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LEEDS PRIDE 2017 THANKS FOR TAKING PART IN LEEDS PRIDE! PROGRAMME Leeds Pride main event is taking place on Sunday 6th Make sure you get involved on social media during August and will include two hours of entertainment the day by sending pictures to @LeedsPride on on the Sainsbury’s Stage in Millennium Square, a Twitter, Leeds LGBT Pride on Facebook and using the parade through the city centre with over 60 floats and hashtag #LeedsPride! five hours of entertainment on the first direct bank main stage on Lower Briggate. In the Lower Briggate While everyone coming along is there to unite and event space you will also find the Asda Children’s enjoy a fantastic day, we would really appreciate area, a dance zone, community market place, outside your co-operation regarding various safety matters. bars, a fun fair and much much more. Access to Lower Briggate and the main stage event space will be controlled by security check points. Bag Running since 2006, Leeds Pride is the largest Pride checks and random searches will be in place so please in the UK to still be a completely free event with over only bring with you what you really need. This will 40,000 people attending over the weekend. It is also really help us to carry out bag checks quickly. considered the UK’s friendliest Pride. The celebrations are run by a skilled team of volunteers with close links No alcohol is allowed into either of the event spaces SUPPLIED BY to local Leeds LGBT+ community and the event is but water and soft drinks in sealed bottles, drinks funded through community fundraising, grant funding for babies and young children and small amounts of and sponsorship agreements with national brands such food will be allowed. Dogs on leads are welcome but as first direct, Sainsbury’s and Manchester Airport. please responsible for your pets! In the week running up to Leeds Pride there are over Leeds City Council are providing an access bus for the 40 LGBT+ sports, community and scene events taking parade. To book a place please email place across the city. For more information please see [email protected] with your name, contact the what’s on page on the Leeds Pride website: www. details and any special requirements you will need on leedspride.com the day. THE LEEDS PRIDE PARADE ROUTE OFFICIAL PARTNER SPONSORS PROUD SUPPORTERS THE HEADLINERS A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE LIVE ACTS PERFORMING OSVALDO SUPINO MICKEY TAYLOR HEATHER SMALL After selling several million records, winning two Brit Awards and the Mercury Music Prize, Heather Small is one of the most successful female recording artists of recent years. As part of M People, hits such as ‘Moving On Up’, ‘One Night In Heaven’ and ‘Search For The Hero’ including albums like Elegant Slumming, Bizarre Fruit and Fresco achieved massive VENUE SUPPORTERS worldwide success, Heather became one of the seminal PAUL STONE SEAN MILEY MOORE British voices of the 90s, winning two Brit Awards. BLONDE ELECTRA TAKEN MARCUS COLLINS Marcus Collins is an English singer who finished as the runner- up of the The X Factor in 2011. His debut album, the self-titled Marcus Collins which featured production by the London- based Metrophonic team of Whitney Houston and Cher fame, became his first top 10 UK album which has his single “Mercy”. His debut single from the album was “Seven Nation THE BRAZEN PEYTON Army”, a cover of The White Stripes hit, which also became his first top 10 UK single. MEDIA PARTNERS ANGIE BROWN LUCY WHITTAKER SONIA Sonia is a British singer from Liverpool, known for her huge success in the 80s and 90s. Sonia Evans’ debut single “You’ll Never Stop Me fromLoving You” was released in 1989 and shot to No: 1 in the UK selling a staggering 350,000 copies. Numerous TB appearances revealed her bubbly personality JORDAN FOX BOO GATTI - QUEEN BEE 2016 and natural enthusiasm endearing her to a large audience. “Everybody Knows”, her debut album sold half a million This leaflet was designed and produced by Absolute Media. copies and included top singles such as “Can’t Forget You”, CHECK WWW.LEEDSPRIDE.COM FOR THE FULL RUNNING ORDER www.webmediadesign.co.uk “Listen to your Heart” and “Counting Every Minute”. .