OUR MISSION
An INCLUSIVE FESTIVAL
Gaytimes is a boutique music, arts and camping festival for the whole lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and gender diverse community.
We are an inclusive festival that welcomes all the colours of the rainbow, and their friends.
We pride ourselves on curating an eclectic and diverse lineup that represents people from a broad range of identities, backgrounds and music styles.
As a social enterprise, Gaytimes hopes to provide a platform for emerging queer and gender diverse artists to be seen and heard.
Gaytimes isn't just about music, either. It is a weekend getaway of performance art, visual art, light projections, community, self-expression, sexuality, yoga and more.
We aim to create a space for LGTBIQ people to come together and be themselves.
We partner with LGBTIQ organisations to offer workshops, live broadcasts, giveaways and stalls.
Each year, we take lengths to ensure the experience is enjoyable for everyone by consulting with our diverse and knowledgable community and implement ways to make things better and more accessible for all.
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ABOUT
For our eight anniversary year, Gaytimes - Australia’s queer music and arts festival - returns February 23-25, 2024.
Over two nights and three full days, Gaytimes will feature an epic lineup of Aussie music across multiple stages.
Gaytimes will also feature performers, visual arts, yoga, talks, workshops, fun and games, camping, glamping, cocktail bars, speciality coffee, food trucks and much more. Best of all, Gaytimes is BYO.
For 2024, Gaytimes is returning to our new home at Gilwell Park in Gembrook at the foothills of the Dandenongs and State Forest east of Melbourne — just 1 hour 15 minutes drive from Melbourne’s CBD. Gaytimes will again be held in serene, flat campgrounds with permanent showers and toilets amongst native forest.
Gaytimes will offer a weekend of music, art, community, sexuality and self-expression for the LGBTIQ community.
With an eclectic lineup of music, performers, visual arts, food trucks, yoga and more, Gaytimes is a festival experience unlike any other.
Whether you opt for glamping in the forest or prefer camping under the stars, Gaytimes is a bush festival with a touch of class.
"JUDY GARLAND'S BALLAD SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT GAYTIMES ON A MARYSVILLE MOUNTAINTOP OUTSIDE MELBOURNE.
AFTER A LONG DRIVE THROUGH NATIONAL PARK, A GIANT RAINBOW GREETS YOU AT A SPECTACULAR CLEARING AND A TWO-DAY PARADE OF GLITTER AND ACCEPTANCE BEGINS"
- The Age
"All in all, Gaytimes was an impressive mix of people from all around the world – a beautiful sight to behold and party devotion at it’s finest. It left us in high anticipation of the next one. Could we possibly have anymore fun?"
- Three Thousand
"Here came an unashamedly camp, butch, chill, yoga-laden festival all at once—a queer space perhaps, that wasn’t completely self-conscious about the way it carried itself."
- Noisey/VICE
"We call it! Best camping festival in years. See you next time Gaytimes."
- Heaps Gay
