Proud to celebrate Sydney Mardi Gras. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is an annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ communities and there are lots of ways UNSW students and staff can get involved and celebrate on and off campus. UNSW is proud to celebrate Mardi Gras! There are lots of ways to celebrate and get involved! Event highlights include: Mardi Gras Viewing party - Saturday 1 March; Mardi Pardi - Thursday 27 February ; Pride Cup - Friday 28 February ; Grab your tickets now! UNSW is committed to ensuring our LGBTQIA+ students and staff feel included, supported and celebrated.This year Mardi Gras, one of Sydney’s most iconic annual events, takes place from Friday 14 February to Saturday 2 March. UNSW is celebrating its seventh consecutive Mardi Gras with a range of events to show your pride on campus and beyond.One of Sydney’s most iconic events, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival, is taking place now, between 18 February and 3 March 2024. At UNSW, we are proud to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and the Mardi Gras Festival for the seventh consecutive year. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is an annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ communities. This year’s festival takes place from 16 February to 3 March 2024. Every year Mardi Gras transforms Sydney into a one-night queertopia- and you're invited to celebrate it with us! Arc and UNSW are teaming up to host a VIEWING PARTY on our big screen, live streaming the parade just 10 minutes walk from all the main Oxford Street festivities! Mardi Gras Parade, Saturday 25 February As the biggest event of the Sydney WorldPride festival, all eyes will be on the 12,500 marchers as 200+ floats adorn Oxford Street for the first time since 2020! UNSW’s parade theme this year will be GOLD – to reflect UNSW setting the gold standard for diversity and inclusion. UNSW Sydney’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrations are underway, having kicked off on Friday 17 February and continuing until Sunday 5 March. This year’s Mardi Gras Parade coincides with a two-week global festival, Sydney WorldPride, and celebrations are set to be the biggest to date. At UNSW we are proud to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ Mardi Gras Viewing Party happening at UNSW Art & Design, Sydney,NSW,Australia, Surry Hills on Sat Mar 01 2025 at 06:00 pm to 10:00 pm Arc @ UNSW Limited. Arc @ UNSW will be at Fair Day 2025! Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras acknowledges that our events take place on Aboriginal land. We Despite the limitations imposed by COVID-19, UNSW is offering multiple ways to celebrate this year’s Mardi Gras. The 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival is well underway, having commenced on 19 February, and the festivities continue until 7 March. It is the largest celebration of the LGBTIQ+ community in Sydney and UNSW Sydney is Every year Mardi Gras transforms Sydney into a one-night queertopia- and you're invited to celebrate it with us! Arc and UNSW are teaming up to host a VIEWING PARTY on our big screen, live streaming the parade just 10 minutes walk from all the main Oxford Street festivities! You'll be able to sit back and relax in the best seats in the house at The UNSW 'pride' of 80 students and staff joined 196 other organisations in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on Saturday. The team was led by a float resembling the University's mascot, Clancy the Lion, and was the culmination of months of work by students from the faculties of Engineering, Built Environment and Art & Design. UNSW pride on parade at mardi gras. 06 Mar 2019 . The UNSW 'pride' of 80 students and staff joined 196 other organisations in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras UNSW Sydney’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrations are underway, having kicked off on Friday 17 February and continuing until Sunday 5 March. This year’s Mardi Gras Parade coincides with a two-week global festival, Sydney WorldPride, and celebrations are set to be the biggest to date. This season runs in conjunction with the exhibition Derek Jarman: Delphinium Days on display at UNSW Galleries from 14 February to 4 May 2025. Arts Mardi Gras + The theme for the 2022 Mardi Gras is “United We Shine” and the UNSW float is performing to the 2002 Jamelia classic “Superstar”. The parade will again be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 5 March, maintaining the same glitz, glamour and biodegradable glitter as every year, but with a COVID safe plan in place. Mardi Gras Parade, Saturday 25 February As the biggest event of the Sydney WorldPride festival, all eyes will be on the 12,500 marchers as 200+ floats adorn Oxford Street for the first time since 2020! UNSW’s parade theme this year will be GOLD – to reflect UNSW setting the gold standard for diversity and inclusion. 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. A UNSW Pride, made up of 80 students and staff, marched alongside a fearless Clancy the Lion at the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. UNSW is proud to have participated in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for the third year in a row and congratulates everyone involved in the parade on Saturday 2 March.
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