Complete Daily Line Up Announced For Manchester Pride’s Big Weekend
| 6th August 2015
Manchester Pride has confirmed it’s full Big Weekend line-up so you don’t miss any of your favourite artists!
It’s less than four weeks to go until the UK’s leading annual Pride festival kicks and now visitors can plan which acts to see, as the full daily line-ups have been announced for the Main Stage Arena, Gaydio Dance Arena and Sackville Boutique Stage, for Friday 28 – Monday 31 August.
Tickets for the Big Weekend are currently priced at £25 for a weekend ticket, £15 for day tickets and children’s tickets are also available from £5. Tickets provide guests with access to the event, including the Main Arena, Sackville Gardens, the Gaydio Dance Arena and the Expo. Ticket sales help Manchester Pride raise money for LGBT and HIV charities and organisations in Greater Manchester. For more in- formation on The Big Weekend visit the new website bigweekend.manchesterpride.com
2015 sees Manchester Pride mark the 25th anniversary of charity fundraising events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) life in Manchester.*
Friday 28 August
Main Stage Arena
Texas
Bipolar Sunshine
La Voix
DJ Riv
La Voix will entertain crowds on the main stage.
Gaydio Dance Arena
Crazy P Soundsystem
James Holroyd
Sackville Boutique Stage
ManBears Picnic
Saturday 29 August
Main Stage Arena
DJ Fresh
Seamus Haji
Alesha Dixon
KStewart
Sarah Harding
Sarah Whatmore
Karen Harding
Rowetta
MDNGHT
Sackville Boutique Stage
Heather Peace presents…
Jess Vincent
Sound of The Sirens
Lynne Loudon
MIRI
Jes Stretton
Proms in the Park
Claire Mooney
Jay Walker
Gaydio Dance Arena
Jodie Harsh
Graeme Park
Kriss Herbert
Sunday 30 August
Main Stage Arena
Dannii Minogue
Kristyna Myles
Atomic Kitten
Rival Joy
Little Boots
DJ Riv
Stooshe
Shane Richie Jnr Band
Sackville Boutique Stage
Kelly Wilde
Kavanagh
Angie Brown
Ikenna
Gaydio Dance Arena
Hot Since 82
Lauren Lo Sung
Andy Butler
Sian Bennett
Maze & Masters
Monday 31 August
Main Stage Arena
Union J
Mitch Miller
Lucy Spraggan
Eva Inglesias
The Supreme Fabulettes
The Waletones
Sheena McHugh
Charlie Cooper
Nikki Graeme
Simon Gross
James Barr
The August Bank Holiday also sees the return of the vibrant Manchester Pride Parade, an integral part of the Manchester Pride Festival.
Sir Ian McKellen, star of The Lord of the Rings and X-Men, was announced as this years Parade Grand Marshal earlier this month. As Grand Marshal of the parade, Sir Ian will lead the parade through the streets of Manchester on Saturday 29 August.
The theme for the 2015 Manchester Pride Parade, a free event that is part of the wider Pride Festival, is Devotion, and the charity is calling for parade participants and attendees to celebrate and shout about who and what they are devoted to.
The popular Village Markets, located on Chorlton Street, returns during the Big Weekend this year, of- fering a great selection of gifts and memorabilia
Situated in the indoor arena, The Expo is a hugely popular community space which gives exhibitors the chance to showcase their organisation, spend face-to face time with visitors, promote goods or services and carry out consultations during the Big Weekend.
The Expo features community groups, public sector organisations and commercial businesses, and will be open Saturday – Monday, between 11am and 5pm
The culmination of the Big Weekend is the George House Trust Candlelit Vigil during which Sackville Gardens is turned into a sea of flickering candles as those lost to the HIV virus are remembered.
There’s much more to the Manchester Pride Festival than the Big Weekend and events will take place throughout the month of August. This year has seen the launch of Superbia, an all year round calendar of events that showcases, supports and celebrates LGBT and relevant arts, comedy, debate, film, litera- ture, music, sport, theatre, family and community-led projects within Greater Manchester with the aim to encourage engagement, wellbeing and culturally enhance communities.