Lesbian Wellington
It's almost the holiday season so some regular events are on holiday too ... awaiting dates for 2026.
Badminton Tākatapui Wāhine night
Wellington Pride Festival 6-22 March 2026
The dates have been set for the major events:
- Dawn Ceremony Friday 6th March 6am-7am
- Pride Youth Ball Saturday 14th March
- Out in the City Sunday 15 March
- Pride Hīkoi Tuesday 17 March noon
- Pride Picnic Sunday 22 March
The full programme is now available on the Wellington Pride website.
Follow on facebook, instagram and bluesky; read the latest Wellington Pride Festival newsletter.
Wellington Pride Parade 7 March 2026
This iconic celebration of Wellington's diversity and culture is returning on Saturday 7 March.
- The Parade 5pm-7pm Courtenay Place & Dixon St.
- Street Celebration noon-11pm Lower Cuba Street
- After Party 9pm-4am
Get your team, club organisation, whanāu, squad or band to join the Parade. Or volunteer to help
make the Parade and street celebration unforgettable. More info on the Wellington Pride Parade website.
Follow on facebook and instagram.
And over the hill ...
Pae Tū Mōkai Pride Festival Featherston Friday 13th - Sunday 15th March
- Drag Bingo with Rhubarb Rouge Friday 13 March 7:30-9:30pm
- Pride Parade Saturday 14th 11:45am-1pm
- Pride Party Saturday 14th 6pm-late
- Big P Politics Sunday 15th 11am-12:30pm
Leonie's email list
This is a service for distributing your notices to the lesbian community. To join the list, email leonies.email.list@lesbian.net.nz. If you were once on the email list but have not received any messages for a long while you may need to rejoin - email Leonie.
Once you are on the list, you can send email notices to the same address for distribution. Any notice that will help or inform us as lesbians is sent out.
- When sending in a notice please include any relevant contact info in the content of the message or at the end - your email address in your message's header will be stripped out before the notice is distributed.
- Political notices and attachments are not sent out.
- And please keep your message simple - strip out earlier email messages to save Leonie having to do it!
Armstrong & Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians
The Armstrong and Arthur Charitable Trust for Lesbians was established in 2001 by the late Bea Arthur for the benefit of lesbian community groups in the Wellington region. The Trust is named to recognise and remember the 57 year relationship of Bea and her partner the late Bette Armstrong. The Trustees invite applications for funding assistance, as grants, for projects and activities that will benefit all or part of the lesbian communities in the Wellington region. Visit the Trust website www.armstrong-arthur-trust.nz for information about how to apply for grants, and how to donate or make bequests to the Trust.
Application forms and guidelines are available from the Trust's website.
