Events at Wellington Pride Festival 2025
There’s all kinds of things happening over the month of March, from large scale to small. Have a hunt and find what’s good for you.
Wellington Pride Festival is producing Kuru Pounamu, the Youth Ball, Out in the City, and the Hīkoi and Pride Picnic. All other events are created by our community.
Scroll to find events chronologically, filter by categories to align with your interests, or tags to match your accessibility needs. Otherwise you can download the full programme as a PDF.

Pride Picnic
Join us as we conclude the Wellington Pride Festival 2025 with a vibrant community picnic! This is a wonderful opportunity to gather with friends and whānau in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere.

Pride Hīkoi
Come down for a solidarity march with our trans* and gender minority whānau for rights to gender-affirming healthcare. The energy of our Hīkoi focuses on the Government’s recent push to restrict access to puberty blockers.

Painting on Tapa with Whenua Pigments
Create your own wearable tapa badge to take home and contribute to a collective art piece to show your pride.

Strike a pose and learn to vogue
Celebrate Rainbow Pacific Pride by immersing yourself in Ballroom sub-culture. Learn the technique of Vogue and Runway with the 'Kiki House of Marama'.

Out in the City
Be part of our all-day family friendly fair event with over 80 stalls, stage performances, delicious food and drink and a jam-packed day of LGBTQIA+ celebration and vibes.

Drag Quiz with Selina Simone @Ivy Bar
Glamour meets Genius as Selina Simone takes to the microphone with our four-round Quiz! Watch out as she tests your brains and gets your pulse racing with her stunning signature drag performances and silly little mini-games xx

Using Counting Ourselves: Wellington Event
The 2025 Counting Ourselves reportand Māori fact sheet have just been released, and we’re holding a community event to talk about using Counting Ourselves.

Thinking outside the coconut shell
Join us for a free talanoa (conversation, workshop, wānaga) with Moana Vā – Navigators of Pacific Pride!

Screening: Five Films For Freedom
Watch five powerful short films from Aotearoa, Indonesia, the USA, and the UK, screening on repeat to coincide with the Manalagi residency weekend and Pride in the City events.

Wanna Smash, Bro?
Looking for a night of friendly competition and good vibes? Bring your A-game and join us for Wanna Smash, Bro!—an evening packed with board games, Nintendo Switch battles, and non-stop fun.

Drag Bingo with Selina Simone @DLS
This is not your Grandma's Bingo!
Get ready to strut, dance, and bingo your way into a fabulous night of glamour, glitter, and giggles high above the city lights!

Wellington City Libraries Presents: The Pōneke Pride Poetry Slam!
Join us for The Pōneke Pride Poetry Slam - showcasing & celebrating our LQBTQIA+ community in the capital!
We welcome Queer Wordsmiths and Rainbow allies alike to watch/judge/compete in a friendly, 2 round poetry competition. Ages 16+

Ivy Karaoke
Join us at Ivy Bar, Wellington's favorite queer bar, for an unforgettable night of karaoke magic! Whether you're a seasoned performer or just here to belt out your favorite tunes, our welcoming vibe and supportive crowd make Ivy Karaoke the ultimate spot for self-expression and fun.

Pride Movie: Moonlight
In this acclaimed coming-of-age drama, a young man who grows up poor, Black and gay in a rough Miami neighborhood tries to find his place in the world. Chairs are provided, but bring pillows/beanbags/blankets/snacks/drinks if you would like to set up a cozy spot on the floor.

The Cat Operators Manual, Book Launch
Join us for the purrfect evening celebrating the launch of The Cat Operators Manual book - filled with feline fun, laughs, and happiness.

Walktours NZ: The fabulous Carmen walk tour
Join us on this free 90-minute community walk-tour as we trace Carmen's Wellington years (1967-1980).
Learn about Carmen's landmark 1966 court case, her race to become Mayor of Wellington in the 1970s, and how she supported and offered a safe harbour to Wellington's Takatāpui LGBTQIA+ Rainbow communities.

Queerly Beloved
It's Pride Month in Wellington and this Sunday we celebrate our rainbow community as beloved children of God with a Queer-affirming service led by the wonderful Kate Spencer. All are welcome.

Celebration of Queer Spirit Church Service
All are invited to this special morning of celebrating the diversity across God's creation! Coinciding with the Wellington Pride Festival, this service will be a bit different from our normal Sunday worship service, with adapted liturgies, prayers, and songs that celebrate those that don't fit into the neat and tidy boxes which society so often prescribes.

Rainbow Youth Night - Wellington City Libraries (Karori)
Our monthly after-hours Youth Night programme offers rangatahi the chance to explore and become comfortable in our library spaces with no other patrons around; this is a chance for young people to really be themselve in a safe space with no external judgement.

Intersex and Transgender Meetup
An informal meetup for intersex, transgender, non-binary and others who are gender diverse, gender queer or gender questioning.

Fat Queers Eating Cake
There’s so much strength and solidarity in members of marginalised communities getting together to have a joyous good time. Fat Queers Eating Cake! is a shared meal (please bring food to share, if you’re able), where you can gather with friends old and new, free of any diet talk or body shaming.

Mask making workshop
Come along for some group mask-making for the 2025 Wellington Pride Youth Ball!
This event is open to all youth ball attendees and allies.

Wanna Smash, Bro?
Looking for a night of friendly competition and good vibes? Bring your A-game and join us for Wanna Smash, Bro!—an evening packed with board games, Nintendo Switch battles, and non-stop fun.

Jesus Cucking Christ
Join a discussion about a queer theology perspective on divine vulnerability.

Drag Bingo with Olivia Dreams @DLS
This is not your Grandma's Bingo!
Get ready to strut, dance, and bingo your way into a fabulous night of glamour, glitter, and giggles high above the city lights!

Glamaphones open rehearsal
Join in our regular choir rehearsal and find out what we’re all about!

Ivy Karaoke
Join us at Ivy Bar, Wellington's favorite queer bar, for an unforgettable night of karaoke magic! Whether you're a seasoned performer or just here to belt out your favorite tunes, our welcoming vibe and supportive crowd make Ivy Karaoke the ultimate spot for self-expression and fun.

Pride Crafternoon
Celebrate Pride with zine-making, collage, and badge making! All materials are supplied.
Drop-in session for folks aged 14+

Pride Crafternoon
Celebrate Pride with zine-making, collage, and badge making! All materials are supplied.
Drop-in session for folks aged 14+

Summer of Ramps: Pride Edition Ngā Wīra Iti Collective
Join this skate park meetup including a Roller Pride Parade along the Marine Parade Waterfront path, as well as shared kai and kōrero.