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As the official broadcast partner, SBS is proud to bring to life the colour and magic of the 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras live and exclusively on Saturday March 6.

Proving nothing - not even a pandemic - is going to rain on this parade, Mardi Gras has found a temporary new home in 2021 - the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground to ensure the safety of participants, spectators and the community at large. While the beloved celebration of pride and diversity is moving up the road from its usual location, the spirit of this important event won't be dampened, because there ain't no party like a Mardi Gras party.

SBS is the place to be bringing the coverage to audiences across Australia and around the world, live and free from 6pm AEDT on SBS On Demand (geo-block removed for viewers internationally), or tune in for the full parade on SBS and NITV at 7:30pm.

This year, the event is rising to new heights with the fab four - drag icon Courtney Act, comedy superstar Joel Creasey, Network 10 Presenter Narelda Jacobs and stand-up genius Zo Coombs Marr - returning to host this year's coverage. Mardi Gras will light up with glittering performances and stellar interviews with a cavalcade of soon-to-be announced celebrity guests, not to mention the colourful pageantry of costumes, puppetry and props. Bringing the world together each year in a celebration of diversity and inclusion, the event is also an opportunity to reflect on the history of activism and protest that started the movement in 1978.

Courtney Act said: I can't wait to get my heels on the pitch, wearing a lace-front in place of a baggy green, to celebrate this unique and vibrant Mardi Gras parade with my Indigenous, black, brown, trans, bisexual, asexual, intersex, lesbian, gay and queer siblings. We're going to bring all of the fun, glamour, heart, diversity and storytelling from the SCG and shout it loud and proud across Australia and around the world.

Joel Creasey said: I cant wait to be back with my Mardi Gras besties Narelda, Courtney and Zo to be hosting the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for my fifth time! Its a wild ride hosting Mardi Gras, so many elements and moving parts have to come together live on the night to make it all work... so often we are flying by the seat of our pants (assless chaps) but I couldnt be doing it with a better crew. And, after the year weve had, we truly need the love, light and bio-degradable glitter that is Mardi Gras. Ive never been to a cricket ground before so I hope my Uber driver knows where to drop me. I cannot wait!

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras remains one of the world's largest and most loved LGBTIQ celebrations. This year the festival is themed RISE, a call to action that now is the time to rise again through love, compassion, respect and understanding, and to work to make the world a better place for all. The theme is a poignant message following the challenge and hardship of 2020.

Narelda Jacobs said: Rise and shine! The world's biggest party since last Mardi Gras is on March 6 and we're asking Australia to rise to the occasion. We're spreading our wings and love from the SCG into lounge rooms, pubs and clubs around the country. I'm thrilled to be reunited with the rainbow dream team of the ridiculously good-looking Joel Creasey, the unpredictable Zo Coombs Marr and the queen with the highest hair Courtney Act. Together, the queer community has supported each other through the pandemic, now let's rise like a phoenix to celebrate Mardi Gras 2021.

Zo Coombs Marr said: It's going to be a totally different Mardi Gras this year. I'm really excited to see the different ways that our community interprets the struggles and the magnitude of the past year, in ways that only our community can with leather, cardboard, and eco-friendly glitter! And last year's Mardi Gras was one of the last big events before certain viruses that shall not be named. The event has a special kind of energy that can only be rivalled by a sugar-free kid at a birthday party who's just had red cordial for the first time. Magic!

SBS Director of Television and Online Content, Marshall Heald said: SBS is proud to be the official broadcast partner for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for the eighth year running. Mardi Gras is a celebration of diversity, inclusion and acceptance, which is at the core of what we do at SBS with our programming. This year's history-making event promises to be like no other and will certainly be a night to remember.

SBS celebrates Mardi Gras across the network:

NITV will simulcast the broadcast on Saturday March 6 at 7.30pm followed by Black Divaz at 11.30pm, about the inaugural Miss First Nation pageant. In the leadup, they will celebrate the LGBTIQ community with a slate of special programming. Thought-provoking documentaries Killing Patient Zero, Leitis in Waiting and The Stars Will Do will also air along with an encore screening of Faboriginal Monday March 1 to Thursday March 4 at 7:30pm followed each night by the NITV premiere of Drag Heals, a documentary that follows men who have always dreamed of letting their inner drag queen out.

From Monday March 1 at 9:30pm, SBS World Movies will showcase the best of LGBTIQ films from around the world with Mardi Gras Week. Titles include Goodbye Mother, Tu Me Manques, A Fantastic Woman, Carol, Call Me By Your Name and The Kids Are Alright.

SBS On Demand presents Rainbow Pride, the ultimate collection of movies exploring LGBTIQ themes with The Kids Are Alright, Goodbye Mother and Holding the Man just some of the highlights. In addition, our very own Courtney Act will curate a special collection of TV series celebrating the spirit of Mardi Gras. Personally hand-picked, the Courtney Act Guest Curates' collection features everything from Years an
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