Manchester Pride 2020 Cancelled

Manchester Pride 2020 has been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Manchester Pride has gone online to deliver a number of events while also the Manchester Pride conference was delivered online. The charity has also announced a program of community engagement “with online Youth Pride workshops”, according to ‘G Scene’.

Mark Fletcher, Chief Executive of Manchester Pride, said: “Since large gatherings were banned in March, we have been working tirelessly to map out the options available to us for the four day event that forms the heart of our year. Cancelling the festival altogether was something that my team did not want to consider but after consulting with our partners and reviewing every option, the only way we can deliver what we have planned for this year is to move it to August 2021.

“I want to add that everyone here at Manchester Pride is devastated and heartbroken by this decision. Manchester Pride Festival is our flagship event, one of the biggest celebrations of LGBTQ+ life in the UK, and the highlight of the year for all of us.

“The LGBTQ+ community and its well-being is at the heart of everything that we do, and we are proud of everything that we have achieved as an organisation over the last two months including delivering the Manchester Pride 2020 Conference online, alongside our Live in Your Living Room events, Community Conversations, Listening Groups, Online Consultation and Youth Pride Workshops, all while working in isolation from our team members, and in a completely unprecedented situation.”

Ticket-holders for Manchester Pride 2020 who want to attend Manchester Pride 2021 will have their tickets rolled over while those who no longer wish to attend can apply for a refund or make a donation to the charity.

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