Manchester Pride 2011

Friday 26th to Monday 29th August 2011
Manchester's Gay Village, Canal Street, Manchester, England MAP
early bird £15 for the weekend, or £12.50 per day

Last updated: Tue 2nd Aug 2011

This eight-day festival celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender life, culminating in the Big Weekend with 62 hours of non-stop partying and fundraising in Manchester's Gay Village from 10pm, Friday 26th until midnight, Monday 29th August.

Line-up

The first act confirmed for the main event is Pixie Lott, Sugababes, Blue, Soundgirl, Bucks Fizz, Toyah Wilcox, Hazel Dean, Cosmo Jarvis, Santiago Street Machine, Twenty Twenty, Denise Black and the Loose Screw, Rowetta, Horse, Angie Brown, Rubika, Zara, Smiling Knife, The Lottery Winners, Heather Marie McHale, Lee Bennett, Tracy Mack, Beauty, James Price, and Zukas Fontaine. No doubt there will be more names to be added in the weeks to come. Heather Peace & Bruno Langley have been confirmed for Pride Fringe.

Tickets

Early bird tickets are priced at £15 for the weekend, and £12.50 for a day ticket. To buy tickets click here.

The Big Weekend includes a main stage with live acts, cabaret stage, dance tent, sport zone, the largest ever mass blessing demonstrating for equal partnership rights, Lifestyle Expo (where you can get free holistic therapies or find about health needs), women's space, street and circus entertainment, market stalls and all the bars and clubs in Manchester's famous Gay Village.

The theme for this year's Manchester Pride Parade is 'Best of British'.

More information will be here when available.