WorldPride: The ‘biggest event since 2000 Olympics’ to reopen Sydney to the world | michaelkoziol
When Sydney hosts next year’s WorldPride festival, it will not only be one of the city’s biggest events since the 2000 Olympics, but it will also be the catalyst to symbolically reopen to the world.
More than 500,000 are expected to attend in total and, with a 17-day program longer than 2008’s Catholic World Youth Day, Sydney WorldPride chief executive Kate Wickett said it will be “the biggest event in Sydney since the Sydney Olympics”. But politics will underpin the event as much as partying. Organisers have promised a three-day human rights conference at the International Convention Centre will not shy away from dealing with the egregious crimes against LGBTQ people that occur within the Asia-Pacific. WorldPride moves to Taiwan in 2025, its first time in East Asia.Wickett said: “It’s not just dance parties. We have lots of parties, but we are a party with purpose.
Wickett confirmed the traditional Mardi Gras parade, held at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the past two years due to COVID-19, will return to its “spiritual home” along Oxford Street, though there will be extra activity at the Moore Park end.Other parts of Sydney and surrounds won’t miss out; there is a forthcoming arts and culture program in partnership with Campbelltown Arts Centre and western Sydney councils, and a fine dining night in Newcastle loosely modelled on le Diner en Blanc.
Enterprise, Investment, Trade and Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres said the event would deliver “an incredible boost to the state’s visitor economy” to the tune of more than $100 million, with many visitors likely to travel further afield before, during or after the festival. An initiative called Pride Amplified will allow businesses, artists, producers and promoters to tie their own LGBTQ venues and events into the official program. Applications open this month.
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