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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. Sydney Mardi Gras said it is anticipating about 250,000 spectators and 10,000 marchers across 180 floats this year. Participants get ready from the start of the 2024 Sydney Mardi Gras parade. Tens of thousands of spectators are lining the streets of Oxford Street to watch the 47th annual Mardi Gras Parade. More than 200 floats are taking part and showcasing this year’s theme: “free The 78ers are people who took part in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade on 24 June 1978. They have led each year's parade since 1998. Source: AAP / Steven Saphore Tomorrow night, for the 41st time since 1978, Sydney's CBD will light up with all the magic of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. And with a ginormous 197 floats scheduled in, the parade is Hundreds of thousands of people expected to flock to Sydney’s CBD for Mardi Gras, one of the world’s biggest LGBTQI events. Credit: 7NEWS One of the floats groups marching in the parade will be the 78ers, a group of LGBTQI community members who participated in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 1978, as well as the subsequent protests that followed. At Mardi Gras 2023, Ms Thorpe momentarily stopped the parade after laying on the ground in front of a float in protest. She was escorted away by officers, but was not arrested. We're not free until we're all free to be. 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. Sydney's 46th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is held on Saturday 2 March. The parade travels down Oxford and Flinders Streets to Moore Park. More than 200 floats will take part this year. Lighting: LED lighting is often a popular choice for parade floats due to its energy efficiency. Consider battery-pack lighting for a simple but effective display. 5. INSURANCE Please note that whilst Mardi Gras has insurance for the event, this does not cover the participants/actions of individual float groups. We recommend float organisers All the ways to watch and stream the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade as 200 floats and 11,000 participants take over Sydney in a vibrant, colorful celebration of queerness. 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 Applications are now open to join the 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade!. 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! The roar of dozens of motorbikes carrying women and rainbow flags, or "Dykes on Bikes", kicked off the parade, followed by the First Nations Community Float and the 78ers -- a group of activists who marched in Sydney's first Mardi Gras event in 1978. 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 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 The roar of dozens of motorbikes carrying women and rainbow flags, or "Dykes on Bikes", kicked off the parade, followed by the First Nations Community Float and the 78ers -- a group of activists who marched in Sydney's first Mardi Gras event in 1978. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ history and culture. [22]The term Mardi Gras derives from the celebration on Mardi (French for "Tuesday") when Gras (French for "fat") is eaten prior to the Christian abstinence period of Lent preceding Easter. The roar of dozens of motorbikes carrying women and rainbow flags, or "Dykes on Bikes", kicked off the parade, followed by the First Nations Community Float and the 78ers -- a group of activists who marched in Sydney's first Mardi Gras event in 1978.
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