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. 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. Embody the 2025 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras theme "Free to Be" in this celebratory dance class for LGBTIQA+ community of all ages and all abilities. Learn a simple yet joyful collective dance with professional dancers at this free workshop in the Sydney Opera House Centre for Creativity. Showstoppers at Sydney Mardi Gras 2025. Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible is Going to Happen is a razor-sharp, one-man show starring Samuel Barnett at the Sydney Opera House. Fresh from Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 as it happened: Thousands line Oxford Street to celebrate city’s LGBTQ community By Megan Gorrey , Nick Newling and Lucy Macken Updated March 1, 2025 — 11.17pm first 2025 Parade Float Groups. Sydney Opera House. Sydney Outfielders. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras acknowledges that our events take place on Aboriginal land Also new for 2025 is Mardi Gras + Qtopia, an exciting collaboration with Qtopia Sydney, the world’s largest centre for queer history and culture; and the Sydney Opera House will present Feeling 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 official dates for the Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 festival season will be February 14, 2025, to Sunday, March 2, 2025 The Mardi Gras season kicks off with Fair Day, which will be held on Sunday, February 16. The parade and official after-party are confirmed to be on Saturday, March 1. When is Sydney Mardi Gras in 2025? This year, Sydney Mardi Gras falls on Friday, February 14 until Sunday, Mar 2, 2025. When is the Sydney Mardi Gras parade in 2025? 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 Book Tickets for Lunar New Year’s Eve Gala 2025 | Sydney happening at Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NS on Tue, 28 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm AEDT. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. 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. People participate in the 47th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney on March 1, 2025. (Photo by David GRAY / AFP) Mardi Gras is a highlight of the city’s social calendar, with this year’s theme “free to be” celebrating freedom, authenticity, and the right to live openly and proudly, organisers said. MCA. The Museum of Contemporary Art is home to the city’s dedicated selection of work by contemporary Australian artists. With a frequently-changing program of exhibitions and an enviable location right on the harbour, any art aficionado’s trip to Sydney would be incomplete without paying the MCA a visit. Great Opera Hits 2025. 26 Jan – 30 Oct 2025. Stroll down to the iconic Sydney Opera House and join the stars of Opera Australia for a 90-minute summer afternoon concert of the greatest hits of opera. The sky’s the limit for Port Stephens visitor economy 28 February 2025; Bumper January for Sydney hotels 28 February 2025; Operation Mardi Gras 2025 launched ahead of celebrations 28 February 2025; Home Affairs nets ‘phantom’ businesses in suspected Tasmanian visa fraud 28 February 2025 From jeans, to recycled tote bags, to your own personal creation! Join sustainable fashion designers Sally Jackson and Gary Bigeni in decorating your own recycled tote bag at the Sydney Opera House Centre for Creativity to celebrate this years Sydney Mardi Gras! 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. The Sydney Opera House will be getting involved in the Sydney Mardi Gras this year by hosting this darkly comedic one-man show starring Tony and Olivier-nominated actor Samuel Barnett. The same producers who worked on stage shows for Baby Reindeer and Fleabag have lifted a story about a 36-year-old, perpetually single neurotic stand-up who
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