FABAlice Festival 2024

FABAlice Festival Alice Springs 2024

Drag, Glitter, Cabaret , Performances and so much more, FABAlice Festival is for Queens, Kings and everything in-between!

• With thousands of visitors and just 20 hotels, you should book your trip to Alice Springs well in advance. The Crown Plaza has a stunning pool, excellent gym, large rooms and perfect location.

The Festival

• FABAlice Festival, Alice Springs is a 3 day rainbow festival in the beating heart of Australia. Spectacular drag, comedy and cabaret performances and events featuring a Flag raising ceremony, Street Party, Colouring the town Rainbow, Cinema screenings, Drag Queen Story time, Carnivale under the stars, Afterparty, Drag Queen Bingo, a Pool Party and an DJ pumping out the tunes set amongst a glittering landscape of Alice Springs!

FabAlice Events

• Don’t miss the Lip Sync Battle at the Epilogue Rooftop Bar! Start rehearsing your fav tune now and get ready for some lip syncing fun with prizes for the best performances.
• The main event of the weekend is the FABalice Carnivale,  as sell out event and an opportunity for everyone to kick up their heels on the dance floor under the central Australian starscape at Alice Springs Desert Park.
• End your trip with some fun Drag Queen Bingo on Sunday at the Gap View hotel or chill out at the Sunday Recovery Session at the Gap View Pool party from 5pm and end the festival in Style.
• And no Auzzie event would be complete without an After Party! Head to Throb Nightclub from 11pm, the only place to be and continue your partying late into the night!
• Rent your own villa at Desert Palms, with access to a crystal clear swimming pool and a wide range of amenities, just a 5-minute walk to the top attractions.

The Venues

• Epilogue Rooftop Bar – Cafe and restaurant with a rooftop area, catering to 200 people seated, with a great atmosphere, and live entertainment.
• Alice Springs Desert Park – The Alice Springs Desert Park is an environmental education facility and wildlife park in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is sited on 1,300 hectares/ It is seven kilometres from the centre of Alice Springs.
• Throb Nightclub – A friendly LGBTQI+ nightclub featuring the very best of Darwin’s’ talented performers. Drag Divas, the sexy Pussycats and the hot Tomcats give the performance of their lives every Friday and Saturday night.
• The Gap View Hotel – a modern, multi-purpose venue including bars, a restaurant and pool.

What to see in Alice Springs?

• Alice Springs has long been a diverse town, a little rainbow bubble in the centre of Australia and the FABAlice Festival is the perfect way to enjoy the local hospitality at its finest.
• The city is a mirage in the heart of Australia’s Red Centre and is the perfect stopping off point for one of the world’s great wonders, Ayers Rock/Uluru.

History of the Festival

• FABalice Festival started in 2018 and was inspired by the cult classic movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It sits prettily on the gay social calendar just after the Mardi Gras festivities in Sydney, a picturesque desert escape in which to recover from the excesses of the previous weeks, or you know, just add to the damage.

Where to Stay

Here are the hotels we recommend that have good reviews and keep you close to all the action

Desert Palms,   DoubleTree by Hilton,  Quest Alice Springs, Crowne Plaza