Well Well Well

31 Jul 2025

A Week of Leather

Advocacy and Activism, Community, Health, Kink & BDSM, Sex & Sexuality, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

We’re diving into two iconic events in Melbourne’s queer community: A Week of Leather (AWOL) and the long-awaited return of Northside Bizarre.

AWOL and Northside Bizarre have long been cornerstones of Melbourne’s queer scene, creating vital spaces for connection, expression, and celebration within leather, fetish, and kink cultures.

We’re joined by Dean Arcuri and Brett Lasham from The Laird Hotel, who run A Week of Leather, and Craig Bascand from Down and Dirty.

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing at joy.org.au/wellwellwell.

If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au

Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria and South Australia at thorneharbour.org and samesh.org.au.

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