Lesbian Wellington

See the big pages of What's on for lesbians and for the broader Rainbow communities in Wellington for information about what's on. Plus the links page for many more groups.

It's almost the holiday season so some regular events are on holiday too ... awaiting dates for 2026.

Lesbian events and groups	Rainbow events and groups
Badminton Wāhine night Coming out meetup Kāpiti dining Kāpiti drinks & dinner Lesbian Overland & Café Club LILAC library Outdoors / travel Polari-Fantabulosa! Social media groups	CampGround Rainbow Comedy Creatives & Coffee Dancing classes Gay bars Glamaphones choir LGBTI history walks Rainbow Dragon Club - board games Rainbow Wellington Social media groups Social sporty groups Wellington Wanderers

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

Registration is now open for Out in the City stallholders and Pride Festival events - more info on the Wellington Pride website. The programme will be finalised in late January so register your event soon - by 16 January for the print programme or 28 February for the digital calendar.
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.

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.

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