Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to descend on Sydney to party alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to celebrate the 45th annual Mardi Gras.
The annual parade is expected to see 300,000 people line Oxford St on Saturday, with the march to begin at 7.30pm.
More than 200 floats and about 12,500 marchers are expected to parade from Hyde Park to Moore Park celebrating the 2023 theme of Gather, Dream, Amplif.
The parade had been held at the Sydney Cricket Ground the past two years following Covid-19 measures.
Sydney city will shut its streets at 6pm on Saturday in anticipation of thousands of attendees.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will also be among the marchers, making him the first Australian prime minister to join in the parade.
He will be joined by NSW Labor leader Chris Minns.
The Australian Defence Force will also be sending 60 of its officers to join the parade.
Roads will begin to shut from 2pm and remained closed into the early hours of Sunday morning.
Major streets to close include parts of Flinders St and Anzac Parade, which will shut at 4pm.
Sections of Liverpool St and Oxford St, Crown St and South Dowling St are set to close at 4.30pm.
Streets near Moore Park Rd and Driver Ave will shut from 6.30pm and parts of Elizabeth Set, Castlereagh St and Pitt St will later close at 9pm.
Pedestrian crossings on the parade route will be open on Oxford Street and Flinders Street from 4.30pm until 7pm before it is also completely closed.
Transport NSW has also planned extra trains and busses to operate throughout the event.
Heavy traffic is expected to clog surrounding streets of the CBD.
More to come.
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