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We’re back! The 2025 Festival returns 14 February – 2 March 2025. It’s time! 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. UPDATE: This article was updated on August 15, 2024, to confirm the official Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 festival dates. On November 19, 2024, further updates were made to include the confirmed date for Fair Day, clarify that the Bondi Beach Party is not part of the 2025 line-up, and highlight additional events announced for 2025, such as Blak Sydney is expected to be buzzing for one of the biggest nights in the city's social calendar today as thousands are anticipated to march in the 47th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Following the Mardi Gras Parade on March 1, 2025, the Party will host more than eight hours of music across the six venues at the Entertainment Quarter. US DJ Honey Dijon and English singer-songwriter Romy, who’s one third of UK group the xx and released her solo dance-pop album Mid Air last year, will headline the 2025 Party. Free to party, free to celebrate, free to laugh, free to be Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025! For all the tea and The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival returns from February 14 to March 2, 2025. The jewel in the Mardi Gras crown, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, will once again take to <p><span lang="EN"><strong>Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras</strong> is set to make 2025 one for the history books, announcing a jaw-dropping line-up of over 150 The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade takes place on the final Saturday of the festival, so the next one is estimated to take place on Saturday 1st March 2025. The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade route The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade honors the same path that the bold group in 1978 took – mainly along Oxford Street from Taylor Square to Hyde Park. Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is here! Free to party, free to celebrate, free to laugh, free to be Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025! Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 as it happened: Thousands line Oxford Street to celebrate city’s LGBTQ community By Megan Gorrey , Nick Newling and Lucy Macken Updated March 1, 2025 — 11.17pm first Check out the incredible artists making Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 a festival for the ages! MARDI GRAS PARTY. The Mardi Gras Party 2025 is here to light up Sydney with a night of unparalleled energy and music. Across six incredible spaces, experience over 8 hours of world-class DJs, jaw-dropping performances, and the electric spirit of the longest Mardi Gras has kicked off with a rainbow bang, with thousands lining up along Oxford Street to catch a glimpse of the famous Mardi Gras parade, and some famous faces spotted in the crowd. When is Sydney Mardi Gras in 2025? This year, Sydney Mardi Gras falls on Friday, February 14 until Sunday, Mar 2, 2025. When is the Sydney Mardi Gras parade in 2025? The main event of Mardi Gras is the parade. This year, the 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to take over Oxford Street, Flinders Street and Anzac Parade Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is bringing the heat, the beats, and a huge line-up of parties. Whether you’re looking for an all-night dance marathon, a chic poolside celebration, or the perfect post-Parade after party, there’s something for every kind of reveller. Buckle up – it’s time to plan your ultimate Mardi Gras adventure! The Main Event The ABC is again hosting the live broadcast of the 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade with a lineup of queer talent tonight. Tonight, this year’s Mardi Gras Parade will see thousands of people march and dance up Oxford Street in Sydney. The inaugural event is one of several helping broaden the 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras program, presenting more avenues to party with pride with a sweaty lineup of international and local talent including BASHKKA, CCL, Jennifer Loveless and Fried Pork Chop. Mardi Gras + Qtopia Sydney. Mardi Gras + is the 2025 open-access festival line-up where creatives, sporting clubs, arts organisations, venues and promoters bring you events from across the LGBTQIA+ communities. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras returns for a spectacular 2025 season full of parades, parties, and show-stopping performances. This year, the Mardi Gras theme is ‘free to be’, honouring the decades-long fight for equality and celebrating a future of visibility and acceptance for Australia’s queer community. FREE TO BE Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025! Here’s the map for the Sydney Mardi Gras parade route (photo: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras). Sydney Mardi Gras Parade Route & Schedule. As you can see from the map above (click on it if you want a bigger version), the Mardi Gras parade route runs from the corner of Oxford Street and College Street (near Museum Station) through to
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