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The City of Sydney and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras today announced that Sunday’s Fair Day event in Victoria Park will be cancelled. On Monday 12 February, following advice from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) about possible asbestos contamination in mulch, test results found bonded asbestos at Victoria Park. Mardi Gras Fair Day has been cancelled four days out from the event after asbestos was discovered in Victoria Park, near the city’s CBD. The organisers, City of Sydney, were informed of the site Two days before kicking off for 2024, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has announced that one of its beloved annual events has been cancelled, with Fair Day no longer happening this year. Usually attracting over 70,000 attendees, the free celebration was set to take over Victoria Park on Sunday, February 18, but has been scrapped after Mardi Gras rejects offer to relocate Fair Day after asbestos discovery By Jessica McSweeney and Caitlin Fitzsimmons Updated February 14, 2024 — 6.00pm first published at 7.52am Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras organisers cancelled the Fair Day event after asbestos was found at the site. There have been a string of similar discoveries of asbestos in Sydney over the past Days after dangerous bonded asbestos was found in the mulch at Victoria Park in Broadway, the City of Sydney and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras cancelled Fair Day, scheduled to be held on Fair Day cancelled due to asbestos concerns Earlier today, organisers of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras announced the festival's Fair Day event this Sunday would be cancelled due to The City of Sydney and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras today announced that the highly anticipated Fair Day event will be cancelled.. Bonded asbestos was detected in the venue for the event A Mardi Gras event expected to have hosted more than 70,000 people has been cancelled just four days ahead of schedule after the venue was found to be contaminated with asbestos in its garden A major event on the Mardi Gras calendar has been cancelled over asbestos concerns at the park at which it was due to be held on Sunday. The City of Sydney has announced that Fair Day will no longer be going ahead due to advice from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) about possible asbestos contamination in mulch, after test results found bonded asbestos at Victoria Park. Making it’s Fair Day debut in 2025, gather ’round the campfire and meet transgender and gender diverse community groups, health services, businesses and creatives. Karaoke Cave Turn up the party with Karaoke Cave, a Fair Day-first for 2025 making it’s grand debut as the sun sets on Victoria Park! Mardi Gras Plus; Plan your Festival experience; Join the Festival. 2025 Parade applications; Fair Day 2025 EOIs; Mardi Gras + applications; Volunteer; 2025 tickets; MobTix; Accessibility; Sustainability. How to be a green festival-goer; Sydney Mardi Gras Packages. 3 Night Mardi Gras Package; 4 Night Mardi Gras Package; 7 Night Mardi Gras and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day ("Fair Day" or the “Event") as a Stallholder (“Stallholder”). Fair Day will be held on Sunday 18th February 2024 from 10:00am to 9:00pm at Victoria Park, Camperdown, or such other time, date or place as Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Limited ("SGLMG") may determine, in its absolute discretion (the "Venue"). Sydney Mardi Gras statement. Mardi Gras CEO Gil Beckwith said it broke the organisation’s heart to cancel the event. “Fair Day is one of our most loved events and is attended by over 70,000 people each year. It breaks our heart to see this Sunday not go ahead, but given the safety concerns we must put our communities’ wellbeing first. Following a more detailed investigation into the safety concerns at Victoria Park, it has become clear to the City and Sydney Mardi Gras that an event of the scale of Fair Day is unable to proceed this Sunday. The City and Sydney Mardi Gras will continue to work together to deliver other events over the 17 days of the festival. Mardi Gras Fair Day 2024 has been cancelled over contaminated mulch. (Mardi Gras) Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore said the decision was "incredibly disappointing" but community safety had to Fees are non-refundable. No refund will be issued after the close of Applications including in circumstances where you do not attend Fair Day, Fair Day is cancelled due to bad weather or for any other reason. See Point 23 for COVID-19 exemption. Your participation at Fair Day . Participation at Fair Day is conditional on the following: Obviously, the City of Sydney can't endanger people's health by going ahead at Victoria Park, but I really feel for the queer community for whom the fair is the highlight of Mardi Gras, particularly rainbow families. I can only imagine how stressed small business stall-holders must be, too! It was gutting for many Sydneysiders to wake up to the news of the cancellation of Mardi Gras Fair Day earlier this week, just days before the important event for the LGBTQIA+ community was due to A major event on Sydney's Mardi Gras calendar has been cancelled after asbestos was found in mulch at the park where the event was going to be held.It comes
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