Pride Month has begun, with the Auckland Pride Festival 2025 and City Centre destinations igniting the streets and stages of Tāmaki Makaurau all February long! Read on for the first wave of events that celebrate, empower, and connect Takatāpui and Rainbow communities.

Auckland Pride Festival has more than one hundred events, with some events even free, tickets are listed on the Pride website along with information on how to purchase/register or find out more for any one of these incredible celebrations of community.

Auckland Pride Festival is about empowering & celebrating the Takatāpui and Rainbow Communities of Tāmaki Makaurau. This year’s program focuses on fostering resilience, visibility, and unity through events, creativity, and advocacy.

Unmissable Comedy

 

Big Queer Improv Party 2 | Basement Theatre | 26-28 Feb, 8:30pm | Choose what you pay

Big Queer Improv Party 2 is a celebration of queer joy featuring a delightful cast of queer comedy superstars you’ll recognise from the stage and screen. Not only will this show fill your cup with joy and nonsense, it will also fill you with good vibes because every ticket sold raises money for our friends at Rainbow Youth!

All profits from this show are being donated to Rainbow Youth to support the amazing mahi they do for rangatahi, so don't just buy one ticket - buy two!  These tickets are 'Choose What You Pay' so you can literally choose how big of a donation you want to give to this incredible charity.

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Unmissable Celebrations

The Queer Kiss Cocktail at HI-SO

Sip for a cause this Auckland Pride month!

Head to The Theatre

Dress With Pride | Waitākere Room, Aotea Centre | 1 Mar, 10.30am- 12pm | Free, but booking required

RainbowYOUTH welcomes you to ‘Dress with Pride’, a time for you to ‘get ready with us’ for the annual Auckland Pride March.

Pick out some clothes and makeup and even get a cute haircut. After that, eat some yummy kai and make some signs and badges with your friends to get you in the mood for the Auckland Pride March ahead! So, bring your crew through to prepare for the march in unity! 

Celebrate With Queer Art

Having it all all all | Gus Fisher Gallery | 21 Feb-10th May | Free 

Having it all all all is an exhibition of select video and performance art by international artists associated with the activism and identity politics of second-wave Feminism and its legacies. At a time when the autonomy of women’s bodies continue to be debated and co-opted as a tool for oppressive political agendas, we hope to probe consideration into these topics through a reflection of key artists and works that contribute to a dialogue of reclamation and empowerment through an intersectional Feminist lens. 

Featuring seminal works by Ana Mendieta (Cuba/USA), Howardena Pindell (USA), Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland), Martha Rosler (USA), Christa Schadt (Canada), Janice Tanaka (USA), Hannah Wilke (USA), Nil Yalter (Turkey) and more.

Accompanying the exhibition, Gus Fisher Gallery will deliver a dynamic and free public programme including bespoke performances, practical workshops and panel discussions.

Art on All Month

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Last updated: 15 December 2023