Our 2026 highlights included:
- 20 February: The Inner West Pride Walk launch at the Inner West Pride Centre
- 27 February: The iconic Sissy Ball at Marrickville Town Hall
- 28 February: Our Mardi Gras Parade Screening, live in Camperdown Memorial Rest Park
Learn more about Mardi Gras celebrations in the Inner West below:
Feel the Love: Inner West Pride Walk launch
Council's Feel the Love celebration returned for Mardi Gras 2026 with a Pride History Panel to launch the Inner West Pride Walk.
The Inner West Pride Walk celebrates significant LGBTQ+ histories across the Inner West. This exciting queer history project includes commemorative plaques, maps, and online information.
On 20 February 2026 a panel of community speakers explored the vibrant queer history of the Inner West.
View video from the event
Mardi Gras Parade Live Screening
Our free live screening of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade has been held annually since 2022.
Get down to Camperdown Memorial Rest Park from 4pm for a relaxed picnic-style afternoon with craft activities, drag performances, and a free community BBQ.
From 7pm, you can enjoy all the glitz and glamour of Parade night live on the big screen!
View 2026 Mardi Gras live screening webpage
'Get to Know Your Neighbour'
In 2021, we launched a community film called 'Get to Know Your Neighbour' featuring members of our diverse Inner West LGBTQ+ community. The feature focuses on the friendships people form despite sexuality, age, race and gender.
Watch it below:
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Children's program
Youth program
View our Mardi Gras program below
Information on our 2027 program is TBA.
Previous events
- 28 February: Mardi Gras live screening
- 27 February: Sissy Ball: The Warm Up
- 21 February: Lunar New Year Pride Temple Fair
- 20 February: Feel the Love 2026
- 20 February: Rainbow Croquet (afternoon)
- 19 February to 1 March: In Full Bloom
- 16 to 23 February: Rainbow Families Stoytime
- 13 February to 1 March: Mardi Gras group fitness classes
- 7 February to 5 March: Twenty10 Rebels with a Cause