SpringOUT Pride Festival

SpringOUT is Canberra's Pride festival, funded by the ACT Government's Office of LGBTIQA+ Affairs. The 2026 edition, its 27th, runs for five weeks from 23 October to 1 December, according to springout.com.au and Region. It opens with the unveiling of a Courtney Act portrait at the National Portrait Gallery.

The centrepiece is Fair Day, held on Saturday 31 October 2026 in Glebe Park in Civic: free, family-friendly, with more than 80 stalls, food trucks and quiet zones. The rest of the programme includes a comedy gala, Spring Fever retro disco, One Night In Heaven, A Drag is Born, Loud & Proud (all-ages trans and non-binary live music) and Pride sports at Lyneham.

The 2025 festival ran from 1 November to 5 December, with Fair Day on 1 November. There's no Mardi Gras-style parade. Dates for 2027 had not been announced at the time of writing.