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! The theme of this year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is Free to Be. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is a 17-day celebration of Australia's . LGBTIQ+. community. 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. Follow our live coverage as 10,000 marchers make their way down a crowd-lined Oxford Street for the 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. The Mardi Gras parade will start on the northern end of Oxford Street, Darlinghurst at about 7pm, moving through Flinders Street before finishing at Anzac Parade, Moore Park at about 11pm. Today, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is one of Australia’s most famous and well-loved events, bringing thousands of visitors to Sydney to join in the celebrations. It captures the imagination of Australia’s LGBTQI and mainstream communities, taking over the city for weeks on end, culminating in the world-famous Parade: a colourful and The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is an event in Sydney, New South Wales attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around Australia and overseas. One of the largest LGBT festivals in the world , Mardi Gras is the largest Pride event in Oceania . 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 The official dates for the Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 festival season will be February 14, 2025, to Sunday, March 2, 2025 The Mardi Gras season kicks off with Fair Day, which will be held on Sunday, February 16. The parade and official after-party are confirmed to be on Saturday, March 1. Today marks 46 years since the first Sydney Mardi Gras. On a cold winter day in 1978 hundreds of pioneers - our beloved 78ers - took to the streets for the rights of LGBTQIA+ people, women and the First Nations communities. That day changed the course of LGBTQIA+ rights in Australia forever. Decades later we In Australia, the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade will be streamed live on ABC on TV and on their iView streaming service, which is totally free to watch. Coverage is set to start at 7.30pm AEDT. Abroad? The official dates for the Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 festival season will be February 14, 2025, to Sunday, March 2, 2025 The Mardi Gras season kicks off with Fair Day, which will be held on Sunday, February 16. The parade and official after-party are confirmed to be on Saturday, March 1. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) is an LGBTQIA+ not-for-profit member-based organisation that produces the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade and Festival and several other events and supportive initiatives throughout the year. Get ready to set free pride, diversity, and unbridled joy as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade returns on Saturday 1 March 2025. With over 10,000 marchers and more than 180 spectacular floats, this year's Parade is a dazzling celebration of the 2025 Festival theme, FREE TO BE, honouring the LGBTQIA+ community's resilience, creativity, and unwavering pursuit of Mardi Gras has come a long way since the first Sydney Mardi Gras and reflecting those changes participants represent all walks of LGBTQI community in Australia. You have groups from the Australian Defence Force, police officers, firefighters, emergency services personnel and more. Thousands of scantily clad revellers danced through Sydney on Saturday for the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade, transforming the Australian city into a vibrant sea of colour and costumes. More than Anthony Albanese joins revellers at the 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras as election looms. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a surprise return to Mardi Gras on Saturday night, marching down Oxford Street in front of tens of thousands of Big Chief Demond Melancon hand beading a part of his Mardi Gras Indian suit. (C)2019 GILES CLEMENT/DEMOND MELANCON. In 2008, after Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, Melancon returned to masking. Thousands of scantily clad revellers danced through Sydney on Saturday for the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade, transforming the Australian city into a vibrant sea of colour and costumes. From Melbourne’s famed winelands to the diverse landscapes of Tasmania and Adelaide’s eclectic treasures, ending with Sydney Mardi Gras. Australia’s spectacular natural environment, multicultural communities, excellent food and wine, its weather and the friendliness and openness of its people make it one of the world’s most attractive
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