ACON is celebrating its 40th anniversary in spring 2025 with a packed and diverse community program of events and activities – and everyone is invited.
Explore ACON’s 40th Anniversary website and browse the event calendar here.
Pride in Sport Summit | Tuesday 30 September 2025
Join us at the 2025 Australian Pride in Sport Summit, a dedicated conference that goes beyond showcasing industry leaders, athletes, advocates, and allies in the sports world. This ground-breaking event offers a comprehensive experience that celebrates LGBTQ+ inclusivity and empowerment, and also provides unique opportunities for learning, collaboration, and resource assessment.
Immerse yourself in engaging panel discussions and gain valuable insights from leaders representing diverse sporting organisations. Participate in thought-provoking roundtable discussions with influential figures, where ideas and experiences from all corners of the sports industry converge. This open exchange of perspectives will contribute to shaping the future of this space and identifying areas where resources can be better allocated to drive impactful change.
2025 AUSTRALIAN PRIDE IN SPORT SUMMIT
8:30am – 6:00pm AEST, Tuesday 30 September 2025
John Niland Scientia Building
University of New South Wales,
Gate 11, Library Walk, Kensington Campus,
Kensington, New South Wales
Parramatta Pride Picnic | Saturday 11 October 2025
Proudly a free event, EVERYONE is welcome! As western Sydney’s largest Pride event, Parramatta Pride Picnic is proudly a collaboration between ACON, Inclusiv Events and Parramatta Queer Forum, part of ACON’s Inclusive Communities Networks, alongside a dedicated team of volunteer event organisers.
Celebrating great vibes, fierce looks, and plenty of community love – don’t miss the return of Parramatta Pride Picnic for 2025 Parramatta Pride Picnic is back for its 17th year serving up a day full of fabulous entertainment, food, activities and meaningful connections for the LGBTI+ community, their families, friends and community allies.
After last year’s overwhelming success, we’re excited to be able to welcome you back to Parramatta Park Bowling Green and surrounds. We’ll be hosting market stalls featuring a variety of community and corporate partners and a great selection of food all within the lawns and gardens of our licensed bar area, allowing visitors to meander responsibly all afternoon with a curated list of beers, wines and cocktails.
Expect to see on the day many community favourites, stay and enjoy a diverse range of performances and guests, from DJs and Drag Kings and Queens to cultural entertainment and there’s always something for the kids and our four-legged friends.
Returning also for its 3rd year, feel-good times continue into the evening with a T-dance inspired after party with one of our supportive partner venues in and around Parramatta – more to be announced!
Stall bookings are now open here.
PARRAMATTA PRIDE PICNIC
11am – 5pm, Saturday 11 October 2025
Parramatta Park in the Bowling Green
Regular Events
Bingay | ACON Fundraiser
ABOUT BINGAY
Bingay is gay bingo which means there’s classic disco tunes, weird rules and penalties, outrageous antics, hilarious repartee, deliciously lewd bingo calls, and prizes that range from the silly and camp to great theatre tickets and restaurant vouchers.
Bingay hostess Charisma Belle oversees the madcap proceedings and Bingay’s long time barrel babe Naomi Palmer spins the balls and sings up a storm.
Bingay takes over the upstairs bar of The Beresford Darlinghurst on the second Thursday of every month, with each monthly event having a fabulously flamboyant theme.
Bingay’s balls first dropped in 1999, making it one of Sydney’s longest running LGBTQ community events + it raises money for our HIV and LGBTQ health services.
So whether you’re a regular or a novice, or a local or visitor to Sydney, if you’re up for a wonderfully camp mid-week entertainment experience, then you can’t go wrong with Bingay.
For more information and bookings, visit the Bingay website here
The LOVE Project
The LOVE Project (Living OLDER Visibly and Engaged) is an ACON initiative that’s all about creating better conversations and improved social engagement with older LGBTQ community members.
By understanding people’s preferences, we can facilitate greater social connectivity, improve social inclusion and evolve services to meet your needs.
The friendly health promotion team of the LOVE Project welcomes you to get on board to share experiences, interact with other members of the LGBTQ community and create a healthier, active and social lifestyle for yourselves and those around you.
For more information, contact: Russ Gluyas | 02 9206 2017 | rgluyas@acon.org.au
Follow the LOVE Project on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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