Sydney LGBTQIA+ dance festival RAYDIA has cancelled its 2026 return only weeks after tickets went on sale.
Raydia Festival
Held at The Domain in Sydney last Saturday, the inaugural event was headlined by Cascada, alongside Filipino drag performer Marina Summers and DJs Dan Slater, Manuel Coby, Bryant and Ana Julieta.
A full-time Sydney Mardi Gras employee asked members of the charity's volunteer network to work unpaid shifts for two commercial LGBTQIA+ festivals while also being paid by one of those events, prompting questions about conflict-of-interest management at one of Australia's most high-profile queer organisations and whether those workers should have been paid employees.