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Pitch Your Friend: Mardi Gras Edition
Pitch Your Friend: Mardi Gras Edition at Forrester’s Surry Hills
We hosted bold, joy-filled matchmaking night created for LGBTQIA+ singles to kick off Mardi Gras.
Guests joined us for Pitch Your Friend: Mardi Gras edition, where they had five minutes to showcase their bestie’s most loveable qualities to a crowd of fabulous queer singles. Hosted by two incredible drag queens Dominique Topp and Kalin Klein, it was a safe, fun, and inclusive space for our community to connect.
- Talk up your bestie’s best qualities in 5 minutes – take it to the next level with slide and props if you need
- Brief Q&A session follows each presentation (1-2 minutes)
- Interested audience members can share their contact info
- Presentees (the single friends) can choose to follow up for dates
Present on behalf of your single friend
Must submit:
- Own contact details
- Single friend’s details
- Slides (if using)
- Include preferred pronouns and sexual preference in presentation
- Watch the pitch
- Ask questions during Q&A
- Submit your contact info to singles you’re interested in
- You can also attend if you’re not pitching – remember to reserve your free ticket.
- Fill out the application form
- A few questions/ suggestions for your pitch
Who they are – their job, passions, and quirks
What they love and what drives them crazy
Their absolute must-haves
Quick-fire favourites: movie, song, food, travel spot, and book - After your pitch, there’s a mini Q&A session. Your bestie can jump in at this point (or you can keep being their voice – you’re the expert, after all).