LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club, Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Adelaide Festival Centre (Kaurna Country)
“I knew it would be good but I can’t believe how good it was. What a wonderful afternoon for our community. It was unpatronising and I think all of us oldies felt celebrated, cherished and spoilt. The balance of old and young people there was great and the entertainment beyond belief” – LGBTIQ+ Elder
About
Each year since 2018, our fabulous Adelaide Cabaret Festival annual event has been presented for rainbow and allied communities. Learn new dances and make dazzling new connections across the dance floor complimented by a light afternoon tea.
This festival favourite unites all through the joy of dance. Inclusive and intergenerational, and all a good bit of fun. This is your chance to learn a few new steps and make some surprising connections out on the floor, then get to know your dance partners with a chat over a light afternoon tea.
A safe, joyous space; inclusive and intergenerational; with special guests to be announced each year. No dance experience required, only enthusiasm!
Previous guests include Kween Kong, Dandrogyn, Trevor Jones, Julia Zemiro, Alix Kuiipers and Michael Griffiths.
ABC News – Dance club for LGBT elders to be held in South Australia for the first time
2025
This six-year festival favourite returns with a warm, welcoming and downright charming dance event. No dance experience necessary, but an open heart required.
Bec Reid was joined by Dance Club favourite Dandrogyny and performer Tomas Kantor.
Special thanks to outgoing AD Virginia Gay and the whole ACF for their support of this important annual gathering.
Office for Ageing Well and Seniors Card are proud Program Partners of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club.
Artspace on Sunday 15 June.
2024
It’s the kindest, most inclusive, most warm and welcoming dance event in the queer calendar.
From All The Queens Men, this five-year festival fave returns to bring the fabulous and fabulous-at-heart together on the dancefloor.
Inclusive, intergenerational, and designed to ignite a spark in your soul, LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club is a celebration for the ages. All of them.
No dance experience necessary. Free tea and coffee provided by Office for Ageing Well and Seniors Card.
Date:
Sunday 16 June 2023, 1.30pm – 3.00pm
Venue:
Quartet Bar, Adelaide Festival Centre
Hosts:
Tristan Meecham and Bec Reid
Performance:
Brendan Maclean
2023
Date:
Saturday 17 June 2023, 1.30pm – 3.00pm
Venue:
Quartet Bar, Adelaide Festival Centre
Host:
Bec Reid
Host:
Dandrogyn
2022
Date:
Monday 14 June, 2pm – 3.30pm
Venue:
The Famous Spiegeltent
Hosts:
Tristan Meecham and Bec Reid
2021
2020
2019
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