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Fabulous Queer Croquet!

Fabulous Queer Croquet Castlemaine Croquet Club presents… Calling all LGBTQIA+ fabulous folks and awesome allies! Ready to swing some mallets and serve looks on the ...
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Bent Brushes Art Group

Bent Brushes Art Group: Where Creativity Flourishes Join Our Creative Community! Discover your artistic voice in a space that celebrates you! Bent Brushes Art Group ...
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Join Our Team!

Join Our Team! Interested in joining the Castlemaine Pride Organising Committee for 2025?  Castlemaine Pride is looking for passionate, creative, and dedicated individuals to help ...
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VIP Gender Diverse Shopping Night

VIP Gender Diverse Shopping Night! Castlemaine Pride presents this event in partnership with The Good Op Shop.  Mark your calendars!  On Thursday, June 26th, The ...
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Rainbow Birdwalk

Rainbow Birdwalk Castlemaine Pride presents this event in partnership with Connecting Country and BirdLife Castlemaine District.  Join us for a bird-watching wander along Campbells Creek ...
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Castlemaine Pride Picnic 2025

Pride Picnic: 8/11/25 SAVE THE DATE! Mark your calendar for our Pride Picnic on Saturday, 8 November 2025! Castlemaine Pride is a community-led initiative that ...
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About

Castlemaine Pride is a volunteer-led community group that organises the festival each year. It all began in 2018 when Martyn Shaddick, Sherene Clow and Marion Yates organised a Pride Picnic – an act of healing after the dark days of the marriage equality debate and a thank-you to all those who supported the Queer community. From this humble origin, Castlemaine Pride has grown into a week-long celebration of the culture, history, creativity and determination of the LGBTQIASB+ community in Mount Alexander.

We hope our festival shines a light onto what our community can achieve when we stand together, when we choose joy over fear and love over hate. If you’re not part of the LGBTQIASB+ community, then we extend our warmest invitation to you to come and share in our festivities. If you are Queer, then what are you waiting for? This is your festival, and we hope you have the most wonderful time.

Your Pride. Your Voice – check out the End of Community Consultation Report Here

Everyone is welcome here, everyone belongs.

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The Castlemaine Pride Committee.

Castlemaine Pride acknowledges and pays our respects to Djaara, the  traditional custodians of Dja Dja Wurrung Country. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and recognise that this land was stolen; sovereignty never ceded. We honour the contribution of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans, intersex people, sistergirls and brotherboys to the ever-evolving story of the community.

Our Pride Heroes

We offer our deepest thanks to the volunteers, businesses and organisations who have helped us tend our celebrations into full bloom.

Castlemaine Pride operates as a program of Castlemaine Community House and we acknowledge their unwavering support for our events and vision.

Special thanks to:
Mount Alexander Shire Council
MAINfm 94.9

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