Get Loud and Proud: All You Need To Know About Sydney WorldPride 2023

The world’s biggest LGBTQIA+ celebration WorldPride is coming to Sydney in 2023! 

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrations just got bigger and even more colourful as WorldPride 2023 lands Down Under! Sydney is about to be glammed up with glitter and rainbows as the biggest Pride celebration comes to the Southern Hemisphere for the first time. Brace yourself for glittering parties, landmark events, and pioneering festivals that embrace inclusivity across 17 days. That’s more than two weeks filled with world-class events!

Excited to celebrate Pride? Here’s everything we know about Sydney WorldPride so far:

WorldPride is an event that promotes visibility and awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTQIA+) issues on an international level. WorldPride includes parades, unforgettable pride marches, festivals, and other activities such as a human rights conference. Think of it like the Olympics, only it's more festivities, more booze, and a lot more colourful. It's awarded to a host city every two to three years. The first WorldPride event happened in Rome in 2000!

This 2023, WorldPride comes to Sydney, which coincides with the golden anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras' 45th anniversary. The year also marks the 5th year of same-sex marriage in Australia! 

Sydney WorldPride comes with the theme "Gather. Dream. Amplify", as it celebrates the diversity of culture, not just of LGBTQIA+ identities, but also of the Asia-Pacific region as it spotlights First Nations culture. 

WorldPride 2023 will turn Sydney's key landmarks and fantastic beaches into glittering Pride celebration venues, with dozens of vibrant events in the pipeline. One-off major events will be held across various spots in the city, such as the Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach, and the iconic Golden Mile, Oxford Street which will put Sydney back onto the global stage

Australia's summer just got hotter as Sydney WorldPride takes place from February 17 to March 5, 2023. You're invited to over 300 events over the course of 17 days! 

There are heaps to see and do during Sydney WorldPride. The centrepiece of this two-week affair is the three-day LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Conference that highlights human rights and real-life experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as events for WorldPride Arts, WorldPride Sports and Mardi Gras favourite events.

Other Sydney WorldPride 2023 events include:

Let's get the WorldPride party started!

Kicking off the first weekend of Sydney WorldPride is the Live and Proud: Sydney WorldPride Opening Concert at The Domain hosted by Casey Donovan and Courtney Act. Listen to the best of Australia's best singers and musicians as you reunite with fellow Sydney WorldPride attendees. The concert will start at 7 p.m., but entry gates open at 3 p.m., so you can choose your spot. Food and bevvies are also offered on-site. Pre-show entertainment will keep you and your mates hyped up even before the main event.

What's a celebration without some dancing, right? Sydney WorldPride is filled with tons of dance parties, but make sure you don't miss the biggest circuit event of all: Domain Dance Party! Jive to raving tunes of the best local and international DJs as the sun sets on the Sydney skyline. Don't forget to warm up—you'll be partying for seven hours in the open-air surrounds of The Domain.

Want an icon? This is the ultimate Sydney experience!

For one day only, the jewel of Sydney will become the city’s hottest club for 12,000 people at Bondi Beach Party. Set at the edge of Bondi Beach, you’ll need a lifesaver to recover from seven hours of fabulous partying with the global queer community.

As you dance from day through to dusk and night, feel the sea breeze on your face as the beach stage transforms from camp pop fun, to fire and house through to heaving electro unity. As the beat travels out into the South Pacific, keep your eyes peeled as special pop-up performances surround you. 

Bring your whole self to the sea - all colours of the rainbow are welcome at the beach.

As 17 days of Sydney WorldPride come to an end, we head back to The Domain for Rainbow Republic, the fitting cap-off to the fabulous two-week affair. Dance to six hours of live music, DJs, and fun performances in one of the most vibrant music events during Sydney WorldPride 2023.

There'll be a queer megamix of international and local acts including MUNA, G Flip, Peach PRC, Alter Boy, BVT and Vetta Borne, as well as food outlets and bars at the Domain.

Made for the young (and young at heart), Rainbow Republic is the music event for you and your 19,999 new mates. Come out come out wherever you are because this will be one for the history books!

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