That’s right,
there’s enough good stuff going on over this year’s Pride that it warrants a guide
to the ‘best of’, and here it is. Between Pride’s Official Fringe,
the Queer Alt Manchester
collective and the Queer We Are takeover
of Bangkok on Princess Street, here's everything amazing you want from this year’s
Pride happening outside the Village enclave. This is how Pride should always
be, and here’s where you need to be…
Hercules and Geryon by Maurice Vellekoop.
14 August–13
September...
Cockadoodle:
The Erogenous Art of Maurice Vellekoop … 2022NQ hosts a delightfully titled
exhibition of this eclectic Canadian illustrator of fantasy, humour and (homo)eroticism.;
a coup for Manchester; it’s his first solo European show …
15 August–22
August...
Love: Music
Exhibition … Men capture men as four Manchester photographers display images
of musicians and dancers …
15 August...
Naked Boys
Reading: does what it says on the tin, an array of body-positive not-at-all-shy
gentlemen read from selected texts before an assembled audience willing to have
their self-consciousness challenged …
16 August...
Got Lead: Drawing Sex, Arousal and Desire with Maurice Vellekoop ... get up close with the visiting artist as he shares his tips, methods and inspirations ...
19 August...
Coming Out: From Script
to Screen … Legendary Corrie creator Tony Warren is joined by Jonathan
Harvey and writers and actors from the soap to discuss the portrayal of gay characters
on primetime telly …
22 August...
LGBT History Tour
… A queer perspective on the People’s History Museum …
Pride, the Film: Cast
Q&A … Meet the cast of a new movie chronicling the relationship between
gay activists and striking miners in Thatcher’s crumbling Britain …
Mother’s
Ruin: Roadhouse Rehab … Mother never brings a less than stellar line-up, and
this Roadhouse bonanza follows suit with David Hoyle, Grace ‘The Face’ Oni
Smith, Sheela Blige, The Niallist and more, all under JonJo’s watchful eye …
Bollox Is The New Black:
Just guess the theme of this years’ Bollox Pride party at the Star & Garter
…?
Grace Oni Smith by Lee Baxter.
23 August …
Drunk At Vogue:
The Boat Party / The Love Party … Two parties, one love, as Drunk At Vogue
sail the Princess Katherine boat in the afternoon and disco hard at Kraak in
the evening …
Rapture vs Black Angel:
Manchester’s premier women’s clubnight
meets the original gay girls RnB party at an epic session for Queer We Are …
24 August …
BANG! Yard Party Social: All-day full-on backstreet Northern Quarter party with local DJs and party people, all for FREE, outside Kraak …
Madonna Aid: 1984 Loft Party … Wall-to-wall Queen of Pop on the speakers and in the dress up box, all night long at Kraak …
Madonna Aid: 1984 Loft Party … Wall-to-wall Queen of Pop on the speakers and in the dress up box, all night long at Kraak …
HomoElectric
owns (Paradise) Factory once again for three floors of intense partying, with
special guests Little Boots and the Crazy P Soundsystem …
25 August …
Queerchester Film
Screenings showcases a diverse selection of DIY films from Manchester’s alt
queer scene plus a slection of queer shorts …
The Queer Forum: Like the
TED talks but for LGBTQI people, seven fascinating talks from all walks of
queer life, plus music, short films and a chance to mingle…
Candlelit Vigil …
Sackville Park is the setting for candlelit reflection for those lost to HIV/AIDS
and those living with the diseases worldwide …
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1 comment:
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