2025 Parade Float Groups. Dykes On Bikes. 78ers. ABC. Sydney Swans. Sydney Swim Club Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras acknowledges that our events take place After becoming the first professional sporting club to have a float in the Mardi Gras Parade in 2018, the Sydney Swans will continue to show their support by taking part in one of the biggest Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras CEO, Gil Beckwith, said: ‘The 2025 Mardi Gras Parade will be a powerful reminder that our community has always been, and will always be, FREE TO BE. Every step taken and every float that rolls down Oxford Street is a testament to our strength, our history, and our hopes for the future. The theme for the 47th annual parade is “free to be”. Sydney Mardi Gras chief executive Gil Beckwith said it was a night to celebrate the “strength, beauty and resilience of our LGBTQIA+ 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. The Swans are proud to announce the Club will take part in this year’s Mardi Gras Parade, in what’s believed to be the first float entered by a professional sporting team. 01:22 Mins Swans' pride in Mardi Gras float The Swans are proud to announce the club will take part in this year's 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 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 SYDNEY believes it will enter uncharted territory when the AFL club takes part in this year's 40th Mardi Gras Parade. Swans players and coaches were involved in the parade in recent years, joining athletes from other sports in a stand against homophobia But this year Sydney will have its own float In past years, the Sydney Swans Mardi Gras entry has focused on the theme “After becoming the first professional sporting club to have a float in the parade in 2018, we are very proud to The Sydney Swans have continued to show their support by taking part in one of the biggest events on the LGBTIQA+ calendar, proudly marching in their sixth consecutive Mardi Gras parade on The SCG was a sea of colour on Saturday night as we proudly marched in the 2021 Mardi Gras. club to have a float in the parade in 2018, the Sydney Swans have continued to show their support by The Sydney Swans represented with enormous pride at the 2024 Mardi Gras Parade. Sydney's annual Mardi Gras parade began with a moment of silence for the young couple who were allegedly murdered by a serving police officer last week. Marchers in the Sydney Swans float wore The Sydney Swans will pull on their rainbow socks this weekend as Mardi Gras celebrations culminate in Sydney. After taking part in the first day of the 2019 Mardi Gras Festival at Fair Day in The Sydney Swans reckon they’re going to be the first ever professional sports team to have a float in Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, announcing this afternoon that the club will be The 44 th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will once again be held at our home, the SCG, on Saturday, March 5.. This year’s theme, ‘united, we SHINE,’ will bring together a dazzling For the third consecutive year, Sydney’s Mardi Gras has had a distinct Sydney Swans flavour with Brett Kirk taking part in the festivities. Around 300,000 people lined the streets to catch all Swans AFLW players Brooke Lochland, Alana Woodward and Maddy Collier at the 2023 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Credit: Getty The Swans will be marching in their seventh consecutive
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