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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. The theme of this year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is Free to Be. The 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is set to attract huge crowds on 1 March. Credit: AAP. 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. The Mardi Gras Parade. When: Saturday, March 1, 6:45pm to 11pm Where: Oxford St, Flinders St and Anzac Parade, Sydney Tickets: free, with tickets to special parade viewing areas, more info (some sold out) The Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is now in its 47th year and is the jewel in the crown of the two-week Mardi Gras festival. 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 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 Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is here! Free to party, free to celebrate, free to laugh, free to be Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025! The pop star’s performance is not the only thing expected to dazzle Sydney on Saturday night, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to flock to the city for Mardi Gras, one of the world’s biggest LGBTQI events. The 2025 Mardi Gras theme is “free to be” and will feature 180 floats and 11,000 marchers in its 47th year. Tickets for the Mardi Gras Party after the parade at the Entertainment Quarter are still available. The event will feature international musicians and DJs, keeping the party going until 6am. In short: Crowds lined Oxford Street, Flinders Parade and Anzac Parade on Saturday night for this Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. NSW Police officers were allowed to march, despite Samuel Barnett stars in this award-winning show, playing during the Sydney Mardi Gras (photo supplied). 4. Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen. 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 The Sydney Mardi Gras celebration began in 1978, spearheaded by the Gay Solidarity Group as a form of protest against discrimination toward homosexuals. It happens on Saturday, so there’s no The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025 will take place from February 14 to March 2, 2025, with the main Parade happening on Saturday, March 1, 2025.This iconic event celebrates LGBTQIA+ pride and culture with a wide range of activities, including parades, parties, and performances throughout the festival period. Feeling Afraid As if Something Terrible Is Going to Happen; Mardi Gras Plus; Plan your Festival experience; Join the Festival. 2025 Parade applications; Fair Day 2025 EOIs; Mardi Gras + applications; Volunteer; 2025 tickets; MobTix; Accessibility; Sustainability. How to be a green festival-goer; Sydney Mardi Gras Packages. 3 Night Mardi Gras Origin of Mardi Gras Sydney. On a cold winter’s night on 24th June 1978, several hundred gays, lesbians and straight supporters gathered at Taylor Square in Sydney.. Led by a truck with a small sound system, the group made their way along Oxford St to Hyde Park, where they planned to read telegrams of support towards the international Gay Solidarity Celebrations. Moshtix is Sydney Mardi Gras preferred ticketing platform. However Mardi Gras Party and Laugh Out Proud are sold via Ticketek as the Hordern Pavilion and Enmore Theatre are contracted Ticketek venues, Hot Trans Summer is sold via Eventbrite as Glass Island is a contracted Eventbrite venue and Blak & Deadly: A First Nations Gala Concert is sold via the City Recital Hall (the events venue) website. How To Have A Fabulous Mardi Gras in Sydney: A First-Timer’s Guide The Background to Mardi Gras in Sydney. The origins of Mardi Gras lie in a spontaneous protest ‘festival’ that took place one night in June 1978 on Sydney’s Oxford Street. With the rallying cry of “out of the bars and into the streets” 500 people grew to 2000. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is an event in Sydney, New South Wales attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around Australia and overseas. One of the largest LGBT festivals in the world , Mardi Gras is the largest Pride event in Oceania . 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 Mardi Gras 2025 is here! Free to party, free to celebrate, free to laugh, free to be Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025!
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