Springout Pride Festival - Canberra

31/08/2026

This was Fiction on Saturday for ‘In Bed by 10’. Now imagine it full with all your LGBTQIA+ dance buddies and the Heaven DJs at full throttle… and where else would you want to be on Fri 27 Nov than ‘One Night in Heaven’?

28/08/2026

🏳️‍🌈 “Why do we still need Pride?”

Well, this BBC article gives us quite a few answers.

Companies are becoming quieter about LGBTQ+ support.

Councils are withdrawing funding and removing Pride flags.

Politicians are declaring that gay equality has basically been achieved, while trans people are facing an increasingly hostile public climate.

And some people within our own community are apparently quite comfortable pulling the ladder up behind them.

The BBC highlights Reform-controlled Durham County Council withdrawing £2,500 from Durham Pride and removing the rainbow flag from council headquarters.

Yet here’s the part worth noticing:

Durham Pride still went ahead. Organisers said it was their biggest year ever.

People donated. Trade unions contributed. The community showed up.

That matters.

Pride was never supposed to exist only when politicians approved of us, corporations considered us commercially fashionable, or everybody else felt comfortable.

And criticism of corporate Pride is perfectly legitimate. Questioning whether multinational companies really care about LGBTQ+ people is very different from arguing that Pride itself has somehow outlived its purpose.

Because equality written into law does not magically remove prejudice, harassment, violence or discrimination.

And when public support starts becoming quieter precisely because supporting LGBTQ+ people has become more controversial?

That seems a particularly strange moment to announce that Pride is no longer needed.

🏳️‍🌈 Pride matters when it is easy.

🏳️‍⚧️ It matters even more when it isn’t.
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27/08/2026

Let’s celebrate our diverse community with love and compassion - tell your story ! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

25/08/2026

Our community notice board is growing but we still have a lot more room to spare! So if you are a community organisation or events organiser and would like to display your services at the new SpringOUT offices, please send a message!

25/08/2026

Organised by Diversity ACT with financial support from the Australian Capital Territory, Office of LGBTIQA+ Affairs, the Canberra Q***r Film Festival (CQFF) is coming soon for 2 days only - 14 and 15 September.

The Canberra Q***r Film Festival will be dedicated to celebrating colourful and diverse stories written by and for the LGBTIQA+ community and allies in Australia and around the world. This will also be the first FREE q***r film festival ever to be organised locally in Canberra.

With this special event, Diversity ACT aims to spread love, raise awareness, and improve understanding of global LGBTIQA+ communities among LGBTIQA+ Canberrans and allies.

Other sponsors and partners of Canberra Q***r Film Festival include FUSE Magazine, ANU Q***r* Department, Q***r Screen, Hanoi International Q***r Film Week, Beijing Q***r Film Festival, Q***r Food, and many other community organisations across Canberra.

Bringing 17 LGBTIQA+ films from 13 different countries across the globe to the local Canberran audiences, tickets to all screenings of Canberra Q***r Film Festival are FREE.

Please follow their Instagram at Canberra Q***r Film Festival to know how to reserve your seats soon.

24/08/2026

SpringOUT be yourself in Canberra !

Clear your calendars, because Spring in Canberra is packed with events. ☀️🗓️

From Australia's Biggest Celebration of Spring, through to an epic Lego exhibition, and the Craft + Design Canberra Festival taking over the entire city, there's so much to see and do 👇

🎨 Canberra Art Biennial (11 Sep to 31 Oct)
🌷 Floriade (12 Sep to 11 Oct)
🏗️ RELICS: A New World Rises at Canberra Museum and Gallery (opens 19 Sep)
🧺 Handmade Canberra Markets - Spring (19 & 20 Sep)
🧡 AFL Women's Round 6: GWS Giants v Richmond Tigers (20 Sep)
🕺 Floriade NightFest (1 to 4 Oct)
🧊 Antarctica at the National Museum of Australia (Until 11 Oct)
✍️ Canberra Writers Festival (15 to 18 Oct)
💪 ICN Australian Championships (17 & 18 Oct)
🪡 Arthur Boyd: Tapestries at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (Until 18 Oct)
🏉 Wallaroos v Scotland (23 Oct)
🌈 Springout Pride Festival - Canberra (23 Oct to 1 Dec)
🕯️ Canberra Nara Candle Festival (24 Oct)
🚣 The Golden Oar (30 Oct to 1 Nov)
😅 The Canberra Times Run (1 Nov)
🖼️ 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival (5 to 15 Nov)
🪩 The Wiggles’ Sparkle! BIG SHOW (11 Nov)
🏃 Stromlo Forest Park Running Festival (14 & 15 Nov)

Head to https://visitcanberra.com.au/articles/whats-on-in-spring to find out what's on this Spring in Canberra.

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21/08/2026

Hey community groups! We have plenty of space on our new pin board in our new office in the Griffin Centre for your fliers! Send a message if you’d like to be included!

20/08/2026

Heaven is returning to our roots in the city, this time at Fiction (formerly Academy), Canberra’s true superclub! Featuring two rooms, multiple DJs, live performances and pure carefree chaos. A full 1993–2001 Heaven Nightclub reunion, DJ curation by DJ YA YA, bringing the OG Heaven DJs back to keep you dancing. 8pm-4am, Friday 27 November at Fiction, Canberra. Tickets on sale now at Humanitix