Manchester Pride 2017
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Manchester Pride Big Weekend 2017 – Canal Street Online
Melanie C Manchester Pride 2017 – Main stage Highlights
Manchester Pride Parade 2017 Highlights – Canal Street, Manchester
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Take That plan surprise Manchester Pride appearance
Manchester Pride chief executive Mark Fletcher told the M.E.N.: “We’re thrilled to confirm that this year’s worst kept secret about The Big Weekend is true.
“One of the UK’s biggest and most loved boybands will indeed be gracing the Thomas Cook Airlines USA Stage on Monday.
“Take That will be introducing the stars of their new musical The Band. It’ll be brilliant to see the boys back in the city where it all began for them.”
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/take-that-manchester-pride-band-13526595
Manchester Pride 2017 stage times and line-up for The Big Weekend
Full times and line-up as Melanie C, Example, Clean Bandit, Liberty X and more play Manchester Pride’s Big Weekend
The Manchester Pride Big Weekend is almost upon us, and this year promises another diverse line-up of entertainment on the Village’s music stages.
The annual festival celebrating the city’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender culture, becomes a huge party from Friday night onwards for a full Bank Holiday weekend of music and merriment.
Friday night’s opening event culminates with a performance from former Spice Girl Melanie C, headlining Pride for the first time.
Revellers will be whipped into the party spirit earlier in the night with performances from X Factor finalist Saara Aalto and chart-topper Pixie Lott before Sporty Spice herself heads onto stage with her huge solo hits expected to light up the arena including I Turn To You, Never Be The Same Again and Goin’ Down
Manchester Pride 2017: Parade route, travel advice, timings and who’s performing at The Big Weekend
The event has a huge amount to offer – with Clean Bandit, Mel C and Saara Alto performing over the weekend.
Gay Pride Manchester 2017: Dates, key events and parade times for this year’s celebration
Manchester Pride is one of the biggest Pride events in UK. This year, it take place in the city from Saturday 26th August to Sunday 27th August.
2017 marks 50 years since Parliament first voted to legalise homosexuality in the UK, and Pride looks to give the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community a platform to raise awareness and campaign for equality on a wide range of LGBT issues.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pride-manchester-2017-events-parade-10648270
The Candlelit Vigil
28 August, 2017
The culmination of The Big Weekend is The Candlelit Vigil in which Sackville Gardens is turned into a sea of flickering candles as we take a minute to remember those we’ve lost to the HIV virus and join together to fight the epidemic worldwide and the stigma that still exists.
The Candlelit Vigil also provides you with a space to remember those close to you who may no longer be with us and presents an opportunity to stand together in a united front as we recognise the many challenges that still exist and face LGBT communities from Manchester to the rest of the world.
The Candelit Vigil is the spiritual heart of the Manchester Pride festival and there is a truly magical and moving atmosphere of quiet reflection in the gardens.
The Candlelit Vigil is delivered in collaboration with our charity partner George House Trust .
The Parade
26 August, 2017
With over 100 entries, equating to just over 3000 participants, The Manchester Pride Parade turns the city of Manchester in to a kaleidoscope of colour, as floats and marchers weave their way throughout the city centre in front of tens of thousands of spectators showing their support to the LGBT communities.
The Big Weekend
25 August, 2017
Manchester Pride’s flagship event, The Big Weekend is part of The Manchester Pride Festival and takes place in Manchester’s world famous Gay Village over the August Bank Holiday Weekend where tens of thousands of people come together to celebrate, with pride, some of the biggest names in music.
Introduction to Manchester Pride
Manchester Pride is a registered charity that campaigns for equality and challenges discrimination; creates opportunity for engagement and participation and celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) life. The charity fundraises for LGBT and HIV projects in Greater Manchester by staging a number of events throughout the year, including the award winning Manchester Pride Festival, The Manchester Pride Spring Benefit, events recognising International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) and our year-round programme of culture, Superbia.
