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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. 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 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 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 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 WorldPride Festival Report. Sydney WorldPride was more than a Festival – it was a milestone in the 45-year movement that is Sydney Mardi Gras, a conversation starter, a reminder of our wins and the fight ahead, and now – a memory of a time when Sydney was re-opened to the world for a global family reunion, and a legacy that will live on for decades to come. 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 . The Bondi Beach Party was added to the line-up in 2023 during Sydney WorldPride and held again in 2024 as part of Mardi Gras. However, it was confirmed in November that it would not be held in 2025. This came after a low attendance rate in 2024 and Sydney Mardi Gras facing financial difficulties. A glittering extravaganza Sydney is gearing up for one of its biggest weekends in years as the international WorldPride event officially opens and Mardi Gras returns to its historic home. Hundreds of thousands of people expected to flock to Sydney’s CBD for Mardi Gras, one of the world’s biggest LGBTQI events. Credit: 7NEWS One of the floats groups marching in the parade will be the 78ers, a group of LGBTQI community members who participated in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in 1978, as well as the subsequent protests that followed. 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 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. 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 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. The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival returns from 14 February to 2 March 2025 with the theme FREE TO BE. Drinks and hospitality companies including Absolut, Brookvale Union, Applejack, Squealing Pig and Archie Rose are joining the celebration of LGBTQIA+ pride, culture and community. Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras CEO Gil Beckwith 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. Mardi Gras Parade – 1 March . The biggest event on the Mardi Gras Calendar, the 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will be taking over the CBD for one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ nighttime parades in the world. This spectacle of colour, light and music is a must-see for anyone in Sydney. Sprawled across the gorgeous harbor, with miles of coastline (urban and more peaceful) to explore, with delicious food and beautiful architecture, there isn’t really a better location for one of the best gay pride events in the world. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, to give it its full name, is an over-two-week-long extravaganza of Interviewer: What are your final thoughts on the enduring legacy and lasting impact of the Sydney Mardi Gras? Dr. Sharma: The Sydney Mardi gras stands as an extraordinary demonstration of the transformative power of community, resilience, and collective action. It has evolved from a protest into a global celebration that is both a vibrant Each year, one of Sydney’s most formidable concert halls turns into a full-blown rave for the world-renowned Mardi Gras after party. The action even spills out of the area to the nearby Liberty Hall, turning the Entertainment Quarter into a chaotic party headlined by Honey Dijon and The XX’s Romy. A mock crucifixion conducted by an Indigenous person, and the inclusion of Palestine flags, at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has raised eyebrows with political candidates.
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