Manchester Pride Festival offers a packed programme of events over the August Bank Holiday weekend, such as the Manchester Pride Parade, Youth Pride MCR, Family Pride MCR, Superbia and more. All of these are free with the exception of the Gay Village Party which is ticketed.

Manchester Pride is a charity and the cost of a Gay Village Party ticket helps us to deliver a safe, community party-as-protest celebration for the whole community to enjoy, as well as funding our free programme of events over the weekend. Vitally, though, your ticket helps us to platform and support the careers of queer artists and performers.

You can see how every penny of your ticket is spent here, and remember that every ticket includes a £2.50 ring-fenced donation to the Manchester Pride Community Fund - an initiative that supports and enriches grassroots LGBTQ+ organisations and projects in Greater Manchester. Find out more about some of the incredible projects that you helped us fund in 2023. 

Please note that some Village venues will be operating a No Pledge Band No Service policy, so purchasing a ticket allows you to experience everything the Gay Village has to offer over the weekend.