The 43rd Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is drawing 5,000 paraders from over 100 LGBTQI+ community groups. This year's parade harks back to it's early history, forgoing the traditional floats in order to fit the parade inside the Sydney Cricket Grounds stadium. Making up for the absence of the floats, the parade organizers doubled down on what their site calls "outlandish pageantry of vibrant costumes, puppetry and props that made it such a phenomenon in its earliest years."
Before the stadium audience gets to witness the colourful cavalcade Saturday March 6, 2021, here's a preview of some of the artists starring in the parade.
Hannah Conda and Jack Vidgen & Pose
Jack Vidgen is a gay Australian singer, best known for winning the fifth season of Australia's Got Talent at 14 and later appearing on The Voice Australia.
Hannah Conda has performed numerous times on the mainstage at the Sydney Mardi Gras, opened for Bianca Del Rio, and appeared on an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Heath Keating
Gay dancer Heath Keating appeared on So You Think You Can Dance Australia
Maxi Shield
The drag queen Maxi Shield appeared in Australian Pie
Joyce Maynge
Drag queen Joyce Maynge presents Story Time With Joyce to children in Aussie libraries, has performed a flash mob on Bondi Beach with 100 dancers, and did a hilarious stay-safe PSA on her balcony.
Verushka Darling
Sydney drag queen Verushka Darling appeared in Fat Pizza and 2020's Remotely Funny.
Miss Cherry Teeaara
Mardi Gras 2021 Parade
Some of the marchers in the stadium where the 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade is being held this year. The parade will be carried on SBS.
