Mardi Gras events. Mardi Gras Party; Padam Patrol Party Bus; Parade. Plan your Parade experience; Parade transport information; Parade float list 2025; Parade Viewing Areas. Taylor Square Takeover; Sideshow; Club Cindy; Accessible Parade Viewing Area; Fair Day. Plan your Fair Day experience; Fair Day stalls directory; Ultra Violet; Laneway We’re back! The 2025 Festival returns 14 February – 2 March 2025. It’s time! We’re back world, the iconic Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival is set for 14 February to 2 March 2025. Celebrating 47 years in 2025, get ready for 17 days of unforgettable moments, international performers, parties, theatre, community events and more. The main event of Mardi Gras is the parade. This year, the 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to take over Oxford Street, Flinders Street and Anzac Parade on Saturday 1 March 2025. You can expect over 200 floats from every corner of our communities to make their way from Hyde Park to Moore Park, from 7pm until 11pm One of Sydney’s most colourful nights will be in full swing this weekend as thousands are expected to descend on the streets to celebrate the 47th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. The Sydney Travel Guide takes a matter-of-fact approach to event round ups and lists such as this list of Sydney’s best Mardi Gras events. We’ve scoured the internet, worked with venue reps and taken a wide-reaching approach to put together what we feel is the most comprehensive scope of Mardi Gras events in Sydney for 2025. The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade takes place on the final Saturday of the festival, so the next one is estimated to take place on Saturday 1st March 2025. The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade route The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade honors the same path that the bold group in 1978 took – mainly along Oxford Street from Taylor Square to Hyde Park. Mardi Gras is the most colourful event on Sydney’s cultural calendar, and it's back from 14 February to 2 March, 2025 with rainbow hues, bottomless brunches, all-night dance parties and, of course, the iconic Sydney Mardi Gras parade. This year's Sydney Mardi Gras events centre around the theme Free To Be, celebrating the history and work Sydney Mardi Gras 2025: Dates, parade, tickets, schedule, events, and everything to know about 250,000 spectators and 10,000 marchers across 180 floats this year. ready from the start of The Mardi Gras Parade. When: Saturday, March 1, 6:45pm to 11pm Where: Oxford St, Flinders St and Anzac Parade, Sydney Tickets: free, with tickets to special parade viewing areas, more info (some sold out) The Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is now in its 47th year and is the jewel in the crown of the two-week Mardi Gras festival. Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras’ spectacular annual Parade hits downtown Sydney this weekend with the theme, Free To Be. On Saturday, 1 March, with over 10,000 marchers and more than 180 floats, this year’s Parade “honours the LGBTQIA+ community’s resilience, creativity, and unwavering pursuit of equality,” says SGLMG. Now in its 47th year, the Parade will kick off along [] Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is here! Free to party, free to celebrate, free to laugh, free to be Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025! MobTix returns for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025, presented in partnership with ACON’s First Nations Health Programs. Sydney Mardi Gras is committed to working closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to celebrate and elevate First Nations LGBTQIA+SB culture. The world-renowned Sydney Mardi Gras Parade returns to Oxford Street, Flinders Street and Anzac Parade on Saturday 1 March 2025, and we’re inviting our communities to bring to life the 2025 Festival theme Free to be! We asked them what Free to be meant to them, what they’re looking forward to most about the 2025 Festival and their favourite Mardi Gras memory in the interviews below. Aunty Kooncha 04 Nov 2024 All applications will be assessed by Sydney Mardi Gras based on their relevance to the LGBTQIA+ community, contribution to the broader Sydney Mardi Gras Festival, if the event(s) take place during Feb and/or March 2025, are run by, employ and/or engage LGBTQIA+ people and align with the Sydney Mardi Gras ethical framework. Get Tickets on Humanitix - 2025 SYDNEY MARDI GRAS - COASTAL TWIST FLOAT hosted by Coastal Twist Festival. Oxford Street, Oxford Street. Saturday 1st March 2025. Find event information. When is the 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras? The festival is being held from February 14 to March 2, with this year’s theme, “free to be”, inspiring events, floats and revellers throughout the fortnight. Mardi Gras events. Mardi Gras Party; Padam Patrol Party Bus; Parade. Plan your Parade experience; Parade transport information; Parade float list 2025; Parade Viewing Areas. Taylor Square Takeover; Sideshow; Club Cindy; Accessible Parade Viewing Area; Fair Day. Plan your Fair Day experience; Fair Day stalls directory; Ultra Violet; Laneway The iconic Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival will return to Sydney from 14 February – 2 March 2025, ready to bedazzle the emerald city with a celebration of pride and diversity. FREE TO BE will be the central theme for 2025 festivities. The 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is set to take over Oxford Street, Flinders Street and Anzac Parade on Saturday 1 March 2025. Set your true self free as the Mardi Gras magic makes it's way down the heritage-listed Parade route for one of the largest LGBTQIA+ nighttime parades in the world.
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