• Have your say on Mardi Gras name change

    The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has launched an online survey to allow members of the community to have their say about the naming of the organisation and its events. In November 2011, the organisation changed...

    • Posted 329 days ago
  • Have your say on Mardi Gras

    Today Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras launched its annual survey about the Sydney Mardi Gras 2012 season. The survey is used to help the organisation in planning next year’s events. They’d love to hear as much...

    • Posted 441 days ago
  • Colour your closet for Mardi Gras

    World Square will be showing its true colours in the lead up to Mardi Gras 2012 with a three-day sale from Wednesday February 29 featuring exclusive specials, offers and live entertainment. From Monday, February 20, World Square...

    • Posted 464 days ago
  • Record-breaking Fair Day kicks off Mardi Gras

    Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) celebrated the start of Sydney Mardi Gras 2012 yesterday with a record-breaking Fair Day crowd. Organisers thanked the community for its support, with crowds of 70,000 turning out to catch...

    • Posted 464 days ago
  • Harbour Party experiences CoolChange

    Mardi Gras Harbour Party will this year unveil a number new features including a fresh new name and day change to Saturday, February 25. Making its debut as CoolChange, Harbour ‘12 organisers are promising a new party...

    • Posted 471 days ago
  • An idea whose time has come, or back to the future?

    What’s in a name? A Mardi Gras in Sydney will always be Our Mardi Gras. It’s not 1981, or even 1991, folks. And, particularly, it’s not 2002. Throughout its history, Mardi Gras has had significant periods of...

    • Posted 532 days ago
  • Welcome, our new custodian

    Last Thursday evening, I attended the launch of the 2012 Season and the new names for the organisation and festival. It was a high tempo event with excellent speeches from impressive young people and genuine about the...

    • Posted 547 days ago
  • BGF gives up Glamstand

    The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) and New Mardi Gras (NMG) announced yesterday that they will permanently move the management and production of the Glamstand reserved seating area at the Mardi Gras parade to New Mardi Gras. BGF...

    • Posted 554 days ago
  • Mardi Gras looks to the future

    New Mardi Gras (NMG) will tomorrow unveil a whole new look for season 2012 and beyond. A new season logo will be unveiled at two public events, and then detailed at a special evening forum at Paddingtown...

    • Posted 554 days ago
  • Big Gay Weekend a success

    A year on from the demise of Sleaze Ball, New Mardi Gras (NMG) CEO Michael Rolik has hailed the inaugural Big Gay Weekend as a success. Rolik told the Star Observer that participating venues along Oxford St...

    • Posted 582 days ago