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Here’s the map for the Sydney Mardi Gras parade route (photo: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras). Sydney Mardi Gras Parade Route & Schedule. As you can see from the map above (click on it if you want a bigger version), the Mardi Gras parade route runs from the corner of Oxford Street and College Street through to Flinders Street and then onto The Mardi Gras parade will start on the northern end of Oxford Street, Darlinghurst at about 7pm, moving through Flinders Street before finishing at Anzac Parade, Moore Park at about 11pm. 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 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 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 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 Hundreds of floats will travel up Oxford Street, celebrating the 47th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. When is the 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras? The festival is being held from February 14 to 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 The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade is a celebration of love, unity, inclusion and equality – for everyone. Our Parade Accessible Viewing Area is located on Flinders Street and aims to provide a safe and comfortable environment for People with Disability to enjoy the Parade. Tickets: free (registration required) Facilities include: The 47th Sydney Mardi Gras Parade will take over Oxford Street (in the heart of Sydney’s gay-bourhood) on Saturday, March 1, and shimmy on down to Flinders Street and Anzac Parade. 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 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. All the ways to watch and stream the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade as 200 floats and 11,000 participants take over Sydney in a vibrant, colorful celebration of queerness. 130 West 42nd Street, New The most recognisable symbol of the Sydney Mardi Gras is the world-renowned Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, which takes place on Saturday, March 1. The parade route runs from the start of Oxford St, bending onto Flinders St and then onto Anzac Parade for a grand finish in Moore Park. Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 | Parade Night on Oxford Street. PARTY ON OXFORD STREET. 2-4 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia. General enquiries: (02) 9331 3066 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras returns for a spectacular 2025 season full of parades, parties, and show-stopping performances. This year, the Mardi Gras theme is ‘free to be’, honouring the decades-long fight for equality and celebrating a future of visibility and acceptance for Australia’s queer community. 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. More than 10,000 people -- many of them painted in glitter makeup -- and 180 floats rolled down a packed Oxford Street, lighting up the vibrant heart of Sydney's LGBTQ scene. 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 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. Sydney, get ready to dance, sweat, and celebrate—because Club Gras presented by Absolut X is about to set the scene for an unforgettable Mardi Gras 2025. Taking over ivy on Wednesday, February 26, this brand-new addition to the festival is where the city’s fiercest dancers, music lovers, and partygoers will unite for a night of pure
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