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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 Get those cameras ready because the parade kicks off at 6:30pm, featuring colourful floats designed after this year’s Sydney Mardi Gras theme: “Free to Be.” Make sure you’ve got some energy left for the massive Mardi Gras Party (photo: Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras). 11 PM: All roads lead to Hordern Pavilion 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. Dozens of Mardi Gras festivities stretch from Friday, February 14 to Sunday, March 2 with the main event, the iconic Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade pencilled in for Saturday, March 1. Hundreds of thousands of members from the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies flood Sydney’s streets and venues with unrelenting love and acceptance 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. 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 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. PLAN YOUR PARADE EXPERIENCE. Location: Oxford Street, Flinders Street, Anzac Parade Parade – Sydney CBD, Darlinghurst, Moore Park and surrounds. Date: Saturday 1 March 2025 All Mardi Gras Parade attendees, including ticketholders to Taylor Square Takeover, Accessible Viewing Area, Sideshow and Club Cindy are encouraged to plan their trip to and from Parade before heading out on Saturday 1 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. 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. Grant Information will be emailed to eligible parade groups. You can also contact the parade team for further information at parade@mardigrasarts.org.au 13. CAN I USE THE MARDI GRAS LOGO ON OUR COSTUMES OR FLOAT? No, this is a trademarked logo and cannot be used on any floats, signs or costumes without the written approval of Sydney Mardi Gras. 14. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Limited Level 2, 81-83 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia ABN 87 102 451 785 T + 61 2 9383 0900 | W: mardigras.org.au For any enquiries regarding your parade application or these conditions, please contact parade@mardigrasarts.org.au 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade 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 After the final float made its way through Taylor Square the crowd still lingered along the barricades, slowly realising the end of the 47th annual Mardi Gras Parade had arrived. Get ready to set free pride, diversity, and unbridled joy as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade returns on Saturday 1 March 2025. With over 10,000 marchers and more than 180 spectacular floats, this year's Parade is a dazzling celebration of the 2025 Festival theme, FREE TO BE, honouring the LGBTQIA+ community's resilience, creativity, and unwavering pursuit of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Limited Suite 6/94 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia ABN 87 102 451 785 T + 61 2 9383 0900 | W: mardigras.org.au For any enquiries regarding your parade application or these conditions, please contact parade@mardigrasarts.org.au 2024 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade Saturday 2 March 2024 Club Cindy presented by Got2b. It’s time to celebrate Sydney Mardi Gras at the hottest spot on the Parade strip: Club Cindy! With bars, toilets and food trucks this premium viewing area pops you at the Moore Park end of Flinders Street, meaning you can beat the crowds and be in your own pampered pocked of the fabulous 2025 Parade. 12. CAN I USE THE MARDI GRAS LOGO ON OUR COSTUMES OR FLOAT? No, this is a trademarked logo and cannot be used on any floats, signs or costumes without the written approval of Sydney Mardi Gras. 13. DO I NEED MUSIC LICENSING FOR THE EVENT? Sydney Mardi Gras and the broadcast partner cover music licensing for the event and Take in the wonder if the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade from Sideshow! The premium viewing area gives you front row tickets to one of the biggest nighttime parades in the world. With hosts spilling all the tea on the floats, bars and toilets – all you need to do is take your pick from grandstand seating or standing and park yourself with a Here's every 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras float in running order This year's parade feels decidedly more political than previous years, with floats protesting the climate emergency and
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