ABC To Televise Sydney WorldPride Headlined By Kylie Minogue

Tune in to ABC for Sydney WorldPride in February 2023. 

While the opening ceremony doesn't take place until Friday, 24 February, the national broadcaster has a ton of coverage planned: ABC Radio Sydney will broadcast Mardi Gras Fair Day on Sunday, 19 February, an oral history about Indigenous LGBTIQ+ people features on RN on Saturday 4, 11, 18 and 25 February, while ABC TV, iView, and triple j will showcase the 45^th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on the final Saturday of February.

Triple j and ABC are also highlighting the Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference, Blak & Deadly: The First Nations Gala Concert, and Pride March in early March, and will premiere Queerstralia, a landmark documentary series that unveils the untold history of queer people in Australia.

The Live and Proud: Sydney WorldPride Opening Concert is headlined by Kylie Minogue and features Charli XCX and Jessica Mauboy, among other talented musical icons. Casey Donovan and Courtney Act will host the show.

The Sydney WorldPride program features over 300 acts and is tipped to be the biggest event in Sydney since the 2000 Olympic games. As Nine News reports, WorldPride is tipped to inject "$600 million into the local economy as 500,000 international travellers head Down Under for the 17-day celebration."

Superstar Kelly Rowland led the program announcement; the former Destiny's Child member will headline the Domain Dance Party on 26 February.

Chief executive Kate Wickett shared that the two-week monolith festival is inclusive for all. "We want to show the world the beauty that Sydney is, the beauty of our community, the beauty that we have to offer... We want to shine a light on our diverse communities here in Sydney, Australia and all of the region," she said. 

Wickett also vows that WorldPride 2023 will highlight the voices of all marginalised people, from First Nations people to the LGBTQIA+ community. 

"We made a promise in 2019 ... to gather you all, to amplify the voices of those voices that have often been silenced, or diminished, or that have never been heard," she shared. "We made a promise to dream, to dream what's possible for our community, to dream about the positive change that Sydney WorldPride could have for our community."

Check out the entire Sydney WorldPride program here.