NYC to Vegas: Kylie and Mardi Gras take US

NYC to Vegas: Kylie and Mardi Gras take US

Sydney Mardi Gras billboards featuring Kylie Minogue have gone live in Times Square, New York and Las Vegas in the lead up to this month’s festival.

The billboard, which reads “Sydney Mardi Gras welcomes Kylie home for K25”, has already been circulating social media platforms, with fans impressed with the international exposure.

It will be seen by more than 200,000 workers who pass by Times Square in the morning and evening rush hour for the next few days. The billboard at the famous Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas is passed by 100,000 vehicles and 55,000 pedestrians each day.

Since the news broke on Australia Day that Kylie is coming home for Sydney Mardi Gras, it has been reported in more than 20 countries worldwide.

“Our evidence on trends over the last five or six years show steady growth in overseas visitor numbers, even in the face of an increasingly strong Australian dollar,” Mardi Gras CEO Michael Rolik said.

“We expect that the news that Kylie Minogue is coming to celebrate with us this year will further increase the number of international guests.”

There have already been indications that fans as far away as the UK have been booking flights to Australia and getting their Party tickets in the hope of seeing Kylie and being part of what is shaping up to be an unforgettable weekend.

Kylie will attend the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade and join Sydney’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex community in celebrating a milestone in her career K25 — 25 Years of Kylie. SGLMG will honour Minogue during the Parade with a spectacular K25 float that pays homage to her career and support of the LGBTQI community.

“I am coming home for Mardi Gras this year!” said Minogue said in her announcement last week. “I simply cannot wait, and it’s going to be a beautiful way to celebrate 25 years of this relationship.”

The festival kicks off with Fair Day on February 12. Download the Star Observer’s comprehensive guide here.

INFO: www.mardigras.org.au

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7 responses to “NYC to Vegas: Kylie and Mardi Gras take US”

  1. Sorry ’78er, but $180 for a ticket is total bullshit.
    General admission tickets for members are $106.
    Non-member VIP tickets may be $180 – but not like you are forced to pay it … that’s a choice
    I am seriously tired of all this whinging and whining .. nowhere does it say straight – it is Sydney Mardi Gras, an event the world over knows is a g+l event.
    And besides, since when did we need labels to party? ThoughT the whole struggle for equality was about the removal of labels?

  2. Sorry Alan comment is right. Straight Mardi Gras it is.
    And how much of our $180 ticket went to this electronic flash card?

  3. It would have been much more impressive if it had said Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras. It would show what she is supporting and what she is proud to say she is involved in.

    Sydney Mardi Gras. What is it? Mardi Gras. Celebration. No indication as to what it is celebrating.