November 27th, 2022Tickets now on sale for ChillOut Festival 23

TICKETS are now on sale to more than 50 LGBTQIA+ shows, parties, social and sporting events that will celebrate queer country pride across Daylesford and Hepburn Springs over the Labour
Day long weekend from March 9 – 13, 2023.

Daylesford is home to Victoria’s longest running regional LGBTQIA+ pride festival, ChillOut Festival.
The star-studded rainbow line-up features Australian opera-pop
Eurovision superstar Kate Miller-Heidke, Drag Race Down Under’s
Art Simone, ABC’s sunniest weatherman Nate Byrne, Rainbow History
TikToker Rudy Jean Rigg, as well as Dean Arcuri, Sally Goldner, Jude
Munro, Karen From Finance, Dolly Diamond and Tash York, Tuck
Shop Ladies, Cerulean, Marz, The Lost Girls, Hussy Hicks, Greg
Gould, Brenda Bressed, This Way North, Jude Perl, Parker, Freddie
Merkin, Mz Burn and Runaway Belles.
The festival’s free, family-friendly events will be back with the All
Ages Saturday Sound Shell event, returning after a successful debut in
2022, featuring performances, market stalls, and an intergenerational
panel.
Other free events include Opening Night performances inside the
Town Hall, Friday night Speed Dating, and the famous Daylesford
ChillOut Street Parade on Sunday morning.
This year’s festival will be more accessible for people with
disabilities, with improved facilities and inclusion being front and
centre of programming.
“We are actively seeking out how to use accessibility best practice
across the festival so that people living with a disability can enjoy the
weekend,” said Festival Director Emma Ireland.
Tickets are now on sale at www.chilloutfestival.com.au
Words: Supplied | Image: Michelle Donnelly