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Gay Pride Events Calendar 2006

February
 
Sat 4th to
Sun 12
th
Brighton Winter Pride
Pride in Brighton and Hove has £5,000 available to LGBT charities and groups to enable them to stage events, raise valuable funds and awareness for their organisations. Grants of up to £500 are available to groups for events that 'engage the community and promote their organisations work' these grants are intended to assist voluntary organisations with the administration, preparation and staging of events for Winter Pride 2006.
Brighton Winter Pride
Fri 17th to
Sat 25
th
London Winter Pride
A revival of our fund-raising favourite, with plans for parties, film and theatrical events and more.
Brighton Winter Pride

April
 
Sun 30th Cardiff Pink Ball
Cardiff-Wales Mardi Gras

May
 
Sat 13th National Student Pride, Oxford
The second ever national student pride! 2005 was the first one and this promises to be bigger and better! hosted by Oxford Brookes LGBT soc for one more year. next year will travel to a different uni. Last year over 300 students from Oxford Brookes, Oxford, Brighton, Imperial, UWE, Sussex, Birmingham, Portsmouth, LSE, Brunel, Aston, Hertfordshire and Reading came to this pioneering event!
National Student Pride
Sat 20th to
Sun 21st
Blackpool
On the parade they say they would like to see as much camp and colour as possible.
Blackpool Pride
Sat 27th to
Mon 29th
Birmingham
The Midland's lesbian and gay community is gearing itself up for this year's Birmingham Pride, to be held in the city's Gay Village over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The festival, which attracts visitors from throughout the UK over a three-day period, is once again being organised by The Birmingham Gay Business Partnership.
Whatever you're looking for at a gay and lesbian festival, you're likely to find it at Birmingham Pride, an event with a great heart and a friendly atmosphere.
Birmingham Pride

June
 
Sat 3rd Scottish Borders LGBT BBQ - Pride
At Boleside picnic site, Galashiels, by the River Tweed. Boleside is reached by car from the mini-roundabout at the bottoms of Tweed Road and Winston Road, near Heriot Watt University. Major bus routes from Edinburgh to the Borders pass nearby, on the A7 and the A6091 (Melrose bypass).
Sat 10th Canterbury Pride
Canterbury's second Gay Pride Festival.
Canterbury Pride
Sat 24th Leicester Pride
Leicester Pride is the annual lesbian, gay and bisexual festival for Leicester and the East Midlands. Taking place in June each year, the festival includes a parade through the city centre and a multi-cultural arts festival on Victoria Park. Theme: 'One Step Beyond'.
Leicester Pride
Sat 24th Pride Scotia - Glasgow
Pride Scotia, Scotland's National LGBT Pride organisation has set a date for Pride 2006. The Board has agreed provisionally with both Strathclyde Police and Glasgow City Council that Saturday, June 24th 2006 will be designated for Pride this year. (This date is subject to final confirmation).
Pride Scotia

July
 
Sat 1st Europride London 2006
London will be welcoming gay and lesbian visitors from all over the world to the EuroPride Festival from 16 June to 1 July 2006. Around 80 floats in the Pride Parade will head down our new route of Oxford Street and Regent Street on Saturday 1 July 2006, followed by the Pride Rally in Trafalgar Square, Pride Cabaret Stage in Leicester Square, and community village throughout Soho.
Europride London
Sat 15th Oxford
1pm-8pm To be held at: Oxpens Recreation Ground. This event is free. The fouth year for this event, celebrating Oxford's vibrant gay community. Plenty of food, funfair, main stage, bar and stalls to browse throughout the day.
Oxford Pride
Sat 22th - Sat 23th Lincoln
Lincoln is to hold it's first Gay Pride this year and I am wondering how to get the details added to your website, please?
So far we have the date (22nd/23rd July) and the venue ( Horse & Groom). We have backing from the Council and police and shall be offering stalls, food etc as well as a main stage with music through the weekend.
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Sat 29th Nottingham
Nottingham Pride will be held at the Arboretum Park, from 12-6pm. There will be activities for all the family, a stage featuring live bands to suit all tastes, stalls, food and beer tents. All welcome! Now in its third successful year in this wonderful location. Easy access by tram, that stops almost outside.
Nottingham Pride, PO Box 8771, Nottingham, NG1 9AU, Tel: 07875 377145
Nottingham Pride
Sun 30th Soho London
Sohos' streets will be closed to traffic and taken over by thousands of lesbian and gay revellers for the West Ends biggest free street party! Featuring several sensational Street Parties with the capitals leading lesbian and gay DJ's taking the queer beat out onto the streets, gay business and community markets areas and outdoor drinking and dining galore! New this year, a parade will wind its way through Soho with participants from local Gay businesses and the whole festival area will be beautifully decorated, and we hope to have Fireworks at the end of the event!

August
 
30th July - Sunday 6th August Brighton Pride FREE
It's the biggest and the best Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Trangender Pride Festival in the country last year attracting more than 120,000 people. The Carnival Parade and Festival in Preston Park is on Saturday 5th August 2006 – the Parade starts on the sea front near the Palace Pier on Maderia Drive at 11am sharp.
Laster years details including what is on after the party in the park has finished
Brighton Pride
Sat 19th Pink Picnic, Cambridge's
12noon until 10pm. Pink2006 is East Anglia's only all-day open-air gay event... one big day bursting with attractions, entertainment, fun, music and arts. Expect something far bigger and better this year!!
Pink Picnic
Sun 26th Manchester
Manchester Pride is a ten day festival between 18 and 28 August 2006. The Big Weekend begins on 25 August.
Manchester Pride

September
 
Sat 2nd Cardiff
The annual Mardi Gras in the Welsh capital takes place in the wonderful setting of at Coopers field, Bute Park, Cardiff, Wales scheduled to start at 1.00pm
Cardiff-Wales Mardi Gras
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