Manchester Pride Festival

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Manchester Pride Festival 2020 will be made up of Manchester Pride Live, the Candlelit Vigil, the Superbia Weekend, the Gay Village Party, Manchester Pride Parade and Youth Pride MCR.

Between 28 - 31 August 2020, our internationally renowned event will come alive across the city, on a scale never before seen. Stretching from Mayfield to Deansgate with our heart in The Village. An unforgettable weekend awaits.

Highlights from 2019

Grammy and Brit Award winner and honorary Mancunian Ariana Grande returned to the city to headline the LGBT+ charity’s new event Manchester Pride Live at Mayfield.

The singer joined a stellar line up including British synth-pop band Years and Years and 80’s duo Bananarama as she performed a selection of songs from her Sweetener World Tour at the new live element of the Manchester Pride Festival.

Plus Chelcee Grimes, Becky Hill, Liberty X, Louisa, Youngr, Pixie Lott, Four of Diamonds and transgender German singer songwriter Kim Petras performed over the weekend.

DJs and dance music based performers included Basement Jaxx, Nicky Siano: Hallelujah Disco, Gok Wan, Rhythm of the 90s, We Love Pop, Jodie Harsh, Hercules and Love Affair, K-Klass Live and Faithless.

Northern favourites Bongos Bingo hosted a stage take over on Sunday.

The event which took place throughout the Mayfield site in Piccadilly featured a number of performance spaces including a huge 9,000 capacity outdoor performance space The Yard, the cavernous indoor Depot played host to DJs and dance acts and The Sorting Room hosted a street food market, bars, and another stage area hosted pop-up performances.  Plus the platforms of the station became home to a funfair.