Nations United is the report for SYDNEY Gay/Lesbian Mardi Gras 2009 and we are extending a welcome to the universe to get to Sydney to be office of the world’s most colourful gay celebration.

This is a city that knows how to have a party, but they learned it from us! No gay pride event in the earth has been embraced by its local populations as often as ours. Sydney truly stops for Mardi Gras.

key dates this class are:

Season Launch at Fair Day nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 15th February 2009
Harbour ‘09 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;   1st March 2009
Parade nbsp;nbsp;/Party nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 7th March 2009

The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is an annual gay pride parade and festival for the LGBT community in Sydney, Australia, and is the largest such case in the world. Despite its name, it is not held on Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday) or indeed, on a Tuesday at all!nbsp;

The parade, whilst featuring many in the gay community with a taste for exotic costumes and dance music, has ever maintained a political edge, with often witty visual commentary on their political opponents featuring in the floats. As homosexuality became more and more recognized in the wider community, more gay representatives of community groups and organisations have taken office in the parade, including the police force. The parade features a list of costumed characters that issue for many consecutive years. Dykes on Bikes and Drop New Zealand are complete examples of regular crowd favourites.

The Head of March is decided each class by the organisation, and this claim was granted to gay film star, Rupert Everett in 2007, and American comedian, Margaret Cho in 2008. In 2009, the Head of March will be openly gay, Australian Olympic gold-medalist and 2008 Australian Sports Performer of the Year, Matthew Mitcham. In 2008, gay icon and comic, Kathy Griffin
filmed an installment of her Emmy-winning reality series Kathy Griffin: My Spirit on the D-List in Sydney during Mardi Gras and participated in the Parade.

The post parade Party is one the largest ongoing party events in the country. Mardi Gras Party attendances at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion / Royal Residence of Industries peaked in 1998 with 27,000 tickets sold!
 
In the age since 17,000 to 20,000 tickets are consistently sold, an extraordinary explosion since the inaugural Parade Ball held in 1980 at the Paddington Town Hall, a BYO event which attracted 700 guests!

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Author: NEW GAY TRAVEL GUIDE