SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
Family Pride MCR
The Great Northern, 12pm – 6pm
Free to attend
Come and watch the parade as it goes past Great Northern, and check out the whole host of Family Pride MCR at Great Northern.
Family Pride MCR, in association with Proud 2 b Parents, will take place on Saturday 27 August from midday until 6pm at The Great Northern and is completely free to attend.
Proud 2 b Parents, which has co-curated Family Pride MCR, is an inclusive organisation for all routes to parenthood, delivering services for LGBTQ+ parents/carers and their children living in the Greater Manchester area.
Our Palaver Party hosted in Great Northern’s Square and Ampitheatre will create a messy, joyful and celebratory line-up of inclusive performance programming for children aged 3-8 and family audiences, providing essential representation of queer identities and celebratory spaces for children and families.
The non-stop rainbow party will include other fun such as a magic show, a mini disco, party games, prizes and arts and crafts, plus kids can play in the The Great Northern’s sandpit. Expect a human library in the book nook, as well as some quiet chill areas and more on the first floor of the Warehouse building, up the escalators from the main entrance.
Check out the full line-up below for all you need to know!:
AMPITHEATRE
TIME | PROGRAMME
12:00 | Non Stop Rainbow Party
12:30 & throughout the day | Music, Walkabout Performers and Arts and Crafts
13:00 | PALAVER! Welcome & Games w/ Fatt Butcher
13:10 | PALAVER! Blu Romantic
13:20 | PALAVER! Performances: Lady Bushra
13:20 | Non Stop Rainbow Party
14:20 | PALAVER! Feeling Fabulous Dance Workshop
15:00 | Non Stop Rainbow Party
15:40 | PALAVER! Yshee Black
15:55 | PALAVER! Fatt Butcher
16:10 | PALAVER! Ginny Lemon
16:40 | Non Stop Rainbow Party
17:20 | PALAVER! Flick
17:30 | PALAVER! Cyro
17:40 | PALAVER! Carrot
17:50 | PALAVER! Mini Pride Parade
THE BOOK NOOK (Up the escalator in the Warehouse Building)
1:30pm – 5:30pm | Human Library
Every hour on the hour
COMMUNITY HALL PARADE VIEWING
Proud 2 b Parents families will get the opportunity to watch the Manchester Pride Parade from this special vantage point as we March For Peace and fill the streets with colour!
This is a tickets only event and is exclusive to Proud 2 b Parents families.
GREAT NORTHERN ATRIUM (up the escalators in the Warehouse, by the entrance to the cinema)
Come and say hello to our friends at Queer Lit in the Great Northern Foyer, who will be offering a range of LGBTQ+ children’s books and accessories. Searching for LGBTQ+ kids books that reflect your families’ structure? Look no further!
Head down to the Foyer where you can also enjoy…
- KickStart CIC sports sessions for children aged 5-8 years – 1pm-5pm
- Play area for over 5’s
- Play area for under 4’s – 12pm-5pm
- Live music
- Rainbow feet trail
- Extremely junk modelling – 1pm-4pm
- Proud 2 B Parents stall
- Face painting – 12.30pm-2.30pm