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STU DOHERTY'S AMAZING MARDI GRAS STORIES ✦ Where fashion meets drag in high performance arts
S
ay Mardi Gras and a riot of colours, music, parties and parades come to mind.
Mardi Gras in Australia, also known as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, is a LGBTQI+ not-for-profit member-based organisation that produces the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade and Festival and several other events and supportive initiatives throughout the year.
Sydney Mardi Gras Timeline
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Every year, Mardi Gras brings together LGBTQIA+ communities from all around the country where we gather in a colourful explosion of selfexpression, celebration and protest. The glittering Parade and Festival are a demonstration of the amazing power of passion, creativity and community.
Brilliant-Online speaks to Stu Doherty from Wauchope Creative Hub about his Mardi Gras experiences and he has quite a number of very colourful stories to share.
What is Mardi Gras like in Australia? We have the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras here, which is a festival attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around Australia and the world. It is held in March each year. As you can imagine, it is a huge event! In fact, Mardi Gras pumps more than 30 million dollars into the state economy each year. So I'd say we do take Mardi Gras rather seriously here-
