With the official start of Sydney WorldPride this Friday 17 February, the festival’s WorldPride Arts program is taking centre stage.

The WorldPride Arts program encompasses 76 different events, featuring some of the world’s best LGBTQIA+ artists and creators. The program features visual arts exhibitions, theatre, dance, concerts, parties, panel discussions, contemporary performance, children’s events, literature events, women’s events, film and music. Many events are available at low-cost or for free.

“After the challenges faced over the last few years, we are delighted to be bringing this diverse arts program to Sydney,” said Festival Creative Director – WorldPride Arts Daniel Clarke.

“To have so many new queer creative projects being presented at the same time from small independent companies to major arts organisations is unprecedented in our country. There’s never been a time in Sydney’s history that work by LGBTQIA+ artists have been created at this scale and breadth. It is a city-wide creative collaboration and I am absolutely thrilled that Sydney WorldPride, with the help of our event producing partners, Create NSW and the Australia Council, was able to support so many of these projects to make them a reality.

“To see so many queer artists in work and being profiled at this scale brings me much joy and I’m asking the sector to continue producing, developing and presenting diverse, queer art even after Sydney WorldPride has finished. There’s no turning back now!”

At the helm of this program is an incredibly diverse, free visual arts and exhibitions line up with 25 free events across some of Sydney’s most iconic venues including Art Gallery of NSW, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Hyde Park Barracks, The State Library Of New South Wales, Powerhouse Ultimo and Customs House.