Watch free on iView (Australia restricted) Unlock iView and watch anywhere with NordVPN Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2025 on Saturday, March 1 Starts 7.30pm AEDT / 8.30am GMT / 3.30am ET Watch the 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 Watch the Mardi Gras Parade live on ABC iview. On Saturday, you can watch the 2025 Mardi Gras Parade on ABC TV from 7:30 pm this evening in your timezone. ABC iview will stream the Parade telecast live on Saturday, March 1, from 7:30 pm AEDT. After the Parade, Romy, Honey Dijon, Hayla and Leland are headlining the 2025 Mardi Gras Party. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will take over Oxford Street, Flinders Street, and Anzac Parade. As one of the largest LGBTQIA+ parades in the world, the event will feature over 200 floats, including those from Dykes on Bikes, LGBTQIA+SB First Nations communities, and the beloved 78ers—the activists who led the first Mardi Gras 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 Follow our live coverage as 10,000 marchers make their way down a crowd-lined Oxford Street for the 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. Welcome to our live coverage of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. More than 10,000 marchers are gathering at Hyde Park before tonight’s festivities. 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. The ABC has named the hosts for its live broadcast of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on March 2. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras runs from February 16 across Sydney, with over 100 events on the 2024 program. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade will be held on Saturday night. ( ABC News: Mridula Amin ) The parade dates back to 1978, when homosexuality was still illegal in NSW. Our official broadcast partner, SBS is proud to bring to life the colour and magic of the 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Graslive and exclusive on Saturday March 6. Proving nothing – not even a pandemic – is going to rain on this parade, Mardi Gras has found a temporary new home in 2021 – the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground to ensure the 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 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade live feed, webcam stream, New South Wales, NSW centre webcam with harbour bridge view, Australian capital city live scene, Australia web camera, online webcam view, web cam, local scenery, live weather views The original Mardi Gras was a time of protest. More than 50 people were arrested, with many more beaten and others outed by the media in 1978. The marches for Pride in Protest aim to bring people 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. Huge crowds packed the streets to watch this year's celebrations. Although the event has firmly embraced its boisterous party atmosphere, Sydney's Mardi Gras originally grew out of a 1978 gay rights protest that ended with dozens of arrests. The parade is still used as a vehicle for protest, with floats this year pushing for LGBTQ rights. lec/mtp Join the ABC, the exclusive broadcast partner, for coverage of pride, progress, and community during the 2025 Mardi Gras celebrations. Sydney is expected to be buzzing for one of the biggest nights in the city's social calendar today as thousands are anticipated to march in the 47th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.
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