Big Gay Day 2025
4 May 2025
The Wickham Hotel, Fortitude Valley
One of Brisbane’s largest LGBTQIA+ street festivals, Big Gay Day, turns 25 this year and the city’s fabulous rainbow festival is bigger and better than ever. Held on the Labour Day long weekend, one-day event will be headlined by Peach PRC and The Presets (DJ set), with a Y2K theme.
Each year, the inner-city street outside The Wickham Hotel in Fortitude Valley is closed for and an epic stage that is constructed to showcase the sparkling line-up of popstars, drag queens, musicians and DJs. This year’s event will also see Harry K taking over The Wickham’s Beer Garden with his Outrage.us Block Party, and Paul Wheeler will return to MC once again.
The line-up will also include Jimi The Kween, Gogo Bumhole, The David, Kayty Banks, Lazy Susan, Vybe, Mandy Moobs, Freya Armani, Reef vs Beef, Femme Follies, Poof Doof, Mega Drag.
Each year Big Gay Day raises money for LGBTQIA+ charities and, in 2025, proceeds will be donated to Open Doors Youth Service (ODYS). Also celebrating its 25th anniversary, ODYS was created by community for community and remains Queensland’s only dedicated LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy (SB) youth service. ODYS supports SB young people aged 12 to 24.
The Wickham Venue Manager Mark Baker is anticipating another extravagant day: “Big Gay Day is such an iconic day for our community, and we are so excited to be celebrating 25 years in 2025. It’s all about being loud, proud, and having a lot of fun with our amazing entertainment to raise money for ODYS, which is an important LGBTQIA charity, also turning 25 this year.”
For ticketing and further information, visit the Big Gay Day website
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