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Laneway! The street party to send off the Festival returns in 2025 featuring Kito and Lady Shaka, taking over The Beresford and Hill Street on Sunday 2 March. As the only official Festival closing party, Laneway was born from a few milk crates on Hill Street to become the ultimate way to wrap up your Sydney Mardi Gras celebrations. Laneway is where Mardi Gras says goodbye with style. What started as a small gathering on milk crates has grown into one of the hottest tickets of the festival. This year’s lineup features Kito, Lady Shaka, Inaya Day, Corey Craig, and many more bringing house, disco, and pop vibes across multiple stages. “Laneway is the gritty, glittery, and gloriously fun finale to Mardi Gras—a little raw, a lot fabulous, and completely unforgettable,” says Mardi Gras CEO Gil Beckwith. “It’s the Mardi Gras Party: Exclusive access to Mardi Gras Member Fast Pass ticket ($189+BF) which includes express entry and admission into the event; Laneway: Member-priced VIP ticket from $109+BF; Ultra Violet: Member-priced ticket from $79+BF As the only official Festival closing party, Laneway was born from a few milk crates on Hill Street to become the ultimate way to wrap up your Sydney Mardi Gras celebrations. From top to bottom, The Beresford and Hill Street will bring you the best of house, disco and pop. The Festival will wrap with the world famous Sydney Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday 1 March 2025. Festival theme: Free to be The 2025 Festival theme Free to be is a celebration of the strides toward true LGBTQIA+ equality while also acting as a global reminder that our fight is far from over, and that we are not truly free until we are all free Kylie Minogue was a surprise guest at the 2019 Mardi Gras. Credit: James Brickwood. Laneway, a party at Surry Hills venue The Beresford and adjoining Hill Street on Sunday, will be the final major Equality Australia said Mardi Gras was a celebration of how far the community had come while sadly marking an uptick in verbal abuse, threats of violence and assaults. dubbed Laneway, will Mardi Gras Party. When: Saturday, March 1, 10pm Where: Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park Tickets: $239, here. The annual Mardi Gras party follows the parade, and is held at its final destination, Moore Park. The concert-style party is full of dancing, merriment and excellent costumes from the parade itself. Mardi Gras Laneway . When: Sunday, March 2 Get ready for the big finish at Laneway! From a few milk crates on Hill Street to the renowned Festival finisher – Laneway is the ultimate way to end your Sydney Mardi Gras celebrations. Taking over community favourite The Beresford from top to bottom, and spilling out onto Hill Street, don't miss the glittering gutter street party vibes at Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is here! Free to party, free to celebrate, Laneway 02 Mar 2025 Sissy Ball 28 Feb 2025 Kaftana Pool Party 19 Feb 2025 Paradiso Pool Party Whether you’re voguing at Sissy Ball, diving into the sun-soaked vibes of Paradiso Pool Party, or kicking on at Laneway, Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 promises a celebration of pride, music, and joy. 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 Come together . for the love of cinema. Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival returns to cinemas across Sydney 13-27 February and On Demand Australia-wide 28 February-10 March. Don’t miss almost 150 of the world’s best LGBTIQ+ films featuring stars like Alan Cumming, Murray Bartlett, Dylan O’Brien, Bette Midler, Ben Whishaw, Theo Germaine, Whoopi Goldberg, Juan Pablo di Pac Mardi Gras Laneway The big Mardi Gras closing party sits across The Beresford and Hill Street, which has been a sell-out success for the past two years. The street party is the only official Festival closing party in Sydney so it’s always brimming with energy. 2025 will be no difference as Kito and Lady Shaka bang out a soundtrack of house LANEWAY. Kick-ons were sorted as our community showed up for one final hurrah at Laneway. From a few milk crates on Hill Street to the renowned Festival finisher – Laneway was the ultimate way to end your Sydney Mardi Gras celebrations, taking over community favourite The Beresford from top to bottom, and spilling out onto Hill Street. That's where Mardi Gras' Laneway comes in, taking over The Beresford and the adjoining Hill Street on Sunday, March 3. Bringing the party to multiple levels of the Surry Hills pub and the bustling outdoor stage will be a bunch of local favourites on the DJ decks, including Atomic Kiss, Dan Azzo and Charlie Villas — all joined by a very Paradiso Pool Party is the ultimate ticket to soak up the best of Sydney summer. Come one, come all as Mardi Gras-goers from across the globe head to the hottest city pool for the official pool party of the Sydney Mardi Gras Festival. The cabanas are calling it’s time to welcome in Parade week with renowned DJs and performances all night long. Experience a week in another world with this epic Mardi Gras highlight package including seven nights' hotel accommodation, Sydney Harbour helicopter and Hunter Valley wine tours plus VIP access to: Sissy Ball, Taylor Square Takeover, Mardi Gras Party and Laneway. Laneway! The street party to send off the Festival returns in 2025 taking over The Beresford and Hill Street on Sunday 2 March. As the only official Festival closing party, Laneway was born from a few milk crates on Hill Street to become the ultimate way to wrap up your Sydney Mardi Gras celebrations. Wrap up your Mardi Gras weekend with the campest curb-side tradition, Laneway. Unite for one last time as we bid farewell to Mardi Gras 2022 with our beloved recovery party. Spread across both levels of The Beresford and spilling out onto Hill Street, it’s bound to be an ending you’ll never forget.
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