Our Gay Village Party Day Splits are here!

This year is set to be the ultimate celebration of queer joy at the heart of the Manchester Pride Festival!

The Gay Village Party is a diverse, inclusive queer-led and queer-run celebration of LGBTQ+ life and love in Manchester’s world-famous Gay Village.

We are super excited to share the line-up that symbolises the importance of changing the conversation and elevating and showcasing the biggest queer artists, and focusing on putting community-led performance.

We have worked closely with our communities to offer a line-up that is for the community, by the community. Manchester is a pioneering City spearheading the global Pride Movement; we are so proud that our line-up puts local queer performers alongside renowned international LGBTQ+ talent, with a little support from our allies.

The line-up sets a new standard for diversity in events, consisting of 96% queer performers, 54% female performers, 51% people of colour, over 42% trans and non-binary performers and 34% of performers being disabled or neurodivergent.

FRIDAY 25 AUGUST

Kicking off the festival on the Village Stage is Trans Filth & Joy, hosted by Milk Presents and Trans Creative, headlined by British drag artist BIMINI, who is an icon in their own right! The MancUnity Stage in partnership with Gaydio, can expect an evening of dancing, partying, showing off and feeling good with Fat Pride, featuring a range of fantastic performers. The Alan Turing Stage, hosted by Donna Trump, comes alive with La Discothèque Orchestra the Queeriosity Cabaret and much more.

SATURDAY 26 AUGUST

The Queer Music Stage sees performances from international drag sensation Pabllo Vittar, as well as Jodie Harsh, Black Peppa, Tom Aspaul, Jsky and more. PLUS another special multi platinum selling headliner is to be announced! The MancUnity Stage in partnership with Gaydio presents Black Pride MCR, where festival goers will be taken on a musical journey, celebrating the black roots of house music, disco, funky house, vocal and tribal, all brought together by Darren Pritchard and Swagga, featuring Kele Le Roc, DJ Stacy Bee, DJ NKay, and more. The Alan Turing Stage welcomes the Queer Asian Takeover for the very first time, in which festival goers can celebrate Queer Asian joy. Hosted by Lucky Roy Singh, the stage will be headlined by international DJ Gok Wan, joined on stage by Gracie T, RAIN, The Bitten Peach, the House of Spice, and more.

SUNDAY 27 AUGUST

Danny Beard is returning to host Danny Beard and Friends on the Village Stage, with the super stars Jake Shears (Front man of the Scissor Sisters) and Natasha Bedingfield as well as Lisa Scott-Lee, Cheddar Gorgeous, Bailey J Mills and the return of the much beloved Ginny Lemon’s Dog Show. The MancUnity Stage in partnership with Gaydio presents the Queer Women’s Takeover with Monki, Kim Lana, Blasha and Allatt (Meat Free + Frixxxion), Mix-Stress and Friends, SWAGGA and more. On the Alan Turing Stage, enjoy the Cutie-POC Cabaret hosted by Rikki Beadle-Blair, Angie Brown, The Cocoa-Butter Club, NoirTones, Ghetto Fabulous and Your Manchester hosted by Belinda Scandal.

MONDAY 28 AUGUST

The Village Stage closes the festival with the Misty Chance and Friends and Disabled Queer Joy Cabaret. The MancUnity Stage in partnership with Gaydio showcases RUNWAY by Banksie and Firehouse with much loved RuPaul's Drag Race UK fashion queen Dakota Schiffer. And finally, the Alan Turing Stage ends the event with Disney Classics performed by The Untold Orchestra.

Closing the four day festival is the Candlelit Vigil with George House Trust, a moment of reflection in Sackville Gardens. The home of Alan Turing, The National Transgender Memorial and the Beacon of Hope, the gardens are transformed into a sea of flickering candles to remember and honour those who we have lost to; and stand in solidarity with those who are living with HIV. It also provides the space to reflect on and remember those who have been persecuted in the LGBTQ+ community, both here in the UK and around the world.

TICKETS

A £2.50 fixed donation from every ticket goes directly to the Manchester Pride Community Fund, and every penny goes to supporting LGBTQ+ causes and projects in Greater Manchester. So far in 2023 £40,189 has been awarded to a range of LGBTQ+ causes, including Mehfil, an event being produced by the House of Spice to celebrate South Asian and Middle Eastern joy, and TINY’s Barbershop, who are offering support and discounted haircuts for people who identify as Trans and Non-binary. You can see the first 15 projects funded by Community Fund Grants and Superbia Queer Arts Grants here.

The infographic below shows exactly where the money from each ticket purchase goes, this is based on the budget for the 2023 Manchester Pride Festival.

Pledge Band breakdown - 2.50 goes to supporting LGBTQ+ good causes, and the rest goes to running the ticketed and free range of events for our communities

View the full day-splits line-up in text below

FRIDAY

Bimini | La Discothéque Orchestra

Trans Filth and Joy | Tito Bone | Cyro | The BollyWitch | An0maly

Queeriosity Cabaret | Pecs Drag Kings

The Enby Show | Cyro | Flick | Carrot | Donna Trump

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SATURDAY

Pabllo Vittar | Alison Goldfrapp | Conchita

Jsky | Black Pride MCR | Raven Mandella | Swagga

DJ Stacy Bee | DJ NKay | DJ KL | Kele Le Roc | Queens in Kicks

Goodie Magnum | Dymond | Queer Asian Takeover | Lucky Roy Singh

The Bitten Peach | Bollyqueer | House of Spice

Val the Brown Queen & Blaq Ivory | The BollyWitch

Immy Terial | Minara ‘El Waters | Jason Patel

Shanika Sunrise | Duniya Dhoom | Club Zindagi

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SUNDAY

Danny Beard and Friends

Jake Shears | Natasha Bedingfield

Lisa Scott-Lee | Danny Beard | Monki

Cheddar Gorgeous | Jonbers Blonde | Kelly Llorenna (N-Trance) | Angie Brown

Ginny Lemon’s Dog Show | Queer Womens Takeover | Kim Lana

Blasha and Allatt (Meat Free + Frixxxion) | Mix-Stress and Friends | Swagga

Club Clam | What She Said | Vanilla | Fat Camp

Cutie-POC Cabaret | The Cocoa-Butter Club | NoirTones | Ghetto Fabulous

Natasha Moonshine | Claud Cunningham | DJ Billy Andrew | DJ Callum Parr

Your Manchester Hosted by Belinda Scandal

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MONDAY

The Runway by Banksie and Firehouse With Dakota Schiffer