OUT NT hears from the gang in Alice about the upcoming Alice Springs Pride Carnivale starting July 30. Family fair day, pride party, film night, an art exhibition, workshops and forums are all part of this year’s festival.
“The opening night art exhibition on Thursday July 30 kicks off another great weekend celebrating diversity in Central Australia,” says Thea McDiarmid from the Pride Carnivale organising committee.
“This year’s annual Pride Carnivale is crafted to include arts, performance and celebration in the centre of Australia. In the middle of the desert we celebrate and embrace lesbian, gay, trans, intersex, queer, sister girl and brother boy diversity,” says Thea.
Performers, visitors and artists from throughout the Northern Territory and Australia will converge on Alice Springs for Pride Carnivale 2015.
“Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Indigenous Australians from the Northern Territory and beyond are the key focus of this year’s Pride Carnivale,” says committee member Barry Dallman.
“It all culminates with the Saturday Fair Day on August 1. It’s a family event running from 11am until 3pm with stage acts, stalls, food, entertainment, camp dog show and so much more,” says Barry.
- OPENING NIGHT EXHIBITION Thu Jul 30, 6pm,
Yubu Napa Gallery, 65 Hartley St Homage – An Expression
of Human Diversity exhibition runs Jul 30 to Aug 9 - WORKSHOPS & FORUMS Fri Jul 31, 12 to 4pm,
Totem Theatre, Snow Kenna Pk, Wills Tce - FILM NIGHT Fri Jul 31, 6pm (bar opens 4pm),
Totem Theatre, Snow Kenna Pk, Wills Tce - FAIR DAY Sat Aug 1, 11am to 3pm, free entry,
Snow Kenna Park, Wills Tce - PRIDE PARTY Sat Aug 1, 7pm to 2am, $10/$15,
Watch This Space, 4/9 George Cres
Alice Springs Pride Carnivale is the annual event in central Australia celebrating lesbian, gay, trans, intersex, queer, sister girl and brother boy diversity.
www.alicespringspridecarnivale.com.au
For those in Darwin there is talk of a bus from Darwin to Alice for the Pride festival. For more information get in touch with Lisa Pelligrino:
Would you be interested in journeying through the desert in a camp Pride bus from Darwin to Alice for the Alice Springs Pride Carnivale? The travel dates would be from around July 27th- August 4th. Just gathering an idea of public interest at the moment x