Sydney Mardi Gras

One of the most famous festivals in Australia, this three-week long celebration of LGBT rights is well known for the parade held at the end of the festival. Organized in Sydney for the past forty years now, the world’s largest gay festival, Mardi Gras, is attended by over 200,000 people every year. You will find people from all over the world in Sydney uniting in this mad and exhilarating celebration of pride, self-expression, and love.

The festival includes a variety of events such as the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade and Party, Bondi Beach Drag Races, Harbour Party, the academic discussion panel Queer Thinking, Mardi Gras Film Festival, as well as Fair Day. The colorful, exuberating Mardi Gras parade captures everyone’s imagination, with tourists and spectators joining in the celebrations. You could say that it is one of the national festivals of Australia.

Where: Sydney, New South Wales

When: Second Thursday in February - First Saturday in March