Centre

47

Looking back at the Church & the Gay Community

Ellen Melville Centre

49

Love In Transition Pt 1: Social Transition “coming out”

Studio One Toi Tū

51

1.00pm

Love In Transition Pt 2: Medical Transition “physical transformation”

Studio One Toi Tū

51

2.45pm

Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

Multiple Proud Centres

46

Pride Flag Workshop

Studio One Toi Tū

51

Proud Voices On-Screen

Ellen Melville Centre

50

Rainbow Path: So Far to Go

Ellen Melville Centre

48

Religious Abuse & Conversion Therapy

Mt Eden War Memorial Hall

49

Sex Positive

Ellen Melville Centre

50

Tie Dye with The Recreators

Te Atatū Peninsula CC

50

Trans-Mission Panel Discussion

Grey Lynn Library

50

Vogue 101 w/ RY

Te Puke ō Tara CC

51

After Hours at the Museum

Auckland Museum

38

Bikes, Beers, and Queers

Brothers Beer

38

Board Gaymes

Te Atatū Peninsula CC

35

Ellen Melville Centre

39

8

City Centre Market - O’Connell Street

S 21

6.30pm

Online

Page

4.00pm

1.00am

China Pride: Self Explore: Face to Stress

Community

S 21

8.00pm

Being Out In Games

WEEK 4

S 21

S 21

6.00pm 1.30pm 4.00pm

7.00pm 6.00pm 1.00pm 7.00pm 5.00pm

6.30pm

6.30pm 11.00am 1-7pm

7.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 5.30pm 7.00pm 12.00pm

M 22

T 23

W 24

T 25

F 26

S 27

7.00pm 5.00pm 7.00pm 8-12.30pm

S 28

Community

Page

M 22

T 23

W 24

T 25

F 26

S 27

S 28

Friendship House Cafe and Games Night

Friendship House

38

Heel of Fortune

Western Springs CC

38

Queer Cuts with Vivo Salons

Vivo Salons

38

Get Ready @ RY

RY Drop In Centre

39

11-3pm

Get ready to March!

Ellen Melville Centre

39

1-3pm

Next Best Rainbow Baker

Ellen Melville Centre

39

12.30pm

Picnic & Politics with Green MPs

Albert Park

39

2.00pm

Proud Centers: Pre-Pride March PARTY

Ellen Melville Centre

39

10am-3pm

Rainbow Korowai - AAG Whānau Drop In

Auckland Art Gallery

39

Rainbow Stairs

Multiple Venues

28

24H

Rainbow Storytime

Multiple Proud Centres

34

10.30am

The Reading Revolution

Ellen Melville Centre

30

Rainbow Cookies with kids

Ellen Melville Centre

28

Splice Presents: Dinner for Queer Womxn

Ellen Melville Centre

38

Splice Presents: Life Drawing

Ellen Melville Centre

30

6.30pm

Page

M 22

T 23

W 24 2-10pm

2-10pm

2-10pm

2-10pm

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours

All Hours 9am–5pm

Exhibition & Film

7.00pm 7.00pm 9.00am

11-3pm 24H

24H

24H

24H

24H

10.30am 5.00pm 11.00am 6.00pm

T 25

F 26

S 27

Charlotte Museum Pop Up

Garnet Station

21

ICON 2021

Online

21

ICON - Proud Centres Pop-up

Multiple Proud Centres

21

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

9am–5pm

Luca Nicholas: Studies 2017-18

Visions

21

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

11am-3pm

Paul Johns: Been Here Long

Visions

21

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

10.30-5pm

11am-3pm

Queer with a K

Monster Valley

21

Takatāpui Showcase

Titirangi Theatre

22

F 26

S 27

Party

Page

Pride After Party (In The Dark)

G.A.Y Bar

12

SPLASH Proud Centres Pool Party

Pt Erin Pool

12

Performance

Page

8.00pm M 22

T 23

W 24

T 25

12.00pm M 22

T 23

W 24

T 25

F 26

S 27

Studio One Toi Tū

19

Westpoint PAC

18

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

Over My Dead Body: Uninvited

Q Theatre - Loft

19

9.00pm

9.00pm

9.00pm

9.00pm

Queerlesque

Phoenix Venue

19

Rochelle Music

Ellen Melville Centre

19

SUPREME Ball 2.0

Auckland Art Gallery

19

6.00pm 9.30pm T 23

6.30pm

7.00pm

44

Rainbow Pickleball

45

Talks & Workshops

7.30pm

M 22

Multiple Proud Centres

Page

S 28

6.00pm

Page

Te Atatū Peninsula CC

S 28

10.00pm

The Laramie Project

Glow Yoga

S 28

5.30pm

A Night of Poetry

Sports

24H

W 24

T 25

F 26

S 27

S 28

T 25

F 26

S 27

S 28

7.00pm M 22

T 23

W 24

CORE Therapy Workshop - Jim Majoram

Mt Eden War Memorial Hall

53

6.00pm

Drag King Workshop - For Everyone

Titirangi Theatre

52

6.00pm

Enter Creation

Grey Lynn Library Hall

53

Game Changer - Plant-Based Cooking Made Easy

Ellen Melville Centre

49

Collective Voices: Gender Affirming Healthcare Panel

Ōtara Music Arts Centre

52

Identity Soup - Maria & Julia Clements

Ellen Melville Centre

47

How to grow a successful business online

Ellen Melville Centre

53

6.00pm

Kiel Tutin Dance Workshop

Ellen Melville Centre

47

10.30am

Letting In/Closing out

Ellen Melville Centre

53

MakeUp 101 w/ Yuri, Medulla, & Monty Montgomery

Ellen Melville Centre

53

Party like a PRO at Pronouns!

Multiple Proud Centres

46

Sewing w/ MISS Intercontinental NZ Arielle Keil

Ellen Melville Centre

48

Splice Presents: Queer Artists & Poets

Ellen Melville Centre

52

Todd Williamson Dance Workshop

Ellen Melville Centre

47

What’s Up – An Activist Gala

Studio One Toi Tū

52

6.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 7.00pm

6.00pm 12-3pm 6.30pm

12.00pm 1.00pm

6.30pm 1.30pm 7.00pm

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Auckland Pride

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With more than 200 festival events, there are many ways to secure your ticket and register your attendance at Pride during February.

Auckland Pride have teamed up with EventBrite as our ticketing partner, to streamline the tickets and registrations for most of our events. However, with some incredible shows happening across the Aotea Arts Precinct you have to book through them directly: Auckland Live Wintergarden, The Civic

Basement Theatre Theatre & Studio

Q Theatre Rangatira, Loft, and Vault

Book in person at the Aotea Centre or Civic Box Office, Queen St, call 0800 111 999 or online via aucklandlive.co.nz or ticketmaster.co.nz.

Call the box office 09-309 7433 to book, or online via basementtheatre.co.nz & iticket.co.nz

Call the box office 09 309 9771 to book or online via qtheatre.co.nz

Auckland Live Venues are fully accessible Full details at aucklandlive.co.nz/accessibility.

Wheelchair accessible, hearing loop.

The Basement Theatre and bar is wheel chair accessible. Unfortunately the Studio is not accessible. More at basementtheatre.co.nz/access.

All other events, including at the following venues and series are all ticketed/taking registrations through aucklandpride.eventbrite.co.nz unless otherwise indicated.

Registrations are being taken in advance of events to assist with contact tracing in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19. You can register in person at these events, and we ask that you also scan in with the COVID Tracer App. Registrations can be cancelled should you change your mind, and are completely private to Auckland Pride and the Event Organiser in line with our privacy policy.

Auckland Council’s Proud Centres

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Samesame but Different

Auckland Council facilities are accessible. For specific queries, email proudcentres@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.

Auckland Art Gallery is fully accessible.

Details at aucklandartgallery.com/ visit/visitor-information/accessibility

Ellen Melville Centre is accessible, as above. For any specific queries, email samesamebutdifferent@ aucklandpride.org.nz

Access Information We’re working to make the Auckland Pride Festival accessible for all audiences. The following icons have been added to events in this guide to indicate the accessibility of events in our programme. More information is available online at aucklandpride.org.nz. For any other questions, please email director@aucklandpride.org.nz Wheelchair Accessible Venue

NZSL Interpreter available

Audio loop

Loud Noises

Flashing lights

Online

Gender Neutral Bathrooms

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I’ve been incr edibly proud to lead an amaz team that have ing made our Maj or Events possib Thank you to le.

Freya for taki ng on your ex role and for br pa nd ed inging your cr eative vision to of our events all - those lineups are looking ho Richard, for be t.

To ing just so relia ble! Have neve doubted your r ability to deliv er us a safe m gathering in th as s e middle of a pandemic, an that I’m so than d for kful.

Thank you to the wonderful Board of Auckl Pride, both pa and st and presen t.

To Cissy, Micha Zakk and Dun el, can, thank yo u for the man you gifted to y ho ur s strengthening Pride while on the board. And to Robyn, Kaa n, Kyle, Miche Piripi, Kara, W al, etini, Todd an d Ta ngaroa - we’ve navigated this weird time toge ther, stayed true to our va lues and put ou r en ergy where it mattered. We all make a pret ty great team it’s such a priv , and ilege to be a pa rt of it. Thank also to our fu you nders Founda tion Nor th, Lo and Grassroot tteries, s for paying ou r bills and to m sure we can ke ake ep making mag ic!

Finally, and m ost importantl y, thank you to community. Fr our om our volunt eers, suppor te members, and rs , ever yone we w ork with and serve, thank yo u for your ongo ing suppor t of our organisati on and the wor k we do. You he us to grow, yo lp u inspire us, an d you challenge us to keep evol ving and to re -shape the way do things. I ho we pe we’ve done you proud, an hope you have d w e an unforgetta ble Pride 2021 .

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