Mardi Gras Party early bird tickets and first acts revealed
THE initial line-up of acts for the 2015 Mardi Gras Party has just been announced, with early bird tickets set to go on sale at 12noon today.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have revealed a list of both international and local talent to hit the decks in the 2015 Party, which will take place on Saturday, March 7 after one of the world’s biggest and most iconic evening parades.
Headlining the international acts so far is a rare tribute performance by superstar DJ, David Morales, who will be honouring the late Frankie Knuckles, who was known as the “godfather of house music”.
Morales’ set is expected to have music inspired by the life and times of Knuckles, a Mardi Gras favourite.
Meanwhile, multi-ARIA Award winner Paul Mac will be showcasing tracks from his new album, which is set to be released just in time for Mardi Gras.
He will also be joined onstage by a number of vocalists featured on his new album, plus performing some of his best-known anthems with a 2015 twist.
Making their Australian debut will be powerhouse collaborators Bent Collective, made up of two of Europe’s biggest DJs and producers, Danny Verde (Italy) and Steven Redant (Spain), who have been headlining major parties around the world.
Also making their Mardi Gras debut are Mason Andrews and Billboard dance chart-topper DJ Grind, while Wayne G is set to make a return to the party.
DJ Sammy Jo, best known as the DJ for superstars the Scissor Sisters, will also be joining the Mardi Gras Party, as will electro-feminist performance artist JD Samson, and New York-based production team The Carry Nation, who will bring their NYC house and underground sound to the dance floor.
Other Australian acts confirmed include Mardi Gras Global Ambassador and finalist in Ru Paul’s Drag Race season six Courtney Act, as well as Kitty Glitter, Dan Murphy, Adam Love and Sveta.
Back by popular demand, and go-to DJ for touring international artists, YO! MAFIA, will be shaking up the dance floor with more of her party-banging talents and hip-hop flavoured tracks.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief executive Michael Rolik said: “The lineup for the Mardi Gras Party 2015 is already looking phenomenal and we have more exciting announcements to come.
“We have some incredible international acts, with several of the artists making their very first live appearance in Australia.
“I’m also thrilled to have so many of our brilliant homegrown talents on board for the party, too.”
Early bird tickets for the Mardi Gras Party start at $79 and will be available at www.mardigras.org.au.
Mardi Gras Party line-up so far:
Adam Love
Amanda Louise
Astrix Little
Bent Collective (Steven Redant + Danny Verde) (Spain + Italy)
Dan Murphy
David Morales: A salute to Frankie Knuckles (USA)
DJ Grind (USA)
JD Samson (USA)
Kate Monroe
Kitty Glitter
Mason Andrews
Meta Etcetera
Paul Mac + special guests
Sammy Jo (USA)
Sveta
The Carry Nation (USA)
Wayne G (UK)
Yo! Mafia
Courtney Act (MG Global Ambassador)
Robert Collier
Why all the bull about act reveals. Organise like any event and reveal all acts and artists prior to ticket sales
Other wise sounds like a dodgy deal
What is a link to the site to buy them please ?
Hey Viscount-Paul, try http://www.mardigras.org.au/party2015/
sold out already ???
Barry – almost enough for me to come out of hi-bear-nation
Do it!
the line up is almost perfect. :)
We’ve got a couple of surprises left that may just make it 100% perfect for you :)
Amazing line up this year… Well done!
Thanks Andrew – the response has been wonderful, tickets selling very well.
Geoff
Clam Newtons adds are everywhere on your site.
Tony Lai
Min Chan
Ticketek needs to get its act together
Until the website crashed and burned. Surprise surprise.
Wow. And they listened. Party ticket prices are down it seems.
We did listen Mark :) Its going to be a great party – hope to see you there!
Hey MG, I ended up getting a ‘member ticket’ because I couldn’t select any of the others (error msgs each time)… But does the member ticket still get express entry? Thanks
That was weird. If you entered your membership number you could only buy the more expensive member ticket. If you backed out, you could buy the cheaper tickets but by the time I figured this out first release were gone (at 12.02). Got second release which was still cheaper than member’s tickets. So if you’re a member but bought other tickets can you still use the member’s entrance?
My membership number didn’t even work, so I went for the cheaper ticket anyway.
Hey James, sorry that we only just spotted this message. There is no express entry for the party at this stage while memberships are being reviewed. We’ll advise if this changes. Thanks for your support.
Hey Kris, sorry we only just spotted your post here. There’s no members entrance this year for the Party. Thanks for grabbing your ticket this afternoon, its going to be a great party :)
Hi Luke, the member tickets were available for current Friends with Benefits members. Is that what your membership is? Feel free to PM us or email membership@mardigras.org.au if you need more information or assistance. Thanks for your support, see you on the dancefloor!