March with Minus18: Midsumma Pride March 2026

🌈 QUEER YOUTH TO THE FRONT! 🌈

It’s Melbourne’s biggest Pride festival, and you’re invited to march with Minus18 at Midsumma Pride March 2026!

This is your chance to join the loudest, proudest celebration of LGBTQIA+ community in Melbourne, alongside Minus18, Australia’s champions for LGBTQIA+ youth.

Our youth events are usually just for 12-19 year olds, but Pride March is special: it’s for everyone. That means parents, guardians, family, friends, allies, sports teams, school pride groups, even pets, can all stand proudly with the LGBTQIA+ young people in their lives.

✨ And yep: the first 150 young people (13-18) to arrive will get exclusive early access to Queer Formal Melbourne tickets, and trust us, they always sell out fast.

Registrations are free but essential!

🗝️ Event Details

• Date: Sunday 1 February 2026

• Meet-up: Ian Johnson Oval, time TBC (for check-in + wristbands)

• March time: TBC

• Route: Ian Johnson Oval → Catani Gardens

• Length: 1km

Look for the big Minus18 sign when you arrive. Show your registration (phone is fine) to collect your wristband.

☀️ Hot tip: Pride March is always sunny and sweaty - bring a hat or parasol, sunscreen, full water bottle, comfy shoes and breathable clothes.

💖 What to Expect

• Hundreds of queer young people and their supporters marching together.

• The Minus18 Young Leaders (plus youth drag performers!) leading the group and bringing the vibes.

• Free flags, pride goodies, and LOADS of colour.

• Friendly Minus18 staff and Youth Workers keeping things safe and supportive.

• Signs! Make them funny, punny, rainbow, political, personal - make them you.

• Whether you’re coming solo, with friends, or in a big group, you’ll be welcomed.

♿ Accessibility

Check out the official Midsumma Pride March Event Page for access details.

🌟 Why March with Minus18?

• First 150 young people (13-18) to arrive on the day get early access to Queer Formal Melbourne tickets.

• LGBTQIASB+ young people are prioritised to march at the very front.

• Minus18 makes sure the group is organised and supported.

• Never been to a Minus18 event? Totally fine, this is for every queer young person looking for community.

• Youth Workers will be marching too, so you just bring yourself and we’ll look after the safety side.

👥 Info for Groups and Adults

• Teachers, pride group leaders, community orgs - register your group of young people using the group ticket options. We may reach out beforehand to chat about group size and support needs.

• Parents, guardians, carers, and family members: we love seeing you marching with your young people. Please note though, all adults must march with a young person - no solo adults.

🎟️ About that Queer Formal early access...

Yep, it’s real. The first 150 young people who both register and show up on the day get exclusive early access to Melbourne Queer Formal tickets - the hottest Minus18 event which sells out every year. Tickets drop in May.

🌈 Who is Minus18?

We’re Australia’s champions for LGBTQIA+ youth!

• Hosting life-affirming events like Queer Formals in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

• Running digital events to connect queer young people everywhere.

• Delivering LGBTQIA+ workplace + school training, inclusion campaigns, and running our online Pride Shop.

🖤 Acknowledgement of Country

Minus18 acknowledges the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nations as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which this event takes place. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, this always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.