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A record number of floats are expected to take part in the parade, which is now the second biggest in Australia, surpassed only Sydney’s iconic Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. - Advertisement - Entertainment in Northbridge begins at 6pm and the parade will get underway at 8pm and its expected to take 90 minutes for all the floats to pass by. A former Sydneysider who now firmly calls Perth home, he had previously volunteered over some years for Mardi Gras and is excited to leverage his experience to help Pride WA grow. Choon holds an MBA and has worked in marketing in the entertainment and online retail industries for 20 years. Fringe World: 17 January - 16 February 2025** Fringe World is the largest annual event in Western Australia and the third-largest Fringe in the world. With more than 2,500 artists participating in 500+ events, the festival features everything from theatre, comedy, cabaret, circus and more in venues all over Perth and Regional WA. Perth Festival: Perth Gay pride 2025 🌈 Find out the dates for the event, the list of parties, details about the parade route, and see pictures and video of the 2024 edition Fringe World Perth: Jan 21 - Feb 11: Midsumma Festival – Melbourne: FEBRUARY: February 4: Melbourne Midsumma Pride March: February 12 - 15: TasPride Parade – Tasmania: February 12 - 18: WA Sexual Health Week "Absolutely Everybody" February 14: National Condom Day: Feb 16 - March 3: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Month: February 18-24 City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas spoke about the city’s support for Pride WA and the wider LGBTIWQA+ communities highlighting the recent million-dollar funding announcement to support Pride, the establishment of the Pride Centre in Northbridge and the city’s adoption of an LGBTIQA+ advisory group and inclusion plan. Here are a tips for attending the Western Australia Pride Parade in Perth; 1. Arrive early; The parade tends to get quite crowded. It's a good idea to arrive early to secure a spot for watching. 2. Dress up; Many people at the parade wear costumes or colorful outfits. Consider dressing in rainbow colors or other pride themed attire to show your Mardi gras 2025 carnivals, parties & things to do in Perth Fat Tuesday or very popularly known as Mardi Gras calls for a lot of scrumptious food and bright colourful costumes. With all things green, golden and brown; have a blast at the extravagant Mardi Gras Parades, witness huge floats and a mass of people at the street parties in Perth. In June 2024, the City of Perth committed $1.029M towards PrideFEST 2024 – 2026, as well as sponsorship, the City of Perth staff will be showing their support of the LGBTQIA+ community by taking part in FairDay held for the first time in Supreme Court Gardens on 17 November and joining the parade throughout Northbridge on 23 November. Stick around for the Mardi Gras CEO and Co-Chairs catch-up (12:20 pm), where you’ll get the latest on the organisation’s vision and future. From there, pay a visit to the Dykes on Bikes stall to meet the legends who kick off every Mardi Gras Parade, and head to Trans Summer Camp, a welcoming space for transgender and gender-diverse Chris was born and raised in Perth and joined the Pride WA Committee in 2024. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2021 with a double degree in Law/Arts. After working for the Perth Casino Royal Commission and the Fair Work Commission, he made the jump to working in federal politics in 2022 and hasn’t looked back. More plastic and blonde than ever. Trixie is kicking off your Mardi Gras weekend in Style at the biggest club in Australia with incredible production! It’s time for her to enter her blonde era with an evolved party to match! Welcome to Solid Pink Disco: Blonde Ball. What a way to kick off the end of Summer! Mardi Gras + Party; Performance The overarching theme in Mardi Gras' 47th year: "free to be", which nods to the fight for equality, while also championing individuality and the strength of community. "Each year, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras brings people from all corners of the globe together for a celebration of community, visibility and progress. We’re back world, the iconic Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival is set for 14 February to 2 March 2025. Celebrating 47 years in 2025, get ready for 17 days of unforgettable moments, international performers, parties, theatre, community events and more. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to shimmy, shake and embrace its way once again up Oxford St in Sydney, with the ABC there to capture all the colour and celebration on Saturday 1 March at 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. HEAPS GAY MARDI GRAS AFTERPARTY 2025. Music: Music - Dance; MANNING BAR. Saturday, 01 March 2025 09:00 PM; MANNING OPEN-AIR. Saturday, 01 March 2025 09:00 PM; March 1 In 2025, it's at the same site with 200-plus stalls. The pool action comes courtesy of the Kaftana Pool Party and Paradiso Pool Party, which are just two more of Mardi Gras' signature events that are on this year's bill. Also in the same category: the parade and the Mardi Gras Party, of course, alongside the Sissy Ball and Laneway shindig. Huge crowds lined the streets of Sydney on Saturday evening for the 47th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Tens of thousands of people from across Australia turned up to watch more than Revellers have filled Sydney’s Oxford St for the 47th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night, however all eyes will be peeled for a surprise appearance from pop princess The inclusion of drag queens, the scantily clad and the injection of corporate finance appears to have had considerable local resonance within the gay community. This is reflected in a statement in the media, describing the march as the ‘Perth Gay Mardi Gras’ (Westside Observer 1992). While assumptions of Peth as a heterosexed city were
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