Triple J to broadcast Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Triple J have announced they will broadcast the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, on March 5.

The station will present the LGBTQIA+ community's night of nights, live from the Sydney Cricket Ground starting 7 pm to 10 pm via radio, the station's app, website and across digital radio on Triple J, Double J and Triple J Unearthed.

The broadcast will cover the floats, the fanfare and all the fun, and hosts Tyrone Pynor and Abby Butler will put on a playlist filled with party tunes, queer anthems, and hot tracks by up-and-coming artists.

There will also be many well-known members of the LGBTQIA+ community joining the hosts in celebrating the much-anticipated event.

Sydney-based electronic pop artist Nick Ward will join the hosts in the Like a Version studio on Friday, March 4, The Hook Up will hear from those who came out during the pandemic, and Cub Sport will play this week's Live at the Wireless. 

A Pride Playlist, curated by Unearthed, will feature the best new Australian songs from emerging artists within the LGBTQIA+ community. It will run for an hour and can be listened to on demand via Triple J website, on air and on the app.

Double J will be bringing back a live set of The Village People from the archive, recorded at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney in May 1980. This will be available from Tuesday, March 1 at 6pm. 

Zan Rowe is also hosting a Mardi Gras 'Desko', playing Mardi Gras anthems that can be played at your desk, on Friday, March 5.

Triple J is a division of the ABC, who has television and radio rights of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras events until 2024.

The Mardi Gras will be live on Triple J on Saturday March 5, 7pm to 10pm local time.