Whether you're after sunrise dance floors, underground queer raves, drag competitions, theatre, or a big gay harbour cruise, Sydney's October long weekend has something for everyone.
Darlinghurst
The Bookshop Darlinghurst will close its doors by the end of the year, marking the end of an era for one of Sydney’s most iconic queer spaces.
Oxford Street drag competition Slay 2 Stay will return for its sixth season this October, Universal Sydney has announced.
Flash, the gay Sydney dance party that seems to have beef with Gay Sydney News for reasons that are not fully understood, is moving from its original venue on Oxford Street to new digs at Kings Cross Hotel following a run-in with council over capacity issues.
Stonewall Hotel's top floor will be turned into an upmarket, all-male nude strip club with a cover charge, as part of plans to revitalise the 27-year-old Oxford Street gay bar.
A new rainbow crossing near Taylor Square has been proposed by the City of Sydney, which will include the progress flag design.
Australia’s first-ever permanent queer museum is a step closer after the keys to the former Darlinghurst police station were officially handed over to Qtopia Sydney, the non-profit organisation behind the initiative.
A solo theatre show lands in Sydney this week that tells the story of a university lecturer who loses his job due to his homosexuality.
Sydney queer history and cultural centre Qtopia is one of the federal budget winners after the Albanese government agreed to allocate $1.5 million to it in the 2024-25 federal budget.
Oxford Street gay bar Stonewall Hotel will no longer trade on Mondays and Tuesdays throughout winter this year.