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Sydney WorldPride to showcase the best in queer art and culture

Described as ‘a mega Mardi Gras’, Sydney WorldPride features a carefully curated cultural program and artists from around the world.

10 Nov 2022 18:00

Richard Watts

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Marri Madung Butbut (Many Brave Hearts): First Nations Gathering Space will be ‘immersing people in First Nations culture through a queer lens’ as part of Sydney WorldPride. Image: Supplied.

Sydney will host a global celebration of queer pride in February 2023, with the first Sydney WorldPride taking place from 17 February to 5 March.

Graetz, a descendant of the Iwaidja and Malak Malak Clans in the Northern Territory and of Badu Island on the Torres Strait Islands, describes WorldPride as ‘a mega Mardi Gras’ that ‘combines all of the incredible Mardi Gras events and favourites with a whole lot of Sydney WorldPride official events as well’.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts