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Welcome to REALManchester.com - Manchester's leading online resource Canal Street, the Gay Village and well beyond! Since we launched in 2004 we've been busy meeting local businesses to include in our directory, we've listed details of thousands of events in our nightlife diary, we've taken tens of thousands of photos out in the clubs and bars, on football pitches, in swimming pools, on floats... and we've had hundreds of thousands of visitors to the site which makes us think that we must be doing something right!

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what's on today - Saturday, 4th July 2009

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1Sports City Tennis Centre : Northern Aces Tennis Group more detail
2Alter Ego : Poptastic more detail
3Cruz 101 : Drama Queen more detail
4Gay Village : Canal Street : Ladyboys of Bangkok more detail
5Gay Village : Canal Street : 50th Issue Golden Jubilee Weekend more detail
6New York New York : Party Time more detail
7Rembrandt Hotel, Bistro & Bar : Camp Classics
8New Union : New Union Anthems
9Eden : Cross the bridge & sample the delights..
10The Outpost : Credit beating drinking
11Churchills : Party
12Via : Via Party
13View : Locomotion
14Vanilla : Saturdays Rock!
15Bar Below : Saturday Night Benders
16Company Bar : Manly Drinking
17Legends : Legends partying
18Essential : Bender!
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19Queer : Morning Glory
20Queer : Open all day + Pre-Bender
21Spirit : Euphoria Clubbing
22Bar Fifty 7 : Relaxed Drinking
23TV21 Bar : Mrs Boon's Tea Party
24Coyotes : Jukebox
25The Frog and Bucket : Barrel of Laughs
26Satans Hollow : BodyBag
27AXM Bar : Remix
28Pure Space Cafe Bar : Across the Tracks
29Common : Best Foot Forward
30Baa Bar : Camp drinking
31Opus : Dinner and Comedy
32The Birdcage : Live Drag & Cabaret
33Museum of Science & Industry : Southern Voices: Weaving Strokes
34Tourist Information Centre, Manchester : Out in the Past Heritage Trail
35Charlie's : Disko Asbo

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No Downing Street invite for Peter

I have been campaigning for LGBT human rights for 40 years. I don't do my human rights work to win awards, honours or invites. It doesn't matter to me that I haven't been invited. What angers me is the principle

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Pride Games 2009

PG2009 Footy PG2009 Footy (Salford Sports Village)
Saturday, 6 June 2009
Manchester FA kindly organised the Pride Games Football tournament and hosted it at Salford Sport Village. Teams from across the UK braved the rain for another excellent day of footy.
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Pride Games Swim 09 Pride Games Swim 09
Saturday, 6 June 2009
Pictures from Northern Wave's Pride Games Swim free gala. A relaxed, fun event in familiar surroundings....
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PG2009 Opening Festival Alex Park PG2009 Opening Festival Alex Park
(Alexandra Park)
Sun, 31 May 09
PG2009 Ceilidh PG2009 Ceilidh
Sun, 31 May 09
PG2009 Athletics PG2009 Athletics
Saturday, 6 June 2009
Another great day of athletics at Pride Games 2009. Open Athletics excelled themselves in bringing together athletes from far and wide....
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PG2009 Youth Games PG2009 Youth Games
Sun, 7 Jun 09
PG2009 Squash PG2009 Squash
(National Squash Centre)
Sat, 6 Jun 09

out on the town

Pride Ticket Launch Pride Ticket Launch
Sunday, 10 May 2009
The glamorous, star-studded ticket launch event for Manchester Pride 2009 took place at Copper Kettle inside the Palace Hotel. We were even treated to an extra special performance from Frisky and Mann...
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Coalition Coalition
(Alter Ego)
Sun, 3 May 09
Pop's Birthday Pop's Birthday
(Poptastic @ The Birdcage)
Tue, 28 Apr 09
What a party... What a party... (Baa Bar)
Saturday, 9 May 2009
We gatecrashed a fancy dress party at Baa Bar and... well they say a picture says a thousand words....
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Friends Planting Day Friends Planting Day
(Sackville Gardens)
Thu, 30 Apr 09
The camera never lies... The camera never lies...
(Cruz 101)
Thu, 30 Apr 09
Past, Present and Future Past, Present and Future (Federation @ The Ritz)
Sunday, 3 May 2009
Federation celebrated their 6 Birthday in Manchester with a night of all your favourite tunes. Past, Present and Future....
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Large Social's Laucnh Large Social's Laucnh
Thu, 16 Apr 09

Gran Canaria Pride 2009

Another Night Out In The Yumbo Another Night Out In The Yumbo (Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria)
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
A big gay night out with the boys... or should that be GIRLS in the Yumbo!...
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Pride 2009 : Thursday at the Yumbo Pride 2009 : Thursday at the Yumbo
(Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria)
Thu, 7 May 09
Gran Canaria Pride Parade 2009 (4 substories) Gran Canaria Pride Parade 2009 (4 substories)
Sat, 9 May 09
Pretty in Pink (2 substories) Pretty in Pink (2 substories) (Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria)
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Tonight the shopping centre was pretty in pink. Well, okay, it wasn't pretty - because it's a concrete shopping centre. But the gays were all out in pink for Pride, which couldn't help ...
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Mr Gay Gran Canaria 2009 Mr Gay Gran Canaria 2009
(Las Walkirias, Gran Canaria)
Wed, 6 May 09
More poolside partying More poolside partying
(Las Walkirias, Gran Canaria)
Tue, 5 May 09
Friday night main stage Friday night main stage (Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria)
Friday, 8 May 2009
Great acts from around the corner and around the world graced the stage at the Yumbo tonight, for day two of the three days of shows for Mas Palomas Gay Pride 2009 in Gran Canaria!...
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Gran Canaria! Gran Canaria!
(Gay Pride Maspalomas)
Mon, 4 May 09

on location

National LGBT Sports Summit National LGBT Sports Summit (Brighton Racecourse, Brighton)
Saturday, 13 June 2009
The second National LGBT Sports Summit in Brighton was a very productive, positive occasion....
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Megawoof! Megawoof!
(Club Colosseum, London)
Sat, 6 Jun 09
Blackpool Pride Blackpool Pride
Sat, 16 May 09
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