| ChillOut Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | LGBT pride parade and festival |
| Begins | Labour Day weekend |
| Ends | Second Monday in March |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Daylesford, Victoria, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1997 |
| Most recent | 7-11 March 2019 [1] |
| Website | http://www.chilloutfestival.com.au |
The ChillOut Festival is held in Daylesford, Victoria every year on the Victorian Labour Day long weekend in March. It commenced in 1997 and is now the largest LGBTQI festival in regional Australia, and also the largest festival of any kind in the Shire of Hepburn. [2]
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