What is Harbour City Bears?

Harbour City Bears are Sydney’s only community group for Bears – hairy gay men – as well as our admirers and friends.

We organise more than 140 events each year, including weekly social gatherings, quarterly dance parties, group dinners, and various community outings.

The highlights of our calendar are our two major annual festivals: Bear Essentials and Bear Pride.

We currently have over 1,200 active members, making us the largest Bear association in the Southern Hemisphere, and one of the largest in the world!

We host a wide range of events throughout the year:

• Festivals: Bear Essentials (held during Sydney’s Mardi Gras season) and Bear Pride (in the cooler month of August) These are Australia’s most popular gay Bear community festivals, attracting visitors from around the world to celebrate Sydney’s vibrant Bear culture.
• Dance parties: Our quarterly Bear Pit parties and the iconic UnderBEAR underwear party during Mardi Gras
• Weekly social meetups: Every Friday night (our party night – great for dancing!) and every Sunday afternoon (a relaxed social catch-up)
• Community activities: Group dinners, games nights, first-aid courses, picnics, and more
• Charity fundraising: Supporting a variety of community causes

Harbour City Bears is a not-for-profit organisation. All profits from our events and fundraising activities are reinvested into the club or donated to the community charities we support.

Why join Harbour City Bears?

Joining our community group will provide you with many benefits, including but not limited to.

• an extensive list of commercial partners, which will gain you benefits and discounts upon joining
• exclusive member raffle tickets given out at our weekly socials on Fridays and Sundays
• exclusive member's badge draw for jackpotting cash prizes at our weekly socials on Fridays and Sundays
  
• discount drinks at The Oxford Hotel any day of the week. More info here
• discount tickets and entry prices for all events we hold throughout the year
• access to member only events when held
• priority notification of upcoming events and ticket sales through our member only newsletter
• voting rights at our annual general meetings, allowing you to shape the future of the club

For information regarding our partners, weekly socials, and upcoming events, please visit the links at the bottom of the page!