🏳️‍🌈 Queer Formal® Melbourne is back for 2025 — and you’re invited!

Get ready for an unforgettable night of queer celebration, connection, and creativity designed especially for LGBTQIA+ young people aged 12 to 19. Whether you’re keen to hit the dance floor, meet new friends, or just chill out and soak up the atmosphere, this night is all about you.

✨ Wear whatever makes you feel incredible. There’s no wrong way to show up!

✨ Bring your crew, your date, or come solo – everyone’s welcome.

✨ Be loud, be proud, be lowkey: express yourself however feels right.

This year’s lineup is full of queer brilliance featuring DJs, drag, live performances and more surprises on the way. You’ll also find chill-out areas, hands-on creative activities, and heaps of opportunities to connect with other young people.

New to queer events? That’s totally okay. Been out and proud for years? We love that too.

No matter how you arrive, there’s a space for you here on one of the safest, sparkliest nights of the year. We can’t wait to share it with you.

🎟️ Tickets are FREE and exclusively for young people aged 12 to 19.

💖 Come exactly as you are – and leave feeling even more yourself.

Event Details

When: Saturday 5 July 2025.

Time: 6:30pm to 10:00pm.

Where: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Who: LGBTQIA+ young people aged 12–19.

Tickets: FREE (but they book out fast, don’t miss out!)

Food & Drink: Free snacks and soft drinks all night. We recommend eating beforehand to stay energised!

Accessibility & Safety

👥 Strictly for ages 12 to 19.

❌ This event will be alcohol, drug, vape and smoke-free.

💡NO Strobing.

🧡 Youth Workers, Safety Angels and First Aid will be onsite.

🤫 Quiet Space available.

🧑‍🦽‍➡️Wheelchair and mobility aid accessible venue.

🧏‍♀️ AUSLAN on stage.

🚾 Gender neutral bathrooms.

📸 Event photography will be happening – grab a ‘no photos’ wristband from Minus18 HQ if you’d prefer not to be photographed.

💬 A detailed Social Script will be available one week before the event.

A huge thank you to our incredible partners, sponsors and supporters — we couldn’t do it without you! 🌈

Minus18 acknowledges The Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung People as the traditional custodians of the land on which this event is being delivered. We acknowledge their continued connection and contribution to land, water and community, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

Sovereignty was never ceded; this always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.