Ballarat Pride
Here you'll find all the LGBTIQA+ events hosted or supported by the City of Ballarat
2024 at a glance
Ballarat Frolic Festival
Transgender Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility
22 - 24 February
Ballarat's Frolic Festival runs twice yearly local LGBTIQA+ festivals - Ballarat Frolic Festival in summer and Frolic Dark Rainbow in winter.
Transgender Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility
31 March
You are welcome to attend our flag raising event with speeches and an afternoon tea at the Town Hall
IDAHOBIT
Transgender Day of Visibility
Ballarat Heritage Festival
17 May
The Progress Pride Flag will be flying proudly over the Town Hall all day, and you are invited to an afternoon tea at the Ballarat Central Library.
Ballarat Heritage Festival
Transgender Day of Visibility
Ballarat Heritage Festival
17 - 26 May
A brand new community exhibition, Queer Stories, will be showing at TBH Studio in Bridge Mall.
Ballarat Pride Month
FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre
A Queer Little Library
1 - 30 June
With 50 events in and around Ballarat over the month of June, our first official Ballarat Pride Month is an awesome celebration of LGBTIQA+ folks.
A Queer Little Library
FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre
A Queer Little Library
Ongoing from the 1 June 2024
Take a book, leave a book, this free little library is filled with LGBTIQA+ books for all ages.
FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre
FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre
FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre
22 - 25 August
A Queer Little Library had it's first pop up at the inaugural FAQT - Festival of Queer Theatre
Wear It Purple Day
FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre
FAQT - Festival of Australian Queer Theatre
30 August
The City of Ballarat will be lighting up the Town Hall clock and the Lake Wendouree fountain purple in honour of Wear It Purple Day this year.
Bisexual Visibility Day
Ballarat Seniors Festival
Ballarat Seniors Festival
23 September
We partnered with The Y Ballarat, Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) and QHub Ballarat to hold a pie making workshop with a guest speaker for bi and pan youth.
The Bisexual Flag was also planted in flowers in Sturt St.
Ballarat Seniors Festival
Ballarat Seniors Festival
Ballarat Seniors Festival
1 - 31 October
Ballarat Seniors Festival is coming up and we have 4 events specifically for LGBTIQA+ folks
Children's Week
Ballarat Seniors Festival
Affirmation Station
19 October - 27 October
For the Children's Week launch we will be presenting A Rainbow Little Library, a free little library filled with age appropriate LGBTIQA+ books for kids.
Affirmation Station
Ballarat Seniors Festival
Affirmation Station
9 - 10 November
The Ballarat Affirmation Station is trans-led, dedicated to empowering transgender, gender diverse, and non-binary people as they navigate their gender journeys. It hosts a variety of workshops and gender-affirming activities such as makeup tutorials and binder fittings. All of our programs are designed to help gender-diverse people freely explore who they are and how they want to express themselves.
Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week
13 - 19 November
We Are Here, a new exhibition by trans and gender diverse artists will be showing at TBH Studio in Bridge Mall.
World AIDS Day
Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week
1 December
Check back for more information soon!
Transgender Awareness Week
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Transgender Awareness Week
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Previous events and festivals
Previous Ballarat Pride Months
Previous LGBTIQA+ days of significance
Previous LGBTIQA+ days of significance
Previous LGBTIQA+ days of significance
Previous LGBTIQA+ days of significance
Previous LGBTIQA+ days of significance
Other City of Ballarat LGBTIQA+ events
Previous council supported LGBTIQA+ events in other festivals
Previous council supported LGBTIQA+ events in other festivals
Previous council supported LGBTIQA+ events in other festivals
Previous council supported LGBTIQA+ events in other festivals
Previous council supported LGBTIQA+ events in other festivals
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