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.
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.
Make Yourself Heard: The Art of Signwriting
Get ready for the Wellington Pride Festival Hikoi and create a sign that celebrates your rainbow identity, inclusivity, and making a statement. For ages 14-18
Thinking outside the coconut shell
Join us for a free talanoa (conversation, workshop, wānaga) with Moana Vā – Navigators of Pacific Pride!
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.
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.
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+
My Carmen: Memories of an Icon
To celebrate Pride this year join guest speaker Edward Cowley and exhibition curator Maddie Brooks Gillespie to hear stories from the life and times of Carmen Rupe, and gain a window into her legacy and the fabulous worlds she created.