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17 February 1990 |
14,500 tickets
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16 February 1991 |
17,000 tickets $45
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29 February 1992 |
16,000 tickets
10pm to 10am
RHI
DJs: 10pm-2am Lexie Bradfield,
2-6am Dean Essing,
6-10am Rob Davis
Horden |
3am: Leggs Galore
Closing: Marcia Hines? |
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27 February 1993 |
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18,000 tickets
RHI
DJs: 10pm-2am Craig Truslove, 2-6am Brent Nicholls, 6-10am Dean Essing
Dome
DJs: 10pm-3am Lexie Bradfield,
3-7am Stephen Allkins
Drag Bar |
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We Are Family - 5 March 1994 |
19,000 tickets
RHI
DJs: 10pm-2am Alex Taylor, 2-6am Tony Svehla (Melb), 6-10am Kate Munroe
Horden
DJs: 10pm-2am ?,
2-6am Lexie Bradfield,
6- 10am Stephen Allkins
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Shows:
RHI: Kylie - What Do I Have To Do
RHI: John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air |
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Fairy Tales & Lesbian Legends - 4 March 1995 |
19,500 tickets
RHI - Shangri-La
DJs: Bobby Lloyd 10pm-2am, Peter McNamara 2-6am, Lexie Bradfiel/Kate Monroe 6-10am
Lighting Geoffrey Rose
Hordern - The Astral Garden
DJs: James Arnold 10pm-3am, Dean Essing 3-6am, Rob Davis 6-9am
Lighting: Stephen Hales
Dome - Forbidden Forest
DJs: Thao 10pm-2am, James Fraser 2-5am, Robert Racic 5-8am
Lighting: Charlie Evans
Endeavour Pavilion - Swan Lake
Drag Bar & Performance Space
Festhaus - The Secret Garden - Girls Space
DJs: Colleen Naxon 10pm-2am, Ben Drayton 2-6am
Lighting: Barb Williams
Exhibition House - The Lotus Lounge
Chill-out
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Shows:
RHI: Boy George - Bow Down Mister
RHI Closing: Back to Love
RHI: Go West
Poster by Pierre et Gilles
Mardi Gras Party Anthems CD launched |
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2 March 1996 |
Graffiti Wall |
19,000 tickets - sold out 2 Feb
RHI
DJs: 10pm-2am
Stephen Blomfield, 2-6am
Tony Svehla (Melbourne) , 6-10am Steve Carley
Lighting: Steven Hales
Hordern
DJs: 10pm-2am
Luke Leal, 2-6am Guy Delicious (UK), 6-9am Lexie Bradfield
Lighting: George Stavropoulos & Bill Jensen
Dome
DJs: 10pm-2am Steve Sonius, 2-5am Junior B, 5-8am
Steve Worthy
Lighting: Mark Anderson
Carousel Bar - girls space
DJs: 10pm-1am
Nadine Haynes, 1-4am Rachel Harvey, 4-7am
Sharyn Brand
Lighting: Barbara Williams
Kensington Centre - chill
DJs:
12-4am Gary T, 4-8am DJ F.E.
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RHI Midnight: Welcome speech by Bev Lange
RHI Midnight: Three is Family - Trudi Valentine and 130 dancers
Horden 12:30am: Free Gay and Happy - Wyness Mongrel Bitch with 60 marching boys and 30 marching girls and 30 marching drag queens from the parade
RHI
2.30am: Love Shack - Bernina Bod, Maud Boat, Portia Turbo & 50 dancers
RHI
5am: The Boss - Mogadonna hanging by a giant gold hoop from the ceiling
RHI closing: Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Party production manager: Mark Peterson
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1 March 1997 |
Graffiti Walls #1, #2 |
Sold Out 31 Jan
RHI - Purple Passion
DJs: Dean Essing 10pm-2am, Steve Carley 2-6am, Warren Gluck 6-10am
Lighting: Steven Hales
Hordern – Mango-a-Gogo
DJs: Mandy Rollins 10pm-2am, Brent Nicholls 2-6am, Steve Sonius 6-9.30am
Lighting: Barb Williams
Carousel – Lemonessence
DJs: Sveta Gilerman 10pm-1am, Sioux Spears 1-5am, Sharyn Brand 5-8am
Dome – Rubyfruit Jungle
Gary T 10pm-3am, Bucknaked 3-6am
Kensington – Lime Groove
Annabel Gaspar 10pm-3am, Michael Robinson 3-8am
Exhibition House – Stawberry Daiquiri
Drag Bar |
Shows:
RHI midnight: Chaka Chan
RHI Closing: Village People - (You) Can't Stop the Music
Party Director: Gary Leeson |
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20 Years of (R)evolution - 20th Anniversary - 28 February 1998 |
Graffiti Wall #1, #2, #3 |
Largest party ever - 27,000 tickets $70 - sold out 24 Jan
RHI
DJs: 10pm-4am Warren Gluck, 4 -10am Steve Carley
Lighting: Steven Hales, Barbara Williams;
Horden
DJs: Luke Leal and Brent Nicholls
Lighitng: Allan Parkinson
Dome
DJs: Steven Alkins and Sveta
Lighting: Jamie Ivarsen
Carousel
DJs: Mandy Rollins, DJ Kat, Sioux Spears
Lighting: Lisa Kemball, Barbara Williams
Horden Mens Toilet
DJ: Buck Naked |
Shows:
RHI 2am: Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do
RHI 3am: Recreated "I Am What I Am" show from 1989 with 60 drag queens
RHI 4am: Kylie - Better The Devil You Know
RHI Closing 1: Jimmy Sommerville
RHI Closing 2: Mogadonna
Party Director: Gary Leeson |

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Celebrate The Future - 27 February 1999 |
Graffiti Wall #1, #2, #3 |
20,000 tickets $85 - sold out 29 Jan
Red - Vegas is Burning - RHI
DJs: Sean Manley, Steve Carley, Warren Gluck
Stage Lighting: Barb Williams
Dance Floor Lighting: Allan Parkinson
Silver - Satellite Of Love - Hordern
DJs: 10pm-2am Greg Boladian, 2-6am Luke Leal, 6-10am Sioux Spears
Lighting: Antony Read
Thunderdome - Dome
DJs: Sveta, Annabelle Gaspar, Bill Cotsis
Lighting: Jamie Ivarsen
Orange & Blue - Aloha Dot Big Top - Costume Pageant
DJs: 10pm-4am Dot Dingle, 4-close Garry Tee
Orange - Girls Space - Tent
DJ: Mandy Rollins
Blue - Boys Space - Tent
DJ: Buck Naked
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Shows:
RHI 1am: Dannii Minogue - Everlasting Night
RHI 2am: Jimmy Barnes - You Make Me Feel Mighty Real
RHI 5am: Erin Hamilton - Dream Weaver - bed moving through crowd
RHI 10am: Marcia Hines - I’ve Got The Music In Me
Party Director: Gary Leeson
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