Welcome to the 2025 Festival, where you are Free to be…

Featuring Festival-favourites, new queens on the block and a line-up of Mardi Gras + events – Sydney Mardi Gras returns 14 February to 2 March 2025. Explore the Festival Guide, watch the 2025 trailer, meet the cast of our Free to be campaign and learn more about the theme below.

 

 

2025 FESTIVAL GUIDE

With over 80 events to explore, feast your eyes on the 2025 Festival Guide! Seen them out on the streets? Be sure to collect all eight limited edition covers featuring some of our favourite shots from the Free to be campaign.

Festival Guide
Mardig Grass

Meet the cast of Free to be

Featuring over 30 members of our glorious LGBTQIA+SB communities, the 2025 Free to be campaign is a celebration of who we are and the pure joy that comes from freedom. Want to get to know your cast? 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.

WHEN IT COMES TO FREEDOM, IT’S SIMPLE YOU’LL SEE…

THAT NO ONE IS FREE TILL WE’RE ALL FREE TO BE

EVEN THOUGH OUR RAINBOW SHINES BRIGHT, IT’S A SIMPLE APPROACH – IT’S BLACK AND IT’S WHITE.

OUR FREEDOMS, HARD FOUGHT FOR, MAY BE UNDER THREAT. THEY MAY COME FOR US BUT THERE’S ONE THING WE’LL BET…

OUR STRENGTH AND OUR POWER WILL NEVER FADE – ONE FORCE, ONE FAMILY, ONE LIFELONG CRUSADE.

WE’RE BEEN DANCING AND MARCHING SINCE OUR MOVEMENT BEGAN.

HAND IN HAND, YOU CAN’T DENY OUR HEARTS BEAT AS ONE.

WHETHER YOU’RE NEAR OR YOU’RE FAR, ONE DAY YOU’LL SEE – THE DAY WE’RE TOGETHER ALL FREE TO BE.

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