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The TROPICAL FRUITS New Year's Festival is a four day queer celebration held in the city of Lismore
in sub-tropical northern NSW, an area known suitably as the Rainbow Region.
The NEW YEARS EVE PARTY and the New Years Day RECOVERY PARTY are held at the
retro-chic Lismore Showgrounds, lovingly transformed by hundreds of VOLUNTEERS into a sumptuous
smorgasbord of our own unique culture.
Take in the whole experience with our on-site CAMPING facility, replete with themed areas
to suit all your camp needs.
Party goers on New Year's Eve can sashay between two massive, proto-industrial dance spaces-
INDUSTRIA and GOLD, featuring top Australian and International DJs.
For a more vibrant, youthful dance experience, head to the THE VAULT dance space.
Get a culture shot at our ART SHOW and CABARET. Our region has the highest concentration of artists, musicians and other creative types living in rural NSW, many of them gay or lesbian, and we're showcasing them for you! You can also catch some very queer viewing at the QUEER FRUITS FILM FESTIVAL in Lismore's grand old Starcourt Theatre.
Relax with some scrumptious food, coffee, chai and collapse into a comfy couch at the CAFE. The licensed BAR is huge, but at times you still may have to queue- with a whole lot of happy, chatty, and perhaps somewhat under-clad queer folk.
And of course, at midnight, on New Year's Eve, you can oohh and ahh aloud with all your new-found family and friends at our totally amazing, over-the-top fireworks spectacular.
Rejuvenate on New Year's Day at our sensational, slippery, sexy POOL PARTY- held in the post-deco ambience of Lismore Baths, booked exclusively for Tropical Fruits. Swim, shower, sun yourself- recharge your Vitamin D and get moist dancing by the pool with some delectable queer folk, this time seriously under-clad.
Then back at the Showgrounds, as the sun starts to set on New Year's Day, enjoy a BBQ and a chat with the Volunteers as we kick back and get set to groove the night away at Recovery.
