Lincolnshire's First Pride Event
Weekend of July 22nd and 23rd
Lincolnshire is proud to announce its
first ever Pride event. Lincolnshire’s first LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender) Pride is fast approaching.
The Lincolnshire LGBT Pride will take
place alongside the Water Festival and Continental Market at the Horse
and Groom bar on the corner of the Brayford Pool and will be opened
by the Mayor Steve Allnutt and the civic party at 1pm
Open to all members of the community
and family friendly, we are planning a weekend of entertainment on the
main stage including singer Hannah Brackenbury, Pete Martine, Miss Malibu
and the bars’ resident drag acts amongst others. Music will be provided
by DJ’s including Candy Kane and Pete Read. A full market will be held
in the car park including stalls such as Police, council, JDL leather,
civil ceremonies, Rainbow Trade, a florist, jewellery stall, T-shirts,
the White Hart Hotel, Positive health, Boston Belles Transgendered support
Group and others to be announced. With the inclusion of a bucking bronco,
bouncy castle, face painters and entertainers, we hope to make this
a weekend our community will be proud of and the first of many to come.
The weekend will close with a candlelit
vigil hosted by our main charity cause, Positive Health (Lincolnshire)
on Sunday 23rd. Lincolnshire Pride will take place over two days. Saturday
22nd and Sunday 23rd July 2006 and will run each day from 10am until
late.
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