LGBTIQA+ Days of Significance
Transgender Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility
31 March
2021 - 2025
Lesbian Visibility week
Transgender Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility
25 April - 1 May
2023
Bisexual Visibility Day
Bisexual Visibility Day
Bisexual Visibility Day
23 September
2024 - 2025
Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance
13 - 19 November
2021 - 2024
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance
20 November
2023
Other City of Ballarat LGBTIQA+ events
Ballarat Pride Community Day
Ballarat Pride Community Day
Ballarat Pride Community Day
22 February
2025
A family friendly day out with our beloved Pride Market, roving performers, food trucks and the Dykes with Bikes!
Hop Lane Umbrellas
Ballarat Pride Community Day
Ballarat Pride Community Day
20 Feb - May
2025
The Hop Lane Umbrellas, just outside of Hop Temple Ballarat, is an awesome place to grab a selfie with our revolving colours and patterns to celebrate various days on the calendar. In February 2025, the umbrellas turned rainbow in celebration of Pride and the Ballarat Pride Community day event.
Ageing with Pride
Ballarat Pride Community Day
Queer views: New perspectives on the collection
First Friday of every month
2024-2025
Come and join our Community Connectors as we celebrate our older LGBTI+ community and allies. This group provides a welcoming space to meet new friends and have a chat about all things ageing with pride.
Cuppa and biscuits provided. No bookings required.
First Friday of the month from 10am-12pm
at the Co-Lab Space (first floor with lift available) at the Ballarat Library in Doveton Street North
Queer views: New perspectives on the collection
Queer views: New perspectives on the collection
Queer views: New perspectives on the collection
June 2024 - June 2025
For Pride Month, 2024, the Art Gallery of Ballarat invited three local members of the LGBTIQA+ community to respond to artworks in the collection. It was such a popular exhibition that it was extended from the end of June to the start of November
Floral Pride Flag
Queer views: New perspectives on the collection
Floral Pride Flag
Pride Month (June)
2023 - 2025
Our Parks and Gardens team plant a Progress Pride flag in the middle of Sturt St to show our support for our LGBTIQA+ community members each June for Pride Month
Help us Hang
Queer views: New perspectives on the collection
Floral Pride Flag
1 June - 30 August
2024
Each season, the Art Gallery of Ballarat asks the community to vote on one of three works from the collection to display. In the lead up to June, all three works were by Australian artists who explore themes of gender and identity.