Mardi Gras parade

The Mardi Gras parade has returned to Oxford Street after a two-year COVID-19 induced hiatus to headline the 17-day long Sydney WorldPride event.

Pedestrian crossings on the parade route will be open on Oxford Street and Flinders Street from 4.30pm until 7pm before it is also completely closed. Sydney city will shut its streets ahead of the 45th anniversary of the Mardi Gras at 6pm on Saturday in anticipation of thousands of attendees. Streets near Moore Park Road and Driver Avenue will shut from 6.30pm and parts of Elizabeth Street, Castlereagh Street and Pitt Street will later close at 9pm.

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More than 200 floats and 12,500 parade participants will dance through 1.7 kilometres of rainbow-lined streets in a celebration of queer identity, community and ...

So to have them here on this line and expressing themselves with a smile. “We’ve got so many people with diverse backgrounds and people recovering from serious addictions and all those sorts of things. In recognition of their historical significance, Dykes on Bikes and their gay counterparts will lead the parade alongside a First Nations float and one dedicated to the ’78ers. “There’s a different energy in the air this year because there’s more accessibility because of that Oxford Street factor.” “I won’t try and compete in the fashion stakes,” he said on Saturday. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade will return to its heritage-listed route after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event to relocate to the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2021 and 2022.