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Get ready for Wagga Mardi Gras 2025 5 April 2025! You’re all invited to join in on the fun at Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras! An extravaganza of art, music, dance and above all – LOVE! So, what are you waiting for? Grab the glitter, burst your outfit with colour and let’s party so hard it’s an evening to remember! Wagga Mardi Gras aims to raise the visibility of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities in the Riverina, providing an opportunity to express their creativity and celebrate their identity. We invite the whole community along for the ride, including an evening of amazing floats, laughs and fun. The parade takes place down Wagga’s main strip, Baylis Street, with a free after-party. C’mon Wagga! Try on your tutu, sew on some sequins, apply liberal amounts of fake tan and glitter and get set for a parade and party like Wagga’s never seen before! This is a family-friendly event! Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras Festival. 4,269 likes · 2 talking about this. Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras Festival will be held on 5 April 2025! Wagga Mardi Gras began in 2019, and after a COVID blip, the parade down Baylis Street was held for the fourth time on Saturday 9 March. With more than 50 registered floats, hundreds of marchers and thousands of spectators, the event reasserted its claim to be “the biggest party that Wagga has ever seen”. Wagga Mardi Gras Committee is committed to be as environmentally sustainable as possible and this extends to keeping our Parade route clean. Please note that glitter cannons are not to be used and if you are intending on using confetti, it must be bio-degradable and water-soluble, and the use of non-attached balloons is prohibited. Wagga Mardi Gras committee’s Cristy Houghton said they had done the maths and would deliver all the best bits of the festival with the money they had. “Unfortunately, we haven’t had anyone come to the table to pick up any of the major sponsorships that we offer, so we had a committee meeting on Tuesday night [10 December] and really Find tickets & information for Wagga Mardi Gras 2025. happening at Victory Memorial Gardens, Wagga Wagga, NS on Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm AEDT. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. More than 60 floats streamed along Wagga's main street for the 2024 Wagga Mardi Gras parade on March 9, 2024. Wagga Wagga is getting ready to celebrate PRIDE, with Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras kicking off on March 9. The annual event aims to raise the visibility of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex communities in the Riverina, providing an opportunity to express their creativity and celebrate their identity. Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras Festival acknowledges the Wiradjuri people, the traditional owners and custodians of the land our celebrations are held on. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land. Wagga Wagga, in Wiradjuri language means the place of many dances and celebrations! The Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras Festival faces an uncertain future and may be forced to cancel its 2025 event without the immediate backing of local businesses and the community. Read More Cristy Houghton November 12, 2024 Local artist Courtney Lewis has won the 2024 Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras art competition with her work Parade of Joy.. The digital work features a parade of joyful dancing characters, each depicted in a colour from the progressive pride flag, intertwined with the rainbow flag forming the shape of the Murrumbidgee River. Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. 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. For the sixth year in a row Charles Sturt University is a proud sponsor of the Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras Festival – this year we’ve gone platinum! Join the parade in our float! Everyone in the Charles Sturt community – staff, students, alumni and their friends and family – are warmly invited to join our 2024 float! Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras 2025 Food/Drink Vendor Application. On Saturday 5 April 2025, thousands of people will line Baylis Street to catch a glimpse of the flamboyant floats making their way down our main street. The parade will be followed by a free family-friendly after party at the Victory Memorial Gardens in Wagga Wagga on Wiradjuri Country. The Wagga Mardi Gras committee is pleading for sponsors as the 2025 parade faces cancellation, as major event backers remain undecided on if they'll be back. Next year's event could be cancelled without financial backing. The Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras parade and celebrations are back for 2022! Even though it might look a little different this year, it is important for us to come together and celebrate pride safely and responsibly. Please follow the guidelines set out to ensure you are protecting yourself and the community by stopping the spread of COVID-19. For the sixth year in a row Charles Sturt University is a proud sponsor of the Wagga Wagga Mardi Gras Festival – this year we’ve gone platinum! Join the parade in our float! Everyone in the Charles Sturt community – staff, students, alumni and their friends and family – are warmly invited to join our 2024 float!
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