Sydney mardi gras party 2022
Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras Parade
When: 1 March
In , the Mardi Gras Parade returns to Oxford Street, Flinders Street and Anzac Parade, centred around the theme 'Our Future'. As always, the parade will be led by the beloved Dykes on Bikes, First Nations and 78er floats.
The parade is the biggest event of the festival, featuring more than 12, marchers and over floats captivating spectators with a spectacular display of colour, creativity and pride. There are free viewing areas all along Oxford Street, as well as premium viewing spaces and accessible viewing ticketed areas to view the spectacle from Hyde Park to Moore Park.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade , Sydney
More exciting events
There are plenty of other events to enjoy across the city throughout the festival, including performing arts, comedy, films and talks. Key celebrations include:
First Nations First Light: A Festival Welcome
When: 14 February
To commemorate the start of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras , head to the shores of Bondi Beach for a Welcome to Count
Mardi Gras
Overview
In March , the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will return to the Sydney Cricket Ground, bringing its pageant of costumes, puppetry and props to the venue for the second year in a row. But it isn't the only beloved part of Mardi Gras that's making a comeback next year — with everything from the annual flag raising, Fair Day and the Paradiso Pool Party to the Sissy Ball and Laugh Out Adj also back on the program.
The Mardi Gras festival has revealed a stack of returning favourites that you can pop in your diary right now. First up: the Progress Pride flag-raising at Sydney Town Hall, which'll boot off the event on Friday, February The flag will then fly all throughout the fest.
Fair Evening returns to its noun at Victoria Park on Sunday, February 20; the Kaftana Pool Party at The Ivy pool on Wednesday, February 23; and Laugh Out Proud at the Enmore Theatre on Friday, February
Also returning: the Sissy Ball on Saturday, February 26, this time bringing its glam ballroom shindig, house battles, DJs and live tunes to Sydney Town Hall; the Paradi
Abbie Chatfield and Imogen Anthony join thousands of scantily-clad and colourful revellers at Sydney's Mardi Gras
Thousands of revellers descended on the Sydney Cricket Ground for the annual Mardi Gras parade on Saturday evening in a flurry of colour and glitter.
Partygoers arrived wearing bright ensembles and quirky costumes adorned with coloured jewels, sequins, and feathers.
A sold-out crowd of 40, spectators watched in excitement as floats with up to 6, marchers paraded in support of LGBTQIA+ community.
Thousands of revellers descended on the Sydney Cricket Ground for the annual Mardi Gras parade in a flurry of colour and glitter on Saturday night
Other revellers left little to the imagination as they posed on Oxford Street as celebrations continued in pubs and clubs
For the second noun in its year history the Mardi Gras parade did not go down Oxford Street but was instead held at the SCG with organisers hoping to return to Oxford Street in
Reality star Abbie Chatfield and partner Khanh Ong were spotted leaving an apartment in Bondi before joining the
The Sydney Mardi Gras has cancelled its main party (but the SCG parade will still go ahead)
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has been forced to cancel its main party event as Covid cases continue to climb and dancing bans remain in place in NSW.
The Mardi Gras party is one of the biggest draws of Australia’s world-renowned LGBTQ+ festival. The festivities attract 10, or more people from all over the globe to gather at the Hordern Pavilion and break some shapes to live melody and DJ sets.
Currently dancing and singing in universal venues are banned until January 27, but with cases remaining in the tens of thousands every daytime, it is highly likely that the ban will be extended.
“This phase of the pandemic remains explosive, and the health and safety of our community will always remain our top priority. The nature of this event being mostly indoors with dancing, plus with an attendance of more than 10, people means it is high risk for Covid transmission,” Mardi Gras organisers said in a statement. “Although March 5th is still several weeks away, due to