JOY Community Highlights

Join Warren, Latham, Hannah & Alana plus special guests, for our live broadcast of Midsumma Pride March 2026 The post Midsumma Pride March 2026 appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

A special broadcast from the Bendigo Pride Festival for the ‘Pride in the Park’ Youth Event with hosts Brett and Tim! Broadcast on March 29th, 2025 on JOY 94.9. The post Pride in the Park – Bendigo Pride Festival 2025 appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

A special, JOY Outside Broadcast from John Cain Arena as we get excited for the Pride Round Clash between Melbourne United and the Tasmania JackJumpers! Listen in as host Jacqueline Shields chats with incredible people behind the game and special guests including Melbourne United CEO Nick Truelson, Australia’s darling hit singer, actor and judge Dannii Minogue, star comedian Joel Creasey, former Melbourne United player Brad Newley, and Andrew Bondini the President of Melbourne Spectres – the LGBTIQA+ Basketball Club. The broadcast continues with more incredible people including Sarah Flynn, General Manager of Champion AUS & NZ about why supporting the Pride Round is a priority. Ally, Pride In Sport Award winner and Melbourne United Chief Marketing Officer Tom van de Vusse talking us through a commitment to Pride. We also talk Wheelchair Basketball with Diversity and Inclusion Officer Elliot Knight and Shannan Sykes. And then we have the very great pleasure of hearing from Stella Lesic, President of Australia’s largest inclusive sporting club, the Queer Sporting Alliance. Image credit David Pellerin, @davidpellerinphotography The post JOY’s Melbourne United Pride Round Broadcast appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

JOY’s Outside Broadcast at the Regent Theatre for Oscar Ballet. Presented by Joel-King Mayne and Eve Gilbert, and produced by Con Keramitsis. Our hosts got a chance to chat with David Hallberg (the Australian Ballet’s artistic director), Jonathan Lo (the Australian Ballet’s music director), Christopher Wheeldon OBE (the man who was commissioned by David Hallberg to create Oscar), Joby Talbot (the composer of Oscar), and Jarryd Martin (playing Oscar Wilde)! In addition, our hosts were also joined by many special guests from the red carpet, including Gillian Cosgriff, Celia Pacquola, Campbell Harrison, Adam Noviello, Bathsheba, Yo! Mafia, and many more! Stick around for four pre-recorded interviews with principal dancer Callum Linnane, Adam Elmes (playing Dorian Gray), Sharni Spencer (playing Constance), and Benjamin Garett (playing Oscar Wilde). A special thanks to the Australian Ballet for collaborating on this broadcast/podcast. To find out more about the Oscar Ballet, head to their official website. The post JOY’s Outside Broadcast for Oscar Ballet appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

It is with sadness that we let our community know that Robert Suggett (Known as Tim Lennox to those at JOY), a life member, and long term volunteer and contributor to JOY’s success has passed away. In this podcast special, those who knew Tim best share their memories, the impact that Tim had on them as well as the impact Tim had on JOY. You will hear stories from Ange Barry (Current JOY CEO), Chris Furneaux, Conrad Browne, Damian Nicholas, Jason Gipps, Nick Tolhurst, Marg Gardner and Michael “Mikey” Barnett, as well as a News Bulletin from Tim from 2008, and an excerpt from Saturday Magazine, where JOY President, David “Macca” Mcarthy, and long-time JOY team member, David Hunt, share their memories. On behalf of us all at JOY, I wish to acknowledge the wonderful contribution that Tim made to our organisation – you take our love and admiration with you Tim. On the way to Tim’s Funeral in Geelong, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the direction of the cemetery where the ceremony was held. A beautiful sign from Tim. The post Tim Lennox Memorial Podcast appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

Disability advocate, LGBTIQA+ advocate and Pride Ambassaador Greg Axtens speaks with Paul Horwell about what International Day of People with Disability means to him. The post International Day of People With Disability 2021 – Greg Axtens appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

The Victorian Pride Centre was officially opened on the morning of Sunday 11 July 2021. The centre was officially launched by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, Minister for Equality Martin Foley, and Mayor of the City of Port Phillip Louise Crawford and their speeches will be the subject of further podcasts on this channel. This podcast includes a short speech by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and the extraordinary version of Over the Rainbow sung as the rainbow flag was finally raised over the centre by jazz singer, cabaret artiste & gender transcendent diva, Mama Alto. Mama Alto is a jazz singer, cabaret artiste & gender transcendent diva. She is a transgender & queer person of colour who works with the radical potential of storytelling, strength in softness and power in vulnerability. Visit the Victorian Pride Centre (which is, of course, JOY’s new home) website for more information an electronic guided tour of the building and much, much more. NOTE: Apologies for the poor audio in parts as the microphone obviously could not cope with Mama’s extraordinary singing range! The post Victorian Pride Centre Opening – Rainbow Flag Raising Ceremony appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

After a rough 2020, it’s time to shake off the year that was and celebrate Mardi Gras 2021 with the JOY Mardi Gras Broadcast, proudly brought to you by NAB – More than money! Join our hosts, Ruby Mountford, Rebekah Loveday and Triana Butler live from the JOY 94.9 studios, as they chat all things Mardi Gras and cross live to Sydney where JOYsters Jordan Johnstone and Kate Payne are chatting to attendees, those marching in the parade, a couple of special celebrity interviews and tonnes more! ———————————————————————————– We would like to thank the following people, who without them, this broadcast would have not been possible: To our amazing team of volunteers who interviewed a few of the community groups, who took part in this year’s parade: Chris Moir, Rachel Morrison, Ben Murphy, Kate Payne, Miranda Sparks, Clayton Wimshurst and Jess Window To Jordan Johnstone and Kate Payne, who proudly represented JOY in Sydney. To our marketing and communications coordinator, Natalie Williams Our Panelists – Jack Crnjanin and Paul Horwell. Ben Murphy, Jordan Johnstone and Clayton Wimshurst in Production. Michael Strauss for technical support. JOY’s very own CEO – Ange Barry To our Producer – Con Keramitsis To our Executive Producer – Rachel Tyler-Jones And finally, to the exceptional hosts of this broadcast: Triana Butler, Rebekah Loveday and Ruby Mountford. The post JOY Mardi Gras Broadcast 2021 – Part 2 appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2020! If you didn’t make it to the 2020 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have more than 3 hours of commentary, fun, interviews plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2020 on podcast! We would like to thank the following people, who without them, this broadcast wouldn’t have been possible: To the exceptional hosts of the broadcast – Ti Butler, Jordan Johnstone, Dee Mason and Rachel Morrison. To our wonderful outside broadcast street team – Nicholas Hynes, Alex Murfey, Kate Payne and Ange Barry To Alex Dislakis, Frock Hudson and Anastasia Le who proudly represented JOY on our Mardi Gras broadcast partners Salesforce’s float. To our social media and all-round outside broadcast street team supporters – Alejandra Laiton, Luke Mitchell and Gail Davidson. To the amazing people in our studios in Melbourne, for making it all happen – Jason Gipps, Judy Kelly, David Moyle, Clayton Wimshurst, Arion Potts and Jack Traynor To all the wonderful people in the background in Sydney, including – Michael Strauss for our on site technical support and Con Keramitsis as well as Rachel Tyler Jones, who produced our broadcast. To the team from the Bear Bar at the Burdekin Hotel on Oxford Street in Sydney, for allowing us to broadcast from their space. And our partner Salesforce for supporting JOY to be there! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. This is Part 3 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available… The post EVEN MORE Fun, Floats, Interviews, the Commentary – Here’s PART 3 of our JOY Coverage of the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade #ListenNow appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2020! If you didn’t make it to the 2020 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have more than 3 hours of commentary, fun, interviews plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2020 on podcast! We would like to thank the following people, who without them, this broadcast wouldn’t have been possible: To the exceptional hosts of the broadcast – Ti Butler, Jordan Johnstone, Dee Mason and Rachel Morrison. To our wonderful outside broadcast street team – Nicholas Hynes, Alex Murfey, Kate Payne and Ange Barry To Alex Dislakis, Frock Hudson and Anastasia Le who proudly represented JOY on our Mardi Gras broadcast partners Salesforce’s float. To our social media and all-round outside broadcast street team supporters – Alejandra Laiton, Luke Mitchell and Gail Davidson. To the amazing people in our studios in Melbourne, for making it all happen – Jason Gipps, Judy Kelly, David Moyle, Clayton Wimshurst, Arion Potts and Jack Traynor To all the wonderful people in the background in Sydney, including – Michael Strauss for our on site technical support and Con Keramitsis as well as Rachel Tyler Jones, who produced our broadcast. To the team from the Bear Bar at the Burdekin Hotel on Oxford Street in Sydney, for allowing us to broadcast from their space. And our partner Salesforce for supporting JOY to be there! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. This is Part 1 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available… The post Fun, Floats, Interviews, the Commentary – Here’s Part 1 of our JOY Coverage of the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade #ListenNow appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

Our JOY Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras team for 2019. HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2019! If you couldn’t make it to the 2019 Mardi Gras Parade then this is the podcast for YOU! We have almost 4 hours of interviews, fun, floats, dancing plus more… SO scream for JOY, it’s Mardi Gras 2019 on podcast! And here is PART 2 of the show. This year the JOY coverage was produced by a team of 12 volunteers (see picture) with microphones in hand. Every one of them worked tirelessly and had fun during the parade marshalling time and during the parade to interview participants from many of the 200 entries in the parade and commentate the parade from the sidelines. WooHooo and congratulations on doing a great job and having lots of fun doing it – Yayyy!! So sit back with your earphones on and listen to our totally uplifting coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. And, of course, you can also still watch the parade on SBS on Demand. This is Part 2 of 3 so make sure you listen to all three parts as they become available… The post Participant Interviews, Fun, Costumes, Floats – It’s All Here in PART 2 of Our JOY Coverage of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade 2019 #ListenNow appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.

Thanks to SBS and Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, JOY produced the official live commentary of the 2018 40th Anniversary Parade. In the second part you can hear more fun and fabulousness from the parade including a wedding in Taylor Square, PFLAG, the Happy Bernardi Float, the parade wind up and many, many more of the 200 floats that made up the parade. Our ON AIR broadcast team consisted of Benjamin Norris from Word for Word, Dean Arcuri from The Informer and Mad Wednesdays drive show, Lisa Daniel & Dee Mason from the Dano & Mason drive show and our wonderful street team was Harry & Hunter from JOY’s breakfast show – The Tag Team. And they were ably supported by our many other volunteers both in Melbourne and Sydney who helped out with the broadcast. YAYYYYY for all our JOY volunteers! SO, if you missed the live coverage you can listen to Part 2 here, part 1 in a separate podcast and then watch the Parade again tonight on SBS. HAPPY MARDI GRAS 2018! The post More Floats, a Wedding in Taylor Square, the Happy Bernardi Float, PFLAG + many more floats and the Parade wind up… Our JOY Coverage of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade – Part 2 appeared first on JOY Community Highlights.