Merry Queer-mas and a Happy Gay Year to you all! 🎄🎇

Join us for our end-of-the-year BBQ, where we all come together, celebrate joy and pride and relax over food as a community. Everyone is welcome to come along, whether you are an ally, a friend, a rainbow family, solo or have a furr-baby, we want you to be there and enjoy the spirit of this time of the year with us.

❤ The first of December is also World AIDS Day, so wear a touch of red to commemorate lives lost to HIV/AIDS, and celebrate the progress made worldwide in the fight against HIV/AIDS as well as bring a little holiday spirit to the BBQ. ❤

Important Details:

Sunday December 1st, 2024
Midday - 2.00pm
Victoria Park Lake, BBQ pavilion near the turtle playground area close to SAM
Free - donations welcome
BBQ lunch and snacks provided - MUST RSVP for catering needs
All welcome - under 18-year-olds must be supervised by a parent/guardian
Furr-babies welcome, leads required at all times
BYO chair/rug

Access and further information:

The BBQ area is next to car park, however on busy days this car park can be quite full. There is all accessible parking close to the BBQ area.
The space has paved paths from the car park to the BBQ area and the lake, as well as to the toilets and SAM.
There is some seating and under cover space, and shady trees nearby, however on warmer days we recommend wearing a hat or sunscreen.
Bring your own chair or picnic rug to assist with extra seating for all attending if you can.
There are gendered public toilets close by, approx. a 2-minute walk, to the BBQ space, and inside of the SAM building, on level one, there are all gender, all-accessible bathrooms. SAM has a lift and stairs and is an all-accessible building.
GV Pride will provide BBQ meat, salads, drinks and nibbles for this event. GV Pride will have cutlery, plates, cups napkins.
People will likely sit, talk and eat at this event.
Victoria Park Lake is a public space, there will be other members of the public around.
There is an unfenced nature playground area next to the BBQ. Read more about it in this free article here - Playing in nature - The Shepparton Adviser.
After lunch the GV Pride Board will give a speech and award the 2024 volunteer of year award for GV Pride/OUT in the OPEN festival.
Please email gvpride@gvpride.org if you have any questions or would like to talk further about your access needs.