Decade anniversary of Albany Pride Festival to bring bounty of entertainment to celebrate LGBTQI+ community

Albany is set to burst into colour from February 20, as the city’s Pride Festival returns for a month of celebration, creativity and community connection. This year marks the 10th year of the Albany Pride Festival, a milestone that festival co-organiser Tiger Bird said was an incredible feat. “It’s an amazing achievement, and I think a lot of us who have been involved with it for so long now can’t quite believe it’s been 10 years — it’s gone really quickly,” they said. The festival’s program is packed with activities ranging from picnics, a fair day, movie night, barn dance, exhibitions, live at the town hall and much more. Tiger Bird said the group was particularly excited about the exhibitions and live music at the town hall this year. “It’s really exciting that we have two exhibitions in the town hall that will go over the entire month,” they said. “Loads of bands from WA are all at the town hall performing. “I think the City of Albany arts and culture team have done an amazing job because it gives a lot of local talent and WA talent the chance to shine and that’s amazing and fantastic. “I think Live @ the Town Hall this year is going to be fantastic, I’m really looking forward to that.” Tiger Bird said the festival is a very important weekend for the pride community, who loved coming together to celebrate. “I think there’s been a long history of our community of being silent and not being visible so it’s really important for us to be visible and to be visible for the next generation,” they said.