Tag Archives: Sydney Mardi Gras

Dance diva and former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland headlined at the big dance party at Sydney Mardi Gras yesterday. Unless it was tomorrow. #datelineconfusion.

Famed American photographer Spencer Tunick was commissioned by the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras for a mass nude photo on the steps of the Opera House. From a Sydney Morning Herald reporter (and participant) account: There were elderly couples walking down Macquarie Street, single young women in cars and plenty of gay groups whooping it up as they headed …

The publicists of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras sent us this promo clip this morning. Sigh. One of these days, one of the days.

If you’d like to follow along, Ken Martino is now live-blogging (somehow) from the Sydney Mardi Gras Pink Flight which departs San Francisco tonight. The flight is hosted by Kathy Griffin, so expect shenanigans – at least for the first few hours until everybody sacks out on that looooong flight. Here’s the first shot of Ken with the flight attendants.

Air New Zealand has announced a promotion aimed at the gay market. Passengers departing San Francisco for Sydney’s gay Mardi Gras on February 26th will be treated to an in-flight drag show, pink cocktails, and other “in-seat” (ahem) entertainment including gay-friendly movies. There will be a pre-boarding party called “Get on board, girlfriend.” Groan. Still, sounds like a riot. The …

Is nobody else terrified by the concept of 250 marching Kylie Minogue-impersonating drag queens? Can somebody please send me a picture of this? I want to file it in my ever-burgeoning Signs Of The End Times folder. Similar to my feelings on Madonna, I’m not a Kylie fan, but I’m not not a fan. Got that? Never having attended Sydney’s …