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Thank you to everyone who voted online or in-person at the Annual General Meeting. The digital and in-person votes have now been counted and verified. Here are the results of the Ballot Votes for Directorships.

Our 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Annual Report is now available to read online here.

AGM Items of Business and Candidate Statements for Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Limited and Mardi Gras Arts on Saturday 23 September 2017 at Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Eternity Playhouse, 39 Burton Street, Darlinghurst.

Today the Board of Directors of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Limited and Mardi Gras Arts Limited are pleased to announce a surplus on operations for the year ended 30 June 2017 of $173,774, building on our previous surplus for the year ended 30 Ju

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is proud to announce that it is among many of New South Wales' leading LGBTQI social, support and lobby groups who'll unite with a loud and proud call for marriage equality next month in Sydney's CBD.

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras today announced it will partner with ANZ to launch a new community grants program to provide funds for LGBTQI community organisations to support a wide range of initiatives.

ABC and Screen Australia are pleased to announce that filming is underway in Sydney on the telemovie event Riot.

Got an event that's perfect for our 40th anniversary Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival, happening 16 February - 4 March 2018?

Notice is given to members of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Limited (Company) that the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Saturday, 23 September 2017.

The Board and staff of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras would like to express our extreme disappointment over the Turnbull government’s decision to move forward with a postal plebiscite on Marriage Equality.

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 2018, Screen Australia and ABC TV Arts are pleased to announce Love Bites, a brand new documentary initiative for LGBTQI filmmakers.

Peter Bonsall-Boone (Bon) passed away on Friday after a battle with cancer. Our thoughts are with his beloved partner of 50 years Peter de Waal, and their many friends and loved ones.

After four change-making years serving as a Director and three years as Co-Chair, Fran Bowron is now stepping down from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board.


Each year Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras recognises excellence across our huge season of events, honouring those individuals and groups among us who go above and beyond to make the festival extra special.

Our 2017 Mardi Gras Parade participants are proudly showing off their amazing choreography in wonderful videos.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras would like to congratulate all the recipients of our Community Parade Grants Program, proudly supported by Google.

Our 2017 Mardi Gras star Steve Grand had an amazing time in Sydney!

Last night an estimated 250,000 spectators took to the streets to watch more than 12,000 participants take part in the world’s biggest celebration of the LGBTQI community - the 39th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.