Past Events
A selection of events that Trikone Australia organises for its members, and their friends and family.
August 6, 2022
Australia’s biggest queer Bollywood dance party, Bar Bombay, was held at Metro Theatre in Sydney. It attracted 800 partygoers and featured three sensational Bollywood dance shows, complete with sari-clad drag queens.
March 6, 2021
More than 50 queer South Asians and their friends and family were part of Trikone Australia’s colourful float at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.
December 12, 2020
A timeless Bollywood tradition was rekindled in the cultural heart of Sydney, with dazzling costumes, seductive dance performances and … a gender-bending twist.
February 22, 2020
Trikone’s brand-new queer Bollywood dance party, Club Jaisalmer, was part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival. Held at The Red Rattler in Sydney, the event featured sizzling drag shows.
January 17, 2020
What’s it to be queer in India in 2020 — the challenges, the heartbreaks, the triumphs… As part of an intimate panel discussion, we quizzed Mr Gay India 2019, Suresh Ramdas, on these topics during his visit to Sydney.
December 14, 2019
A few Trikone members and their friends and family caught up for pre-Christmas drinks to celebrate the end of an eventful year at The Strawberry Hills Hotel in Sydney’s Surry Hills.
October 27, 2019
Trikone often organises dinner outings to celebrate festivals close to its members’ hearts. On this occasion, some members caught up at Aki’s Indian Restaurant in Sydney to celebrate the festival of Diwali.
June 9, 2019
Trikone often organises dinner outings to celebrate major South Asian festivals that are close to its members’ hearts. On this occasion, some of our members caught up at Lal Qila restaurant in Sydney’s Darling Harbour to celebrate the festival of Eid and to show gratitude for the love and support of all our community members.
May 25, 2019
As part of its annual social calendar, Trikone organised a competitive yet laugh-filled bowling night for its members and their friends at Strike Bowling Bar on Sydney’s King Street Wharf. It was a wonderful opportunity for our members to catch up with old friends, as well as making some new ones along the way.
May 11, 2019
More than a dozen Trikone members came together and explored one of Sydney’s most beautiful walking tracks, the Spit Bridge to Manly Walk, with the company of fellow queer community members.
February 16, 2019
Sydney’s Prince Alfred Park was the location of Trikone’s Rainbow Picnic, on a clear summer day. It was also an occasion to make impactful placards to be carried by marchers in the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade.
June 3, 2018
Trikone organised a screening of Frangipani, a Sri Lankan film about a man’s relationship with his wife and bisexual friend, at ACON. The event was followed by Q&A with director Visakesa Chandrasekaram.
December 2, 2017
Held at Sydney’s Giant Dwarf Theatre, Dashak was a queer Bollywood-inspired
variety show, celebrating Trikone’s tenth anniversary. It featured dance shows, skits
and performances by both Bollywood and pop singers.
February 17, 2017
Featuring a cast of 15 actors and dancers, Sunderella was a queer take on Cinderella. The Bollywood-inspired theatre production — with sweeping dances and dazzling costumes — was staged at Sydney’s PACT Theatre.
August 18, 2012
It takes balls to be a queen! Trikone presented Bollywood Queen of the Night: A Beauty Pageant With a Bent, complete with fashion parades, live performances and three sequin-studded beauty queens crowned at the end of the night.