Drag superstar Courtney Act stuns in a glittering gold gown as she puts on spectacular performance at Sydney WorldPride opening concert
Drag superstar Courtney Act put on a spectacular performance at the WorldPride 2023 opening concert in Sydney on Friday.
The performer, 41, stormed on stage at The Domain at 7pm to co-host the official opening event alongside singer Casey Donovan.
Courtney wore a gold glittery dress with pink feathers as she greeted thousands of revelers eager to start celebrating World Pride 2023.
She performed her single Celebrate with a number of backing dancers that donned gold trousers, white shirts and black hats with large pink feathered fans.
The big acts of the night include Kylie Minogue, Charli XCX, Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon.
Drag superstar Courtney Act (centre) put on a spectacular performance at the World Pride 2023 opening concert in Sydney on Friday
Aboriginal drag queen Nana Miss Koori gave a heartwarming speech to welcome everyone to the country as she showed off a long gold top, black gloves and a red wig with a black spikey hair band.
Electronic duo Electric Fields also got crowds going from early on in the night.
Other highlights during WorldPride include the Human Rights Conference, The First Nations Gala Concert and Pride March.
Sydney is making history as the first city in the southern hemisphere to host a WorldPride event, after winning the rights in 2019.
The performer stormed on stage at The Domain at 7pm to co-host the official opening event alongside singer Casey Donovan
Courtney wore a gold glittery dress with pink feathers as she greeted thousands of revelers eager to start celebrating World Pride 2023
She performed her single Celebrate with a number of backing dancers that donned gold trousers, white shirts and black hats with large pink feathered fans
The big acts of the night include Kylie Minogue, Charli XCX, Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
Members of the worldwide InterPride network voted for Sydney to host in 2023, which will coincide with the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Sydney overwhelmingly defeated Montreal and Houston in a vote in Athens to decide on hosting rights for the festival, which is held every two years.
WorldPride Committee Chair Robyn Kennedy said the organisation had recognised the efforts of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
The event is expected to bring more than one million extra visitors to Sydney and inject $664 million into the economy.
WorldPride is described as an event which promotes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues on an international level through parades, festivals and other cultural activities.
The first WorldPride event was launched in the year 2000 and was held in Rome.
Aboriginal drag queen Nana Miss Koori (pictured) gave a heartwarming speech to welcome everyone to the country
Electronic duo Electric Fields (pictured) also got crowds going from early on in the night
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