Empowering Our LGBTQIA+ Community

We’re committed to promoting an equal and diverse environment for our staff, customers and the broader community.

We recognise this as being essential in delivering a welcoming and safe spaces for all. We are dedicated to creating venues where LGBTQIA+ individuals feel empowered, ensuring our venues are free from harassment and discrimination.

AVC has always embraced all things glitter and glam, being stallholders at Midsumma Festival, Big Gay Day – Brisbane’s biggest LGBTQIA+ event, Mardi Gras friendly activities and residential drag queens across multiple venues in each state.

Each year, The Winery participates in Mardi Gras activities. With live entertainment and a facelift to match, this venue turns rainbow for all the right reasons! With new cocktail concoctions, every year just in celebration and events to keep you busy, The Winery is home to great fun every Mardis Gras.

Back for its 24th instalment in 2024 was Brisbane’s biggest rainbow festival hosted by our very own The Wickham Hotel!

Established in 2000 as a celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community and a way to raise vital funds for charities, Big Gay Day has evolved to one of Brisbane’s biggest street parties. The event now closes down an inner-city street to drop in an epic main stage, Big Gay Day brings an incredible line up of local, national & international LGBTQIA+ entertainers to Brisbane.

2024 saw over 3,000 people through the doors with a substantial donation raised for LGBTQIA+ charity QLife. The stages were filled with incredible acts like Melanie C (DJ Set), Sneaky Sound System, Lady Bunny, Tall Paul (UK) and a drag extravaganza featuring over 30 of Brisbane’s best drag performers.