The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is in its 47th year and it's bigger and gayer than ever (yes, that is possible). We're free to be whoever, whenever and wherever. Hosts: Courtney Act and Mon Schafter. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News. Skip to main content. ABC News. Just In; Sydney Mardi Gras draws over 200,000 revellers. 9h ago 9 hours ago Sat 1 Mar 2025 at The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade returns to Oxford Street on Saturday, March 1, 2025, and the ABC will broadcast the event live at 7:30 PM on ABC TV and ABC iview. Here’s the Lowdown: Courtney Act and Mon Schafter will host the broadcast, with Jeremy Fernandez and Mel Buttle reporting from the parade route. The broadcast will The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to shimmy, shake and embrace its way once again up Oxford St in Sydney, with the ABC there to capture all the colour and celebration on Saturday Join the ABC, the exclusive broadcast partner, for coverage of pride, progress and community during the 2025 Mardi Gras celebrations. Saturday 1 March 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview Featured Join the live broadcast of the 47th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, exclusive on ABC iview and ABC TV. #MardiGrasABCStream Sydney Gay and Lesbian M Where To Watch The 2025 Mardi Gras Parade. The 2025 Mardi Gras Parade will be broadcast live on ABC TV and streamed on ABC iView on Saturday, March 2, from 7:30 pm. Where Is The 2025 Mardi Gras Parade? The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will take over Oxford Street, Flinders Street, and Anzac Parade. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade returns to Oxford Street on Saturday, March 1, 2025, and the ABC will broadcast the event live at 7:30 Pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. Here’s the Lowdown: Courtney Act and Mon Schafter will host the broadcast, with Jeremy Fernandez and Mel Buttle reporting from the [] The 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is set to attract huge crowds on 1 March. Credit: AAP Over 11,000 participants are expected to descend on Sydney's streets on Saturday ABC’s Head of Arts, Music and Events, Kath Earle, said: “Through ABC TV and ABC iview’s live broadcast all Australians have the opportunity to take part in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and celebrate Australia’s beautiful LGBTQIA+ community. We are proud supporters of the queer community and sharing their stories across all our 2025 Parade Float Groups. Dykes On Bikes. 78ers. ABC. ACON. American Express. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras acknowledges that our events take place on The ABC is again hosting the live broadcast of the 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade with a lineup of queer talent tonight. Tonight, this year’s Mardi Gras Parade will see thousands of people march and dance up Oxford Street in Sydney. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to shimmy, shake and embrace its way up Oxford St once again, with the ABC there to capture all the colour and celebration on Saturday, March 1 at 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. In short: Crowds lined Oxford Street, Flinders Parade and Anzac Parade on Saturday night for this Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. NSW Police officers were allowed to march, despite Sistergirl Kooncha Brown is leading the creative direction of the LaPa Legends in the Mardi Gras Parade in 2025. (ABC News: La Perouse was Sydney's first Aboriginal mission and reserve: in the New footage of the first Sydney Mardi Gras parade shows crowds of revellers clad in capes and flags dancing down Oxford Street, contrasted with violent arrests by police in Kings Cross. Stream the Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025 free on ABC iview and ABC TV from 7.30pm Saturday, March 1. Posted Yesterday at 1:03am Fri 28 Feb 2025 at 1:03am , updated Yesterday at 8:48am Fri More than 200,000 people have taken to Sydney’s Oxford Street to celebrate the 47th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who m The new footage of the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 1978 shows crowds of revellers clad in capes and flags, contrasted with violent arrests by police. abc.net.au/news
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