Pride festival comes to town in August
SERIES OF EVENTS PLANNED BY THE DROGHEDA BASED LGBT GROUP
DROGHEDA will host a Pride Festival in August, organised by the Drogheda lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender group (LGBT).
The event will get underway at noon on Friday August 12 at St Peter’s where the guests will be former Miss Gay Ireland Caitriona McCaughley and former Mr Gay Louth, Carl Nash. Peter Nugent, founder of the Drogheda LGBT group will also address the gathering.
‘It will be a family event and we’ll have Chloe Leech and her team to do face painting for the kids and then we will be off to Rockin’ Joes in the Town Centre for a raffle and more family fun,’ Peter stated.
Later that evening, there will be a celebration in Odd Mollies.
Stockwell Artisan Cafe will host a Pride breakfast on Saturday morning, August 13, from 9am and all are welcome.
There will be another family fun day gathering in the Barbican at noon and that runs until 3pm.
The main venue will then be McHugh’s from 3pm on with special guests drag queens Victoria Secret and Sophie Heart. Also headline acts include Matthew Nolan, The High Life and Michael Owens amongst others. Admission is €8.
The night will be followed by the resident DJ with the Vogue disco following in Fusion.
The last of the events is on August 14th at Odd Mollies with a barbeque at 3.30pm. All are welcome and admission is €5.
Fundraising to support the event is ongoing and more details may be had from Peter Nugent at 0834842064.
Planning for the festival began some months ago and a fundraising walk took place last weekend from the Barbican to Bettystown.
The group also organised a book of condolence in the Tholsel recently for the Orlando shooting tragedy.