JOY Community Highlights

Live from John Cain Arena, host Jacqueline Shields and the JOY crew interview incredible people and celebrate inclusive basketball ahead of the Pride Round clash between Melbourne United and the Adelaide 36ers The post JOY’s Melbourne United Pride Round 2026 Broadcast appeared first on 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 joint broadcast between Vision Australia and JOY 94.9, live from Midsumma Carnival 2026 The post JOY’s Midsumma Carnival 2026 Broadcast with Vision Australia Radio 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 Monash University production about Fierce Female Forces in journalism. Broadcast on International Women’s Day on JOY 94.9. The post Fierce Female Forces – In collaboration with Monash University 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 M...

Join Triana, Dave and a suite of special guests as we call the action and present a very special broadcast for Midsumma Pride March 2025 The post JOY’s Midsumma Pride March 2025 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),...

Join us to relive the 2024 Pride Season. In our 30th year, this podcast highlights all the action from the Pride March, Victoria’s Pride and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Don’t miss a minute of the queer events of 2024. Pride March had 400 groups taking over Fitzroy St, St Kilda, featuring our roving reporters and the JOY team broadcasting from the balcony of the Victorian Pri...

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)...

Relive the excitement of the 2022 Midsumma Carnival, proudly supported by Newlife IVF! Join JOY Drive’s Em and Warren as they chat to community organisations, stall holders and attendees, bringing you all thefun from Alexandra Gardens. Newlife   IVF are Melbourne’s only fertility clinic that’s LGBTQIA+ owned and run. Some of their fertility services include: – Egg sharing (...

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 .

In celebration of International Day of People with Disability 2021, disability advocate and LGBTIQA+ advocate Ruby Mountford interviews Dr Rhonda Galbally. Dr Galbally is a Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disabilities. She worked to develop the National Disability and Carer Alliance that brought together people with disabilities, f...

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 a...

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 chat...

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 chat...

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 chat...

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 broadc...

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 broadc...

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 broadc...

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 3 of the show. This year the JOY coverage was produced by a team of 12 vo...

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 vo...

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! This year the JOY coverage was produced by a team of 12 volunteers (see picture) with micr...

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...

Thanks to SBS and Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras , this is the JOY live commentary of the 2018 40th Anniversary Mardi Gras Parade. In this first part you can hear all the fun and fabulousness of the parade including the Dykes on Bikes and Boys on Bikes that opened the parade, the First Nations float which led the parade, the 78ers, the Equality float, Cher on the Qantas float and many, many m...