Sydney WorldPride with Absolut Vodka

Rainbow bus tours, queer history museums and all the vodka cocktails you can handle are coming in hot (and cold) for Sydney WorldPride.
Alec Jones
February 10, 2023

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Overview

In case you've been living under a huge soundproof rock, Sydney WorldPride is set to release an outpouring of queer energy across the city and beyond. For three weeks (Friday, February 17 to Sunday, March 5), there'll be Pride events and parties happening in every corner of town. Among them includes a series of parties and celebrations of Australia's queer community courtesy of Absolut Vodka — a brand that's been a vocal supporter of the LGBTQIA+ community worldwide since the 1980s.

First up is the cheekily named Rainbow Routes. You know the double-decker sight-seeing buses that cruise the city? Picture that, but for WorldPride.

The Rainbow Route bus tours are running on Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, and will take you on an insightful (and entertaining) tour through the history of Sydney's queer culture curated by the one-and-only Kat Dopper of Heaps Gay and Pleasures Playhouse. Travel through time from 1978 to 2023 and learn about parties, places, marches and moments while enjoying live entertainment from renowned queer performers.

For something less mobile, you can head to Merivale's The Alex in Alexandria for 'House of Home' — a unique transformation of the upstairs room into an immersive, museum-like experience in tribute to Ballroom Houses. These singular LGTBQIA+ community events date back to the 1950s and are built around the families you choose, not the ones you're born with.

Beyond that, you can go into the running to instantly win $20 drink vouchers. Vouchers you could use to cover refreshments at any of 30+ venues around Sydney that have partnered with Absolut for the festival, and you'll be able to make use of an interactive map on the website to help you find those venues – AKA your next party – in a heartbeat.

For more information on Rainbow Routes or The House of Home, to book tickets and to see all participating venues for Absolut Vodka x Sydney WorldPride, visit the website.

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