Birmingham Pride
Birmingham Pride has gone from strength to strength since it was first held back in 1997. The hugely popular festival takes place over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, and annually attracts tens of thousands of visitors.
The event features a colourful parade - which snakes its way through the city streets and into the Gay Village - main stage and dance arenas, a cabaret and comedy marquee, and numerous market and community stalls, all of which are sited in the gay quarter throughout the weekend. The event also features a Village Green area, designed with families in mind and for people who want to take a break from partying, enjoy a chill-out and soak up some sun.
Main Stage
Birmingham Pride’s Main Stage provides festival goers live entertainment thought the course of the weekend. This years stage featured some returning favourites, as well as some new performers, the likes of the Cheeky Girls, The Sheilas, Frixon, Janis Kaye and Miss Marty.
Carnival Parade
The highlight of the festival is the carnival parade, starting in Victoria Square and ending in the Village. This years parade theme was 'Equality Over The Decades' to recognise the equality the LGBT community have achieved since 1967 when homosexuality was legalised.
For more information about the parade and its route look here...
Cabaret Marquee
Life is a cabaret, old chum - and so is Birmingham Pride! The Cabaret Marquee was back once again, and this year’s line-up offered plenty of opportunity to enjoy a laugh, courtesy of some of the biggest, boldest and brightest acts currently performing on the cabaret circuit. See the full listings here...
Village Green
Whether you were looking for a relaxing time with family and friends, the chance to take a break from partying and do some chilling-out, or you simply fancy getting active in the Community Games events, the Village Green area is sure to inject that community spirit.
Market and community stalls
The Market area is an integral part of Pride, and annually features not only plenty of community stalls but also stalls which are being run by organisations connected to or which liaise with the LGBT community.
Dance arenas
Birmingham Pride once again offered dance arenas for those that have enough energy left to dance after the parade and the cabaret and market stalls.
For more information about everything happening at next year's Birmingham Pride go to www.birminghampride.com