Location: Oxford Street, Flinders Street, Anzac ParadeParade: Sydney CBD, Darlinghurst, Moore Park and surroundsDate: Saturday 2 March 2024All Mardi Gras Parade attendees, including ticketholders to Diamond Club, Accessible Viewing Area, Sideshow, Club Cindy, and Ruby Road, are encouraged to plan their trip to and from Parade before heading out on Saturday 2 March 2024. After 16 days of performances, parties and events, the 2025 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival will culminate in its annual parade this Saturday night – setting the streets of the CBD alive with colour and celebrations. Mardi Gras Parade road closures: How to get around on the Saturday. The best way to get to the parade is always going to be public transport. There are numerous road closures between the Sydney CBD and Moore Park from 5pm on the big day, so the crowds are going to be thick and hard to navigate. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025 volunteers are entitled to travel free on public transport from Saturday, 1 February to Monday, 3 March 2025. Volunteers just need to show their Free Travel Pass to transport staff when boarding services. The streets of Sydney’s CBD will be a sea of colour this Saturday 2 March as thousands celebrate the 2024 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. With major road closures from 3pm to 3am and tens of thousands of people expected to line the streets for the parade, the best way to get to and from the celebrations is by public transport. Sydney Mardi Gras 2024 will see more than 200 floats and 12,000 marchers celebrate LGBTQ+ pride on Oxford Street on March 2. On Saturday night, tens of thousands of spectators will line Oxford Location: Oxford Street, Flinders Street, Anzac ParadeParade: Sydney CBD, Darlinghurst, Moore Park and surroundsDate: Saturday 2 March 2024All Mardi Gras Parade attendees, including ticketholders to Diamond Club, Accessible Viewing Area, Sideshow, Club Cindy, and Ruby Road, are encouraged to plan their trip to and from Parade before heading out on Saturday 2 March 2024. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade returns to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Saturday 5 March 2022. With a full stadium of 43,000 spectators expected attendees are encouraged to consider all travel options and plan their trip to and from the event ahead of time. 2023 Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 25 February 2023. Comments The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade is an annual event that requires the closure of City streets and traffic detours around the parade route. The Parade Route remains the same as in 2022. College and Liverpool Streets will be used The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is in full swing! The iconic festival is celebrating 47 years in 2025, and many interstate and international visitors are expected to travel to Sydney to enjoy the 16-day event, which commenced on 14 February 2025. The festival will wrap up with the world-famous Sydney Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday 1 March The streets of Sydney burst into a kaleidoscope of colour on Saturday, 1 March 2025, as the 47th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade took over. With the theme Free To Be, this year’s event was a dazzling celebration of self-expression and progress. Over 200,000 spectators lined Oxford Street, Flinders Street, and Anzac Parade [] Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2025 on Saturday, March 1; Starts 7.30pm AEDT / 8.30am GMT / 3.30am ET; smartphone or streaming device think it's back home and also encrypts your internet traffic Thousands of scantily clad revellers danced through Sydney on Saturday for the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade, transforming the Australian city into a vibrant sea of colour and costumes. More than 10,000 people -- many of them painted in glitter makeup -- and 180 floats rolled down a packed Oxford Street, lighting up the vibrant heart of Sydney 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras Parade on 1 March 2025. Comments The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade is an annual event that requires the temporary closure of City streets and traffic detours around the parade route. The Parade Route remains the same as 2024. Liverpool and College Streets, Wentworth The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade is a celebration of love, equality, inclusion and pride – most of all, it’s for everyone. We have a free accessible Parade viewing area. Accessible Parade Viewing Area – Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Sydney Mardi Gras said it is anticipating about 250,000 spectators and 10,000 marchers across 180 floats this year. which will affect traffic in and out of the city. 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 Stops Concert, Troye’s Surprise Appearance, Sydney Stops Traffic For Epic Mardi Gras 2025. The streets of Sydney burst into a kaleidoscope of colour on Saturday, 1 March 2025, as the 47th Sydney Gay and Lesbian 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. After two years of containing Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras parade within a stadium, in 2023 the event is bursting back to Oxford Street. Mardi Gras; WorldPride Sydney; Traffic; Public
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