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    The Beat is a club to lose yourself in... lots of little twists and stairways take you from room to room where you'll find different music, different people and a different atmosphere at every turn. T...
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Latest Photos

Brisbane's Big Gay Day 2008... Fluffy Brisbane's Big Gay Day 2008... Fluffy (Fluffy @ Family)
Sunday, 9 March 2008
Fluffy, the official Big Gay Day Afterparty, was bloody marvellous. It's a weekly gay night held at what has recently been voted the best nightclub in the Southern Hemisphere - Family. The venue ...
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Brisbane's Big Gay Day 2008... The Evening Brisbane's Big Gay Day 2008... The Evening
(The Wickham Hotel)
Sun, 9 Mar 08
Brisbane's Big Gay Day 2008... The Afternoon Brisbane's Big Gay Day 2008... The Afternoon
(The Wickham Hotel)
Sun, 9 Mar 08

From the Archives

Brisbane's Big Gay Day Brisbane's Big Gay Day (The Wickham Hotel)
Sunday, 11 March 2007
It's big, it's gay, it's a day long and it's Brisbane. So the name sort of says it all. Even after the recent dizzy heights of Sydney's Mardi Gras, this was bloody good fun. A...
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Brisbane's Big Gay Night Brisbane's Big Gay Night
(Fluffy @ Family)
Sun, 11 Mar 07
Brisbane vs Geelong Brisbane vs Geelong
Fri, 9 Mar 07

Sydney Mardi Gras 2009

Sydney Mardi Gras 2009 : Toybox Sydney Mardi Gras 2009 : Toybox
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Continuing the hard trance theme of the week - Toybox seemed to take on a bit of a different persona this year... the smaller room was dishing out funkier vocal house which kept the mood light, fluffy and silly (and obviuosly silliness is what coming to Toybox is all about given how long most of us had now been partying!)...
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Mardi Gras Party 2009 Mardi Gras Party 2009
Saturday, 7 March 2009
It was hot! It was very, very hot! Hot men... yes... but the temperature in the RHI was outrageous!...
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Sydney 2009 : Blue Mountains Sydney 2009 : Blue Mountains
Tue, 3 Mar 09
Sydney 2009 : Oxford Street Sydney 2009 : Oxford Street
Wed, 4 Mar 09
Sydney 2009 : Parade Sydney 2009 : Parade
Saturday, 7 March 2009
From a great vantage point in an apartment on Flinders street we were able to take in the sights of one of the longest Pride parades in the world from up high! From the traditional Dykes on Bikes to t...
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Sydney 2009 : BBQ Sydney 2009 : BBQ
Sat, 7 Mar 09
Harbour Party 2009 Harbour Party 2009
(Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney)
Sun, 1 Mar 09

Sydney Mardi Gras 2008

Toybox 2008 @ Luna Park, SydneyFox Studios... The Mardi Gras Party 2008 (1 substory)Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2008 (1 substory)Parade preparations 2008 (4 substories)Sol y Luna... The Harbour Party 2008

Chrissie's Sol y Luna!Sydney Mardi Gras Fair Day 2008Preparing for Fair Day 2008Mardi Gras 2008 Launch Party @ Gilligan's & Ginger's, Sydney/Stonewall, Sydney

Sydney Mardi Gras

Sydney Mardi Gras celebrates its 30th anniversary this year... we bring you coverage of some of the highlights of one of the biggest gay pride events in the world!

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Forthcoming pride festivals...

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18th July 09

22 days Copenhagen Pride 2009
25th July - 2nd August 09

23 days Brighton Pride 2009
25th July - 3rd August 09

22 days Nottingham Pride 2009
25th July 09

22 days Hull Pride 2009
25th July 09

REALPride carries full details of these events and the major pride and mardi gras festivals around the world.