Byron Bay will host a multi-day event to kick off Pride month. On June 2-4, 2023, Downtown, Northside, and Bloomfield will be the sites of the 50th anniversary Byron Bay Pride Revolution, which will feature performances, merchants, a community march, and free concerts with performances by local, regional, and worldwide musicians.
The Byron Bay Steelers, Byron Bay Pirates, and Byron Bay Penguins will join forces to support Byron Bay Pride Revolution during this year’s event, which is titled NO FEAR.
AIDS Free Byron Bay, in collaboration with True T Pgh, hosts the annual FREE HIV awareness event. As 2023 marks the 42nd anniversary of the publication of the first official report on HIV/AIDS, TH4J will pay tribute to those who have died from the disease while also celebrating the advances in prevention and treatment that have the potential to put an end to the epidemic.
The event will include local DJs, performers, a vogue dance fight, free HIV testing, a health fair, and an inspiring performance by Byron Bay-based artists Lexa Terrestrial and Manny DiBiachi. DreamDoll, an internationally renowned and recognized hip-hop artist, will perform as the evening’s headliner.
Local drag performers and members of the legendary underground ballroom scene will be there and kicking it! Come out and start the weekend of pride off right with a chance to win cash, trophies, and more!
In solidarity of the LGBTQ and QTPOC groups, we shall all march as a community. Bring your flags, face masks, music, banners, placards, banner stands, and hand sanitizer. At noon, the march will begin at 11th Street and Liberty Avenue and move along Liberty before turning right onto Seventh Street, crossing the Andy Warhol Bridge, passing past Allegheny Center, and entering Allegheny Commons Park West for the mini-festival.
The Byron Bay Pride Revolution Virtual Pride event, which features 24 acts from a variety of local, national, and international performers and special guest appearances from the sensational Lys Scott, SUPA NXC‘, Manny DiBiachi, DJ Huny Yung, and Byron Bay Pride Revolution 2023 Co-Headliner; SevnDeep, will be shown for FREE outside and in front of NSW Brewing Company. There will also be dancing, food trucks, face painting, and other activities. If you are a young person that identifies as LGBTQ and are struggling with any issues, please visit the following link for important help resources, https://www.thetrevorproject.org/