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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 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. 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 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 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. 2024 Festival: 16 February – 3 March. No future is a match for a future where we’re together. We’re thrilled to unveil the 2024 Festival and the 46th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. The 2024 Festival will call on our communities to imagine and demand the world for ourselves we rightfully deserve under the theme Our Future 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 The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival returns from February 14 to March 2, 2025. The jewel in the Mardi Gras crown, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, will once again take to Mardi Gras Party. When: 1 March 2025. Let loose at the biggest overnight LGBTQIA+ party in Australasia, featuring Honey Dijon, Romy (Live) and Hayla. The Mardi Gras Party has been the beating heart of the festival for over 40 years, bringing together more than 10,000 people on the biggest night of Sydney’s party calendar. Laneway. When: 2 The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival returns from 14 February to 2 March 2025, promising an extraordinary celebration of LGBTQIA+ pride, culture, and community. With a refocused approach, this year’s festival brings us back to the heart of what Sydney Mardi Gras is all about—unapologetic self-expression, powerful inclusivity, and 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! Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras acknowledges that our events take place on Aboriginal land. Queer Screen's 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival 13 Feb - 27 Feb 2025 The 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival takes place across Sydney’s best cinemas (photo supplied). 1. Queer Screen’s 32nd Mardi Gras Film Festival The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival culminates in the renowned Sydney Mardi Gras Parade, an LGBTQIA+ rights protest and celebration of sexuality. The parade features more than 12,500 entrants in colourful costumes and elaborate floats, who represent a community group, topical theme or political message. Queer Screen is the home of the Mardi Gras Film Festival (February), and Queer Screen Film Fest, (August). We are in Sydney, Australia. 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 (near Museum Station) through to The 47th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade saw over 11,000 participants from the LGBTQI spectrum broadcasting a message of pride, with a big crowd joining them lined up on Oxford Street or We asked them what Free to be meant to them, what they’re looking forward to most about the 2025 Festival and their favourite Mardi Gras memory in the interviews below. Aunty Kooncha 04 Nov 2024 Check out the incredible artists making Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 a festival for the ages! MARDI GRAS PARTY. The Mardi Gras Party 2025 is here to light up Sydney with a night of unparalleled energy and music. Across six incredible spaces, experience over 8 hours of world-class DJs, jaw-dropping performances, and the electric spirit of the longest Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) is an LGBTQIA+ not-for-profit member-based organisation that produces the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade and Festival and several other events and supportive initiatives throughout the year.
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