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Manchester Pride
Manchester Pride has been around for a number of years, previously in the guise of Mardi Gras, GayFest and the Ab Fab Weekend. In recent years, the organisation has grown significantly, focussed its aims and provided a network for community groups, the City Council and the gay businesses - no mean feat!
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Manchester Pride 2008 : Celebrating 18 Years! @ Gay Village : Canal Street, Manchester
It's hard to believe that Manchester Pride has been around for 18 years - maybe because of it's various guises as Mardi Gras, GayFest, EuroPride and the AbFab Weekend. During that time, it's built itself up to one of the biggest Pride events in the country and is now a registered charity in its own right. This year will be a right old celebration - you can expect the usual fun and frolics in and around Manchester's Gay Village and Canal Street with all the venues doing their utmost to keep that party going all weekend. There'll be stages, and group areas, along with markets and foodstalls. The week's run up to the big weekend will also feature lots of other events - from clubbing and partying through to arts and cultural entertainment.
Check nearer the time for full details of performance lineups, all the events and clubnights on REALManchester.com and REALPride.com!
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times: Check nearer the time for details of all the events at Manchester Pride.
door tax: Wristband sales will be announced nearer the time.
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My First Pride Exhibition @ Urbis, Manchester
Celebrating ‘My First Pride’ will document over 18 years of ‘first timers at Pride’ held at URBIS one of Manchester’s most iconic buildings. The exhibition will highlight the effect Manchester Pride has had on people’s lives and display the many memories that have been made.
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times: 10am - 6pm.
door tax: Free Entry
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Military Pride @ Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
Military Pride is a small but powerful display which reveals via portrait photography and personal testimony the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people within the context of conflict, war and military service. Military Pride will also detail historical context and a timeline of post 1945 legislature and policies within the Armed Forces and is timed to connect with the Manchester Pride Festival.
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times: 10am - 6pm.
door tax: Free Entry
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Pride Chamber Music @ BBC Manchester
A series of lunchtime concerts running throughout Manchester Pride will explore the role of music in the struggles for equality around the world. To mark the 150th anniversary of her birth, the concerts will also feature works by Dame Ethel Smyth, reflecting her activities both as a suffragette and formidable establishment lesbian! Internationally renowned pianist, Stephen Coombs and BBC Radio 3 producer, Les Pratt have devised the series, which will involve well-known and established performers, as well as giving opportunities to local young musicians.
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times: 1pm - 2pm.
door tax: Donations on the door
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Closer Look for Pride @ Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
A short gallery tour which focuses on the hidden histories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities in periods of war and peacekeeping. The tour will explore the Imperial's Military Pride exhibition, a display of portrait photography and personal testimonies, revealing the stories and experiences of gay service people.
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times: 1.30pm - 3pm.
door tax: Free Entry
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Summer Camp @ The Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester
A night of exquisite comedy in celebration of Manchester Pride's 18th Birthday. The Producers of Rough Sketch Comedy Club bring you an evening of delightfully camp sketch and stand up comedy, performed for your pleasure by some of the UK's best comedy acts. The Team are on Summer Camp, so expect lots of old school fun and frolics, whilst the camp rep's entertain you with their witty, original comedy routines.
Special Line-up to be announced shortly.
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times: 8pm - 10pm.
door tax: Visit www.roughsketch.org for ticket details
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The Speed of Dating @ Taurus Café Bar & Restaurant, Manchester
Meet Alice; a guaranteed liability. Alice is a bisexual, single woman in a straight man’s world. She finds it hard to talk to attractive people, to string a sentence together, even to just be herself. What Alice really wants is to find love, but she gets is a string of awkward dates that send people running, screaming and possibly even crying.
Ever been on a bad date? I promise, it’ll never have been quite as bad as this. ‘The Speed of Dating’ is a farcical guide of “how not to get laid”.
Allow yourself to laugh at someone else’s misfortune, because even when the chips are down, at least you’re not Alice. Starring Sarah Emmott as Alice.
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times: 8pm - 10pm.
door tax: £5 available from www.quaytickets.com
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