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Drag and cabaret festival fabALICE returns to Alice Springs to celebrate Red Centre's diversity
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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3/29/2025
A celebration of drag and cabaret in the desert is in full swing this weekend in Alice Springs. The FABAlice festival pays homage to the Australian queer cult classic film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, this year marking its 30th anniversary.
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Making a splash in style, the Alice Springs Town Pool transformed for a festival celebrating
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drag, cabaret and diversity.
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Each year it builds and grows and to see the community come out every year, support us,
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you know, we have such an incredible time, we always look so well looked after and I
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think that's something that's so unique about this festival is that it is very driven by
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community.
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The four-day Fab Alice event in Central Australia launched in 2019 as a celebration of the critically
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acclaimed classic Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
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I hereby christen this budget Barbie camper Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
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This year the festivities mark the 30th anniversary of the musical comedy, recreating the campervan
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scenes central to the film, which was partly shot in Alice Springs.
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And in the film, they end up here at Leicester.
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Right here where we are.
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Because it's such an iconic film in lots of ways, not just for drag queens, but for Australian
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films globally, you know, when, you know, kind of put Australian films and the support
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that that had, you know, kind of around the world and to be part of that and to perform
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here is really special.
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The festival has strutted on despite a spate of event cancellations in Central Australia
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post COVID, the program continuing to attract visitors from across the country.
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My first time here and the vibrancy, the diversity of everything going on, all of the rainbow
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communities coming together for this amazing festival, I'm just absolutely wrapped.
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The event's success pinned to community support.
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This festival combines my two great loves, which is the NT and drag.
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A legacy these queens hold close to their hearts.
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