Want to dial up your 2025 Sydney Mardi Gras Parade experience? Or want to know you’ve got the best view and don’t have to get in early? From new queen on the block Taylor Square Takeover, to Club Cindy and everything in between, our posse of premium Parade Viewing Areas are your ticket to turn the 2025 Parade into your best one yet!
Taylor Square Takeover presented by American Express
It’s time for a shake up… FKA Diamond Club, Taylor Square Takeover is a total timely revamp of one of the most sought-after spots of the Festival. This is your ticket to the ultimate parade block party – with bars, all the essential amenities and 5 hours of music and entertainment with the world-famous Sydney Mardi Gras Parade as your backdrop.
Diamond Club loyals, our doll is going to be unrecognisable. With no grandstand, Taylor Square Takeover is officially the new queen on the block.
Tickets from $149 + BF
Best for:
- Block party right at Taylor Square
- Bars, food and music all parade-long
- New Mardi Gras Parade experience
Sideshow presented by Optus
Want to witness the glitz and glam from your own pocket of Flinders Street? Take in the wonder if the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade from Sideshow! The premium viewing area gives you front row tickets to one of the biggest nighttime parades in the world.
With hosts spilling all the tea on the floats, bars and toilets – all you need to do is take your pick from grandstand seating or standing and park yourself with a prosecco for an evening of pure Mardi Gras magic.
Tickets from $69 + BF
Best for:
- Hosts spilling all the tea
- Watch the Parade from Flinders St roadside
- Choose from bleacher-style seating or standing
Club Cindy
It’s time to celebrate Sydney Mardi Gras at the hottest spot on the Parade strip: Club Cindy!
With bars, toilets and food trucks this premium viewing area pops you at the Moore Park end of Flinders Street, meaning you can beat the crowds and be in your own pampered pocked of the fabulous 2025 Parade.
Tickets from $59 + BF
Best for:
- Casual party atmosphere
- Flinders St view
- Moore Park end of the Parade route
- Bars and amenities
Accessible Parade Viewing Area
The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade is a celebration of love, unity, inclusion and equality – for everyone. Our Parade Accessible Viewing Area is located on Flinders Street and aims to provide a safe and comfortable environment for People with Disability to enjoy the Parade.
Tickets: free (registration required)
Facilities include:
- Unobstructed view of the parade
- Seating
- Accessible portable toilets
- Quiet room offered in association with Autism Spectrum Australia
- Dedicated volunteers and security
- Charging ports for electric wheelchairs
- Changing place amenity unit
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