Manchester Pride: See Photos From One Of The Biggest LGBT+ Celebrations Of 2021
September 2, 2021With the country out of lockdown and Manchester Pride allowed to go ahead, Friday night (27 August) saw the beginning of the weekend’s festivities as thousands gathered in the streets to party the night away. The annual Manchester Pride Festival made a return after last summer’s scaled-back celebrations due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, marking the first major organised event to take place since the pandemic began.
As ‘Gay Times’ write, taking place from Friday 27 August to Monday 30 August, the weekend featured an array of culture-based events which saw the community properly come together for the first time in almost two years. Saturday saw the beginning of MCR Pride Live, which featured performances from the likes of Yungblud, Jodie Harsh and Sophie-Ellis Bextor.
The event continued across the weekend, with Zara Larsson closing out the show on Sunday evening – something Ariana Grande did for the last time pre-Covid in 2019. The party raged on into the Bank Holiday as thousands continued to celebrate in the Gay Village, culminating in a candlelit vigil on Monday night.
It closes out the four day festival every year as a tribute to those we have lost to HIV/AIDS and serves as a reminder of the LGBT+ people still being persecuted for who they are.
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