Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge gets a FABULOUS new look on New Year’s Eve as it’s lit up light a rainbow to welcome the world’s largest LGBTQI festival to be held in 2023
- Sydney Harbour Bridge lit up in rainbow colours for World Pride festival
- The event is taking place in 2023 from February 17 to to March 5
- There will be over 300 different events during the wild celebrations
Advertisement
Sydney‘s iconic Harbour Bridge was lit up in all the colours of the rainbow as part of New Year’s Eve celebrations to welcome the 2023 World Pride Festival.
The event which has been running since 2000, is set to take place Down Under in conjunction with Mardi Gras from February 17 to to March 5, with the Harbour City winning the hosting rights.
World Pride CEO Kate Wickett said it’s going to be a party unlike Sydney has ever seen and that those planning on attending should ‘bank their sleep’.
The special moment during the New Year’s Eve fireworks spectacular came as beloved Aussie drag Queen Courtney Act performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
‘It’s 17 days of over 300 different events Everything from dance parties to the Human Rights Conference, visual arts, performing arts, poetry, theatre. You name it, we’ve got it,’ Ms Wickett said.
‘It says Australia and Sydney are an open and accepting and wonderfully diverse society and country.’
The special moment during the New Year’s Eve fireworks spectacular came as beloved Aussie drag Queen Courtney Act performed the classic song Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
‘What a magical evening tonight. 14-year-old me would have absolutely exploded in to glitter when the bridge and the harbour lit up like a rainbow. How good was that?’ she told the crowd.
Popstar Kylie Minogue also sent a message during the ABC broadcast to everyone hoping to attend.
Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge was lit up in all the colours of the rainbow as part of New Year’s Eve celebrations to welcome the 2023 World Pride Festival
‘I want to wish you all a happy and safe New Year,’ she said.
‘I just cannot wait to come and perform at the opening concert of Sydney WorldPride where, together, we’ll show the rest of the world how to party.’
Mon Schafter from ABC Queer said the event is like ‘gay Christmas’.
‘It’s a celebration of my beautiful, diverse, queer community. It’s like our time to shine,’ Schafter said.
‘I do love the fact that this visibility is reaching the far corners of Australia.
‘Queer kids growing up in regional and remote areas often don’t see queer visibility in their part of the world.’