
27/09/2025
Slayyyyy! Courtney Act will be this years headliner at Newcastle Pride Fair Day 🎉
🎉✨ DRUM ROLLLLLLL PLEASE! ✨🥁
We are absolutely bursting with glitter and pride to announce that the one and only Global Icon, Superstar, Drag Royalty & Absolute Legend COURTNEY ACT will be a joining us at Fair Day! 🌈👑💃
Boy, Girl, Artist, Advocate—Courtney Act is more than just the sum of her parts.
In 2003, Shane Jenek auditioned for the first season of Australian Idol. Turned away, he bent the rules—and his gender—returning the next day as Courtney Act. A star was born. Courtney was signed to Sony/BMG and became the first drag performer in the world to debut on a major label. She then embarked on a national arena tour, setting the stage for a groundbreaking career.
In 2014, Courtney captured global attention on season six of the Emmy Award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race,standing alongside Bianca Del Rio and Adore Delano as one of the most iconic and beloved top threes in the show’s history.
Courtney anchors the live TV broadcasts of the Sydney Gay & Le***an Mardi Gras (ABC) & Eurovision (SBS), and this October is releasing her first Children's Book bringing the beauty of Australia's flora to an international audience. To top it all off, Courtney Act has been immortalised with her own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Sydney.
Fair Day October 25th Gregson Park Hamilton 11am - 6pm