Drag and cabaret festival fabALICE returns to Alice Springs to celebrate Red Centre's diversity

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A celebration of drag and cabaret in the desert is in full swing this weekend in Alice Springs. The FABAlice festival pays homage to the Australian queer cult classic film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, this year marking its 30th anniversary.

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00:00Making a splash in style, the Alice Springs Town Pool transformed for a festival celebrating

00:12drag, cabaret and diversity.

00:15Each year it builds and grows and to see the community come out every year, support us,

00:20you know, we have such an incredible time, we always look so well looked after and I

00:24think that's something that's so unique about this festival is that it is very driven by

00:28community.

00:29The four-day Fab Alice event in Central Australia launched in 2019 as a celebration of the critically

00:36acclaimed classic Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

00:40I hereby christen this budget Barbie camper Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

00:46This year the festivities mark the 30th anniversary of the musical comedy, recreating the campervan

00:52scenes central to the film, which was partly shot in Alice Springs.

00:58And in the film, they end up here at Leicester.

01:01Right here where we are.

01:02Because it's such an iconic film in lots of ways, not just for drag queens, but for Australian

01:05films globally, you know, when, you know, kind of put Australian films and the support

01:10that that had, you know, kind of around the world and to be part of that and to perform

01:15here is really special.

01:17The festival has strutted on despite a spate of event cancellations in Central Australia

01:22post COVID, the program continuing to attract visitors from across the country.

01:28My first time here and the vibrancy, the diversity of everything going on, all of the rainbow

01:34communities coming together for this amazing festival, I'm just absolutely wrapped.

01:38The event's success pinned to community support.

01:42This festival combines my two great loves, which is the NT and drag.

01:47A legacy these queens hold close to their hearts.

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