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Manchester Pride

Creative Tourist

Welcome to your alternative guide to Manchester Pride 2024, showcasing arts and cultural highlights from around the city.

Of course there’s the main Pride celebrations going on over August Bank Holiday Weekend, including the Gay Village Party, The Parade, and Superbia. But you already know all about that.

What you might not know about are the satellite exhibitions, theatre shows and music events going on in venues like People’s History Museum, HOME and SOUP.

Check out our top picks of those more alternative events below, along with some hospitality highlights, and hatch a plan for one of Manchester’s most anticipated weekends of the year.

For more events taking place over Pride weekend, check out our August Bank Holiday guide.

 

Our top picks

Ducie Street Warehouse

Ducie Street Warehouse, Ground Floor, Warehouse, Ducie St,, Manchester, M1 2TP - Visit now

Ducie Street Warehouse presents four days of celebrations for the ultimate Pride weekender, including a Freedom To Be Party on Friday 23 August in collaboration with the club night ‘Make Me Feel’ by Feel Good Club, Ducie Street x Micky’s Saturday Brunch Party and Dance To Your Own Pride party on Saturday 24 August, and an all-day brunch offering from Ducie Street Warehouse on Sunday 25 and Monday 26 August.

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Sexy Fish Manchester

Sexy Fish Manchester, 1 The Avenue, Deansgate, Manchester , M3 3AP - Visit now

Sushi lovers, take note. Deansgate’s flashy and fun-loving Japanese restaurant Sexy Fish Manchester is throwing a bottomless Drag Brunch on Sunday 25 August. Kicking off at 12pm and priced at £58 per person, it features unlimited sushi, drinks packages and fierce performances from drag artists Krystal Versace and Jonbers Blonde, both stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

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Queer Lit

Queer Lit, 27 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, M45AJ - Visit now

Okay, so this one isn’t an event, but it’s an amazing place that deserves recognition. Great Ancoats Street’s Queer Lit is a bookshop, coffee shop and events space that fosters creativity, connection, and empowerment within and beyond the LGBTQ+ community.

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Queer Lit

Canto

Canto, Fairbairn Unit A, Fairbairn Building, Henry Street, Manchester, M4 5DH - Visit now

Got yourself a pride wristband? Make use of it at both Canto and El Gato Negro, who are offering 25% off their main menus to all Pride-goers. The discount applies on Friday to Sunday from 12pm to 4pm, and on Monday it runs all day — perfect for those much-needed hangover cures!

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