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The City of Sydney pulled the pin on holding the popular event in Victoria Park after bonded asbestos was found in mulch used at the site. Mardi Gras rejects offer to relocate Fair Day after 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 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 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 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. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day event scheduled for Sunday, which usually draws tens of thousands of revellers, was cancelled after traces of asbestos were found around the venue. The council and Sydney Mardi Gras received advice on Monday from the Environment Protection Authority about possible asbestos contamination in mulch in the park. Over the past two days, the two organisations worked to coordinate a clean-up of the affected areas while also bumping in Fair Day infrastructure. Sydney's Mardi Gras event Fair Day has been forced to cancel after asbestos was detected in mulch used at Victoria Park. Welcoming 70,000 people to an inner Sydney park for Fair Day cannot occur due to safety concerns about asbestos-tainted mulch, the City of Sydney says. the first weekend of Sydney Mardi Gras 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 Sunday, February 18. “This is an incredibly disappointing decision, as Fair Day is a pivotal part of the Mardi Gras calendar. The 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will be held from 14 February to 2 March 2025, with festival events held at various times and locations across Sydney. Visit mardigras.org.au for information and tickets. 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. 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 Mardi Gras event Fair Day has been cancelled this year after asbestos was found in mulch used at Victoria Park. What's next? More than 30 parks in the City of Sydney have been taped off as mulch About 700 students will be relocated from a public school in Sydney's south-west after asbestos was found in mulch on campus. City of Sydney Council announced today the Mardi Gras Fair Day One of the most anticipated Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 events is the welcome return of Fair Day. the long-held tradition for Mardi Gras took a year off last year due to the discovery of asbestos in Victoria Park’s Mulch. The city’s annual Mardi Gras Fair Day was cancelled last Thursday after asbestos-contaminated mulch was found at Victoria The asbestos found at six of the seven Sydney sites is bonded, which A Mardi Gras Fair Day Event on Feb. 18 for 70,000 people has also been cancelled amid an ongoing asbestos problem in New South Wales 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 Minister Penny Sharpe says 200 sites across Sydney have been tested, with 20 testing positive for asbestos. EPA CEO Tony Chappel says the contaminated mulch may also have been found on private
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