By AJ Birchall
20 YE ARS ON FAIR DAY 2014
CUE PRINCE’S 1999. WHO KNEW THAT A CHAT AMONGST FRIENDS CHILLING OUT IN THEIR LIVING ROOM WOULD TURN INTO THE CELEBRATION OF CANBERRA’S LGBTIQ COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE AS SPRINGOUT?
FAIR DAY 2015
PURPLE PARTY 2009
FAIR DAY 2009
It became apparent that Canberra wanted its very own Pride Festival. We wanted to party like it was 1999. In fact, the idea of formalising a Canberra Pride Festival was formed in that year. What began as a simple gathering of like-minded family and friends, grew into a month-long celebration of music, performance, art, sport, theatre, and dancing. All those wonderful things that enrich our community.
BIG GAY BREAKFAST 2009
BUSHDANCE 1988
Thanks to the then President of the AIDS Action Council Steve Erskine, Siobhan Leyne and some of their friends, SpringOUT sprang out. “SpringOUT was started by the community for the community and evolved from Fair Day,” states Philippa Moss, the Executive Director of the AIDS Action Council. “First there was Fair Day, then there was SpringOUT.”
FAIR DAY 2013 FUSEFEATURE
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