South Wales Evening Post

Events for Pride party

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Street, Swansea city centre), 6pm

Friday, May 17

Ruby Slippers & Dixie Normous performanc­es (and launch of new cabaret bar) - Main Stage Swansea (Castle Street, Swansea city centre), 6pm

Pre-pride Party with Toni More - Hogarths Swansea (St Mary Street [off Wind Street], Swansea city centre), 8.30pmswanse­a Pride 2024:

Saturday, May 18 (‘The Main Event’)

Pre-pride Brunch with Queer Flavours - The Wellbeing Centre (Walter Road, Uplands), 9.30am

Pre-pride Gathering - Boutique Lounge (Picton Arcade, Swansea city centre), 10am

PRIDE PARADE - leaving Wind Street at 11am, route follows Wind Street, Oxford Street, St Helen’s Road and on to the Guildhall

PRIDE FESTIVAL: Stalls, activities and live entertainm­ent including headline act Nikk Mager (and two others to be announced) and well-known performers including Jessica Rarebit, Ivory Fierce, Catherine Elms, Diana D, Lywis, Queens of Swansea, to name a few - The Guildhall & The Brangwyn Hall (St Helen’s Road, Sandfields), 12pm to 7pm

Pride Party - Main Stage Swansea (Castle Street, Swansea city centre), from 2pm

Party with Swansea Gay Women’s Support & Social Group - Hayes & Beale (Brynymor Road, Bryn Mill), 7pm

Popworld does Pride - Popworld (Wind Street, Swansea city centre), 7pm

PROUD Swansea - The Studio (Mansel Street, Brunswick), 7pm

Party with PYNK - Elysium Gallery & Bar (High Street, Swansea city centre), 8pm

Swansea’s largest Pride Party - Hogarths Swansea (St Mary Street [off Wind Street], Swansea city centre), from 7pm.

Sunday, May 19 (‘Mini-pride’)

MINI PRIDE: Family-friendly programme of activities designed to “celebrate being happy, proud and whoever you want to be” - National Waterfront Museum (Oystermout­h Road, Maritime Quarter), 12pm to 3pm

Undivided Families Picnic - held as part of Mini Pride at National Waterfront Museum (Oystermout­h Road, Maritime Quarter), 1pm

Camp Bingo & Cabaret - Main Stage Swansea (Castle Street, Swansea city centre), from 4pm

Post-pride Sunday Social - Hogarths Swansea (St Mary Street [off Wind Street], Swansea city centre), 6pm

Some roads will be closed whilst the parade and events take place, for the safety of pedestrian­s and vehicles.

The Swansea Pride Parade will leave Wind Street at around 11am on Saturday, May 18 and will finish at around 12pm at the Guildhall.

The full route will follow Wind Street, Caer Street, St Mary’s Square, Oxford Street, Dillwyn Street, St Helen’s Road and St Helen’s Crescent

With this in mind, several roads will be temporaril­y closed on the day.

Visitswans­eabay.com says vehicles deemed to be causing an unnecessar­y obstructio­n may be removed.

Visitswans­eabay.com said it would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenie­nce caused by road closures - you can contact them if you require any further informatio­n on special.events@ swansea.gov.uk during working hours Monday to Friday.

 ?? MARK LEWIS ?? The Swansea Pride Parade is the heart of a week of events running from May 13-19. Pictured is last year’s parade.
MARK LEWIS The Swansea Pride Parade is the heart of a week of events running from May 13-19. Pictured is last year’s parade.

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