Sydney WorldPride is offering our city an enormous amount of art, music, parties this Mardi Gras season. If you loved Day For Night: The Pleasure Arc, we've got our top picks for other WorldPride events you must attend.
Gay Sydney: A Memoir
19-23 Feb, Seymour Centre
Presenting in association with Sydney WorldPride at the Seymour Centre this February, experience William Yang's Gay Sydney: A Memoir. Exploring the heady and turbulent scenes of 1970s Sydney, the vibrant history of Mardi Gras, and the ever-evolving GLBTIQ story through William Yang's own stunning images, accompanied by haunting music written and played live by Meanjin/Brisbane composer, Timothy Fairless, Gay Sydney: A Memoir eloquently reflects on the past to imagine the way forward.
Sissy Ball
4 March, Town Hall
If you came to Day For Night: The Pleasure Arc, you probably already have your tickets for Sissy Ball. Witness the regal, the ravishing and the revolutionary battle it out. Who will take their 10s and who will get the chop? All will be unveiled as legendary houses from across the globe compete in Australia’s biggest vogue ball.
Dylan Mooney: Still here and thriving
Feb 22 - March 25, N.Smith Gallery
Dylan Mooney’s Still here and thriving series, five large-format portraits focus on love in queer communities, deftly illustrating issues affecting Mooney’s lived experience in ways that are poignant and very much of our moment.
Muru – ba: First Nations LGBTIQA+ Trailblazers
Feb 17 - March 5, Boomalli Gallery
Rainbow Elders is a physical, digital, and street poster exhibition that showcases the voice and stories of First Nations LGBTIQA+ Elders involved with the LGBTIQ+ rights and First Nations community movements since the 1970s from across Australia.
Club Chrome: Fxckery
2 March, PACT
Fxckery is the world premiere of a dynamic, high-production pole dance performance by Club Chrome, Australia’s first queer pole dance collective comprising queer, BIPOC, and sex workers.
