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The Sydney Travel Guide takes a matter-of-fact approach to event round ups and lists such as this list of Sydney’s best Mardi Gras events. We’ve scoured the internet, worked with venue reps and taken a wide-reaching approach to put together what we feel is the most comprehensive scope of Mardi Gras events in Sydney for 2025. 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. Floating Paradise - Mardi Gras Edition: King Street Wharf 3, Sydney: 01 Mar 2025: Deaf Rainbow NSW - Mardi Gras 2025 Parade: Hyde Park, Sydney: 01 Mar 2025: Pre Mardi Gras Party at Pullman Sydney Hyde Park feat. Samantha Jade: Pullman Sydney Hyde Park: 01 Mar 2025: SUTRA Sunrise The Bridge Hotel MARDI GRAS Feat. REELOW & CALEB JACKSONMarch 1st Mardi Gras is the most colourful event on Sydney’s cultural calendar, and it's back from 14 February to 2 March, 2025 with rainbow hues, bottomless brunches, all-night dance parties and, of course, the iconic Sydney Mardi Gras parade. This year's Sydney Mardi Gras events centre around the theme Free To Be, celebrating the history and work The Mardi Gras Parade. When: Saturday, March 1, 6:45pm to 11pm Where: Oxford St, Flinders St and Anzac Parade, Sydney Tickets: free, with tickets to special parade viewing areas, more info (some sold out) The Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is now in its 47th year and is the jewel in the crown of the two-week Mardi Gras festival. Hundreds of thousands of people expected to flock to Sydney’s CBD for Mardi Gras, one of the world’s biggest LGBTQI events. Credit: 7NEWS One of the floats groups marching in the parade will be the 78ers, a group of LGBTQI community members who participated in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 1978, as well as the subsequent protests that followed. 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 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 Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras acknowledges that our events take place on Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the Gadigal, Cammeraygal, Bidigal, Darug and Dharawal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Sydney Basin. Introducing Mardi Gras +, the 2024 open-access Festival line-up where creatives, sporting clubs, arts organisations, venues and promoters bring you events from across the LGBTQIA+ communities. Whether it’s a Festival institution, Mardi Gras premiere or a one-time wonder the following pages are filled with the creativity and passion that makes 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. 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! QT Sydney Transforms into The QT Playhouse for Mardi Gras For two glittering weeks, QT Sydney is turning up the heat with The QT Playhouse, a vibrant sensory playground celebrating Mardi Gras with food, drinks, art, and fabulous events. From February 17th to March 2nd, expect an explosion of colour, creativity, and cocktails—because Mardi 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 Non-stop virtual and in-person parades, conferences and concerts, from Friday 17 February until Sunday 5 March 2023 Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2025 on Saturday, March 1; Starts 7.30pm AEDT / 8.30am GMT / 3.30am ET; Watch the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade, one of the biggest cultural events of the year in Australia, to The Sydney Mardi Gras parade and official after-party are iconic events held each year in NSW that promise to be unforgettable celebrations of love, diversity, and acceptance for the queer community. The events are held over three weekends and form part of a Mardi Gras season in which multiple official and unofficial events are held. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras acknowledges that our events take place on Aboriginal land. We acknowledge the Gadigal, Cammeraygal, Bidigal, Darug and Dharawal people who are the Traditional Custodians of the Sydney Basin. Sydney’s Mardi Gras events have officially commenced as the Progress Pride Flag was raised on Friday night. The 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras is hosting over 100 events from February 14 to March 2, featuring a mix of wild parties, political talks, comedy acts, musical performances, art installations, and more. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ history and culture. [22]The term Mardi Gras derives from the celebration on Mardi (French for "Tuesday") when Gras (French for "fat") is eaten prior to the Christian abstinence period of Lent preceding Easter.
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