Norwich Pride 2015

Norwich Pride – Norwich Pride is a celebration from the LGBT community for everyone. Our mission is to ensure that Norwich is a city where everyone can feel safe and proud to be themselves. Norwich Pride is a grass-roots, do-it-yourself celebration organised by a collective of friendly, creative & enthusiastic volunteers. Norwich, UK.

Norwich Pride 2015

Events in the run up to Pride

Friday, 26 June 7pm : The official Norwich Pride Guide Launch Party at The Birdcage! Join Norwich Pride and local band Dandelion & The Rockets for the official launch to Norwich Pride 2015 and get your hands on a freshly printed copy of this year’s Pride guide. For hungry visitors, pop across the road before the event starts to The Grosvenor for fish’n’chips or a range of tapas which can you can bring into the Birdcage pub to eat. Afterwards, head over to Flaunt on Prince of Wales Rd to keep the party going!

Tuesday, 21 July 7:30pm : Puttin on the Ritz Now’s your chance to see Puttin’ on the Ritz at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday 21 July 2015 at 7:30pm. The show features Strictly Come Dancing stars Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff who will be waving to us from the Theatre Royal balcony during Saturday’s Pride parade! Booking is essential. More details and tickets available from www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk.

Thursday, 23 July 7pm : Sing With Pride Choir & Friends Rehearsal Join the Sing With Pride Choir on Thursday 23rd July, 7 – 9.30pm for their rehearsal at St Margaret’s Church of Art, St Benedict’s Street. If you’d like to take part, please email info@singwithpride.org.uk.

Pride without Prejudice

The Norwich Pride Arts Festival returns to Saint Margaret’s Church of Art on St Benedicts Str from 20th July to 1st August! Running for a fortnight, the exhibition is open daily from 10am to 5pm.

Talks

Wednesday, 22 July tbc : Marcus Dickey Horley (Tate Modern): “The Life and Art of Francis Bacon” On Wednesday 22 July 2015 Marcus Dickey Horley, Curator of Access Projects; Tate Modern, tells the life story of gay artist Francis Bacon, explaining and interpreting some of his paintings currently on display at the Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts. This friendly and accessible talk is suitable for all, especially people who might not already know much about Bacon’s work or modern art in general. Time & Venue tbc.

Friday, 24 July 8:30pm : Out At The Movies presents “Pride” Screening and Q&A with Mike Jackson On Friday 24 July 8:30pm “Out At The Movies” is delighted to welcome Mike Jackson, co-founder of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, for a post-screening Q&A hosted by Nick O’Brien, Chair of Norwich Pride 2015. We hope you can join us for what promises to be a very special evening! To book tickets please go to (click on screening time on the right to book): www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Cinema_City/film/pride-qanda-with-mike-jackson

Saturday, 25 July 11am : 11am to 12 “Growth & Diversity of Trans Identities & Communities” Find out how trailblazers like the late Barbara Ross OBE pioneered over 3 decades of local support, launched a national trans conference at UEA and lived to see the growth of over half a dozen trans community and support groups. With input from Katy Jon Went and other local trans support providers. The annual Natasha Curson Trans Talk is held in the Curve at The Forum, past BBC reception and below the Fusion Screen. A hearing loop system is available. Final list of speakers to be confirmed.

Saturday, 25 July 12 noon : Norwich Pride Question Time in The Curve: Our popular, annual, LGBT themed Question Time debate including a speaker from Lesbians and Gays support the Miners, Lady Phyll from UK Black Pride, disability activist Tom Shakespeare and our new MP for Norwich South, Clive Lewis. The Question Time is held in the Curve at The Forum, past BBC reception and below the Fusion Screen. BSL signed. A hearing loop system is available. Final list of speakers to be confirmed.

For more details see “Norwich Pride Talks”

25 July 2015 : The 7th Norwich Pride!

The 2015 Norwich Pride will take place on Saturday, 25 July 2015.

10am onwards Stalls at The Forum, Millennium Plain

The Pride Village will have over 40 stalls inside the Forum and outside on Millennium Plain. Look out for the Norwich Pride Help Desk where you can find up-to-date information on the day. We’ll also have a Norwich Pride Shop, where you can get your rainbow goodies.

10:30am Pride Opening Ceremony at The Forum

Join us for the Opening Ceremony at the Forum! The ceremony is BSL signed.

12 noon Entertainment and picnic at Chapelfield Gardens

Bring your family, friends and a picnic and relax in Chapelfield Gardens as we entertain you from the bandstand in the run-up to this year’s Pride Parade!

The “Faith In Pride” picnic is starting from 1pm. See www.facebook.com/events/1608075482806956/ for details.

2pm The Parade

Join us as we follow the Norwich Samba Band and bring rainbows to the heart of Norwich. We start at Chapelfiield Gardens, then pass the Theatre Royal before parading along Gentlemen’s Walk. We turn left up Gaol Hill before passing in front of City Hall where we arrive ready to enjoy the Pride Show on Millennium Plain. Click here for details of the route!

3 – 5pm Pride Show on Millenium Plain

From the island of Ibiza to the club scene in Norwich, we welcome the lovely Jacqui to host this year’s Pride show.
Whether you have partied with her in the night or seen her sass during the day, we promise that the stage will have your attention locked for the whole afternoon.

Sing with Pride are joining with other community choirs and singers from across the county to bring us an Abba Mash-Up!

Rosebud is a new Drag and Burlesque themed night. This rag-tag band of queens are taking the Norwich night scene by storm and will be taking to the Pride stage to give you a big, fat taste of what to expect from a night at Rosebud. Expect beards and beauty. Giving face, lacking taste, looks to kill and (hairy) legs for days. Party and play, sashay and slay.

Parallel Dance Studios will be taking to the Pride stage to perform street and contemporary dance routines and their own version of Chandelier. They are really looking forward to performing at Pride this year and hope the crowd will be shaking their stuff too.

British singer-songwriter Mila Falls is really looking forward to performing her new single I Wanna Know at Norwich Pride – it’s a song she wrote with producer Marc Vedo (Boy George’s best mate). Her song Oh My was a Smash Of The Week on BBC 1Xtra and Mila’s career has taken her on adventures recently supporting Ella Eyre, Van Morrison, UB40, Ringo Starr, Rick Astley and VV Brown. With two tours of Ibiza in the calendar, 2015 is set to be a big year for Mila!

This year’s Pride Show sound will be provided by Pig & Rig who will also be running a BBQ!

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