Manchester Pride 2025: All you need to know

Here is a complete rundown of everything that you need to know ahead of Manchester Pride this weekend.

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00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester World. My name is Theo Hewson-Bertz and today we're going to be

00:03talking about Pride. It's coming up this weekend and promises to be a phenomenally good time

00:07and there's so much that you need to know about what's on offer so if you can put up with me

00:11talking at you for three minutes you'll get to hear about some of the great acts and amazing

00:15performances that you'll be able to get to as well as all the road closures and probably

00:19transport issues that are absolutely not going to ruin this weekend for us. Now let's start with

00:24the big stuff. Pride is going on between Friday the 22nd and Monday the 25th of August with

00:28attendees to the official events is still able to buy VIP weekend or day tickets on the Manchester

00:33Pride website. Those tickets will get you into the Gay Village party as well as the new Mardi Gras

00:38event over at Frey Island and Depot Mayfield. The parade is obviously free and will be marching

00:43through the city on Saturday the 23rd of August. We'll start with the parade. It kicks off at 12pm

00:47from Liverpool Road and the route takes it through the city centre via Deansgate then moving onto

00:52Peter Street and Oxford Road before moving through Princess Street, Whitworth Street and then concluding

00:56at Fairfield Street at around 3pm. The theme for the parade this year is love which is obviously so

01:02vital to the queer community both in the form of love and support from allies who care for their

01:06friends and family and in terms of the self-love that the community has relied on through its history

01:10as a source of strength and resilience. Now head down to the streets and line the route if you can to

01:16give your love for those participating in the parade. There's also an accessible viewing area

01:20opposite the Midland Hotel on Peter Street too. The parade last year was a joy to be a part of so

01:25definitely get down there and give it a watch if you can. On to the Gay Village Party now and

01:29there's no time for downtime. On the Friday you'll have performances from people like

01:32Samantha Mumba and Fat Pride as well as a silent disco. On the Saturday we're seeing one of the big

01:37headliners take to the Alan Turing stage with Bewitched bringing their denim-clad hits to

01:42Manchester and promising a wonderful performance with the Gaydio Dance Arena on in the indoor arena

01:47at the very same day so you really are spoiled for choice. On Sunday you've got stars such as Sister Sledge,

01:52Danny Beard and so much more as well as the huge plethora of bars down in the Gay Village

01:56with their own performances and vibes going on. Heading to Frey Island and Depot Mayfield

02:01from Mardi Gras will reveal even more brilliance though the space is set to be completely transformed

02:05to create the perfect performance area for the stars that you're about to hear mentioned.

02:09You'll have people like Leigh-Anne, Billy Porter and much more coming on the Saturday

02:13with Sunday promising performances from Ollie Alexander, Talisa and the newly announced headliner

02:18Nelly Furtado. There's also a space outside for dancing, there's bongos, bingo, drag spaces and some

02:24brilliant drag performances too and I can't put into words how excited I am to see some of these

02:28things taking place. Finally, Monday brings us to the candlelit vigil, a time for reflection and

02:33emotion as the community comes together to remember those who lost their lives to HIV and fought to

02:37change perspectives on gay, trans and queer people everywhere. It's an emotional end to a weekend of

02:42love and pride and even if you can't make it, a pause to remember those who would have genuinely

02:46loved to see the people turning out to celebrate this brilliant community would not go amiss.

02:51For now though that's all, thank you very much for watching, enjoy this weekend and we'll see you

02:55again soon at Manchester World.