OUT in the OPEN Festival Shepparton
Join us this November 6th – 10th and help us to “Colour My World” at our annual festival!
OUT in the OPEN is Goulburn Valley Pride’s annual pride festival held in Greater Shepparton celebrating LGBTIQA+ pride and community diversity.
The festival was developed to address some of the inequalities faced by the local LGBTIQA+ community, and to build a more inclusive community in Greater Shepparton. As the largest project that Goulburn Valley Pride leads annually, it has its own committee of volunteers who create, curate and bring the festival to life each November.
The festival generally consists of a number of community led free or low-cost events, that aim to provide entertainment, connection, pride and celebration to the community within the City of Greater Shepparton and the surrounding areas. The annual main event, Carnival Day, is held on the Saturday of the festival and is described as a “family-friendly, all ages, party in the park” event, with local live music, market stalls, children’s entertainment, local organisations and professional organisation stalls alongside local queer-owned small business, art and craft creation opportunities and plenty to eat, see and do all in one place!
The festival is entirely volunteer led, created and ran. Volunteers are also a huge part of the success of our festival, as without them the festival wouldn’t exist and continue to bring pride and diversity to the region. OUT in the OPEN extends a thanks to all volunteers past and present for helping to ensure the festival continues to be a place LGBTIQA+ people can be ‘out in the open’ however they choose to be.
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Find our more information by contacting the 2024 Festival Convenor: Georgina Poort (she/her) | georgina@outintheopen.org.au
Below is a video created at the 2018 OUT in the OPEN festival, that provides a great visual example of what you can experience and expect when you attend the festival.