Rally and March

Where Protest Meets Parade

Annual Event

September

CBD to Musgrave Park

🌈 Rally & March, Where Protest Meets Parade

Since 1990, Brisbane’s Rally and March has evolved from a defiant protest into a living timeline of queer resilience – where megaphones share space with glitter cannons, and seasoned activists march alongside babies in rainbow strollers.

First, we yell. Then we dance.

1990

Since

5000+

Annual Attendees

Pride Rally - More Than Warm-Up Acts

📢 Our Megaphone Moment
What started as a political outcry now blends fiery speeches with joyous applause breaks. Before the sequins come the speeches. Our Rally’s where you’ll hear:

Truth bombs from LGBTIQA+ elders and Gen Z change-makers
Standing ovations for rainbow families, healthcare heroes, and allies
Indigenous elders sharing wisdom older than the city itself
That one local legend who somehow always rhymes “oppression” with “Queensland election”
Unscripted magic (like the year a kookaburra landed on the podium mid-speech)

”This rally taught me activism isn’t just anger – it’s love shouting to be heard.

Pride March - A Moving Rainbow

🚦 Route of Resilience
From City Hall to Musgrave Park, our path honours the original activists who marched when visibility meant risk, as well as Musgrave Park’s dual significance as an Indigenous meeting place and queer sanctuary.

👢 Dykes on Bikes Lead the Way
The roar of 50+ engines kicks off Australia’s most colourful procession. What follows?

The Flag – A 30m fragment of Gilbert Baker’s original design (so big it needs 20+ carriers)
Corporate teams accidentally learning what real inclusivity looks like
Grandmas waving “Proud Nanna” signs dipped in glitter
Why We Walk – Some for marriage equality, others for trans rights, many just to dance publicly holding hands

Why March With Us

Retrace the steps of heroes who marched when visibility meant danger
Flip scripts – our happiness challenges outdated norms and proves that queer happiness can’t be legislated away
Feel the city’s pulse shift as crowds thicken yearly