Leicester Pride
Encyclopedia
Leicester Pride is an annual gay pride
event in Victoria Park
, in Leicester
, England
.
The event is free, and starts with a parade from High Street to Victoria Park
.
Leicester Pride is an annual LGBT Pride event that takes place in the summer, and formally involved a parade through the City Centre followed by a festival on Victoria Park, and then events running into the evening in the scene bars and clubs in Leicester.
Gay pride
LGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
event in Victoria Park
Victoria Park, Leicester
Victoria Park in Leicester, England is a public park of 69 acres . It is in the south-east, just outside the city centre, backing on to the University of Leicester and close to the Leicester railway station....
, in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The event is free, and starts with a parade from High Street to Victoria Park
Victoria Park, Leicester
Victoria Park in Leicester, England is a public park of 69 acres . It is in the south-east, just outside the city centre, backing on to the University of Leicester and close to the Leicester railway station....
.
Leicester Pride is an annual LGBT Pride event that takes place in the summer, and formally involved a parade through the City Centre followed by a festival on Victoria Park, and then events running into the evening in the scene bars and clubs in Leicester.
Year by year
- 2007-8 No event
- 5 September 2009 after a three-year absence, Leicester Pride returned to the city. Events included a march from the High Street outside the Highcross Shopping Centre, weaving around Leicester Market, past the Clock Tower, along Humberstone Gate and Lee Circus and finally emerging on Belgrave gate where a street festival involving the closure of that part of the road had been arranged. Stalls providing food, alcohol, LGBT and Pride-themed merchandise, as well as information stands for various sectors of the LGBT community (e.g. a bisexual stand) were present. Entertainment included live music, drag queen acts and DJs such as the Mix MunkiesMix MunkiesThe Mix Munkies are house music producers and DJs from Leicester, United Kingdom. Their musical style covers a wide range of genres but is primarily identified as house music. In September 2009 they performed as the headline DJ act at Leicester Pride alongside Blazing Squad and Sean Rumsey...
, with Blazing Squad providing the headline act. - 2010 - Took place on Saturday 4 September 2010 on Victoria Park, which included a festival at Victoria Park until 8PM, where the party retreated to the bars of Leicester
- 2011 - Took place on Saturday 3rd September 2011 with the parade starting at The Curve Theatre at 12 noon and ending on Victoria Park. The party continued until 8pm after which people headed to the after pride parties at the various bars in the city.
- 2012 - Watch this space