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Essential Info Pack Thank you for purchasing a ticket to this year’s Manchester Pride Festival! Manchester Pride is an LGBT+ charity and Manchester Pride Festival is a fundraising event. The cost of your ticket contributes towards the delivery of the event and enables Manchester Pride to maximise fundraising efforts for the Manchester Pride Fund. Please observe the following Terms & Conditions relating to your ticket and entry into the event. This info pack contains all the information you need to know about Manchester Pride Festival 2019. It will guide you through how to get to the Festival, opening times, ticketing, where to stay, capacities and more. In addition to reading the information in this pack, please read our event Terms & Conditions before attending Manchester Pride Festival: manchesterpride.com/p/terms-conditions CONTENTS 1. Essential information ……………………………………………………………. 2. Full programme ………………………………………………………………….. 3. Event locations and opening times …………………………………………… 4. Arriving at Manchester Pride Festival ………………………………………… 5. VIP ticket holders ……………………………………………………………….. 6. Manchester Pride Live site map ………………………………………………. 7. Manchester Pride Live …………………………………………………………. 8. The Gay Village Party …………………………………………………………… 9. The Manchester Pride Parade ………………………………………………… 10. Extra information ………………………………………………………………. 11. Official partners ………………………………………………………………… 1. ESSENTIAL INFORMATION TICKETING You will not be able to enter Manchester Pride Live or the Gay Village Party until you have exchanged your E-ticket for your Pledge Band first. You will need to bring your printed or mobile E-ticket from our ticketing partners FestTicket or Ticketmaster, or your ticket purchased from venues in The Gay Village in order to pick up your Pledge Band. Staff at our Pledge Band Exchange points will be issuing Pledge Bands and placing them on your wrist. If you have purchased tickets for others, they will need to either be present when you collect your Pledge Bands, or you will need to pass their tickets on to them beforehand for them to exchange themselves. We cannot give you Pledge Bands to pass on to somebody else. Your tickets can be exchanged for your Manchester Pride Festival Pledge Band at any of our Pledge Band Exchange points located at the Gay Village Party. PLEDGE BAND EXCHANGE POINTS Gate 2 and Gate 5 - CHORLTON STREET Gate 2 is our main box office and is open from 12:00 Friday 23rd August until 18:00 Monday 26th August, 24 hours a day. Gate 5 is open from 10am until midnight Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August. Gate 6 - SACKVILLE STREET Gate 6 is open from 10am until midnight on Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th August *Gate 6 is also open on Thursday 22nd August for you to collect your Pledge Bands ahead of the event. Opening times are 09:00 - 20:00. IDENTIFICATION Please make sure you bring valid, government approved photographic ID on your first visit to our Pledge Band Exchange points. Photocopies of passports and student ID cards will not be accepted as valid identification. Please see our conditions of entry (end of pack) for more info on valid identification. Please note that there is no Pledge Band exchange at Manchester Pride Live at Mayfield TICKETING ENQUIRIES If you have any issues or queries regarding ticketing over Manchester Pride Festival, please visit the staff at our box offices who will be able to help you. Alternatively, you can contact Ticketmaster via their website or by phone, at: https://help.ticketmaster.co.uk/hc/en-us Phone: 0333 321 9999 2. FULL PROGRAMME Please see below for the full programme of artists and events at Manchester Pride Festival. 2019. 3. EVENT LOCATIONS AND OPENING TIMES MANCHESTER PRIDE LIVE Manchester Pride Live is located at: Mayfield Manchester Fairfield Street Across the road from Manchester Piccadilly Station. Opening & closing times Saturday 24th August and Sunday 25th August: Doors open 12pm No re-entry after 7pm (19.00hrs) The Yard Stage Arena opens: 12pm Performances begin: 2pm Performances end: 11pm Curfew: 12am Depot Mayfield Arena opens: 12pm Performances begin: 2pm Performances end: 1am Curfew: 1:30am Gaydio Stage Arena opens: 12pm Performances begin: 12pm Performances end: 11pm Arena closed: 12am The Platform Arena opens: 12pm Performances begin: 12pm Performances end: 11pm Curfew: 12am VIP area Arena opens: 12pm Performances begin: 2pm Performances end: 11pm Curfew: 12am GAY VILLAGE PARTY The Gay Village Party is located at: Manchester’s Gay Village M1 Opening & closing times: Friday 23rd August Sackville Gardens: 7pm - 11pm Sackville Square Fair: 7pm - 12am Silent Disco: 7pm - 12am Saturday 24th August Sackville Gardens: 12pm - 12am Sackville Square Fair: 12pm - 12am The Expo: 11am - 5pm The Fetish Emporium: 6pm - 12am Sunday 25th August Sackville Gardens: 12pm - 12:30am Sackville Square Fair: 12pm - 12am The Expo: 11am - 5pm The Fetish Emporium: 6pm - 12am Monday 26th August Sackville Gardens: 12pm - 10:30pm Sackville Square Fair: 12pm - 8pm The Sing-A-Long Cinema: 11am - 6pm The Candlelit Vigil: 8pm - 10:30pm THE SUPERBIA WEEKEND The Superbia Weekend is located at several venues across the city centre. The Refuge Basement Oxford St, Manchester M60 7HA Manchester Library St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD No 70. Oxford Street 70 Oxford St Manchester M1 5NH Opening & closing times Friday 23rd August The Refuge Basement: 7pm - 10pm Saturday 24th August The Refuge Basement: 7pm - 3am Manchester Library: 4:30pm - 6:30pm No. 70 Cafe Space: 2:30pm - 10pm No. 70 Exhibition Space: 3pm - 10pm No. 70 Cinema Space: 4:30pm - 8:30pm No. 70 Annexe Space: 5:30pm - 6pm No. 70 Quiet Space: 5pm - 6:30pm Sunday 25th August No. 70 Cafe Space: 12:30pm - 6pm No. 70 Exhibition Space: 3pm - 4:30pm No. 70 Cinema Space: 2pm - 7:45pm No. 70 Cinema 2 Space: 4:30pm - 5:30pm No. 70 Annexe Space: 11am - 7pm YOUTH PRIDE MCR Youth Pride MCR is located at: YES 38 Charles St Manchester M1 7DB Saturday 24th August The Pink Room: 2pm - 7pm The Quiet Zone: 2pm - 7pm Sunday 25th August The Pink Room: 11:30am - 6:30pm The Quiet Zone: 11:30am - 6:30pm Please note: Youth Pride MCR is a closed, ticketed event for young LGBT+ people aged 14- 25. You must have registered for a ticket to attend. This event is now sold out. 4. ARRIVING AT MANCHESTER PRIDE FESTIVAL Taxis and public transport will be the easiest and best way to get to and from the city centre to both festival sites. Please see below for details on the best ways to access Manchester Pride Festival. TRAM The easiest way to get to and from Manchester Pride Festival is using Metrolink. Don’t forget, Metrolink is once again providing free travel to Pledge Band holders in Zone 1 across the weekend, providing a safe ride around Pride. Nearest stops: For Manchester Pride Live: Piccadilly For Gay Village Party: Piccadilly Gardens For the Parade: Deansgate Castlefield & St Peters Square TRAIN The closest train stations to the event are Manchester Piccadilly or Oxford Road. BUS Take a bus to Manchester Piccadilly Gardens. From there, the Gay Village Party event site is a two minute walk, just across the road onto Portland Street and to the right. Manchester Pride Live at Mayfield is approximately a 10 minute walk from Piccadilly Gardens bus station. AIR From Manchester Airport, you can take a train or the Metrolink tram to Manchester Piccadilly. Alternatively, you can take a bus to Piccadilly Gardens from the airport. Getting your Pledge Bands Head down to any Pledge Band Exchange point at the Gay Village Party to exchange your ticket for your Manchester Pride Festival and Gay Village Party Pledge Bands. Please bring your festival ticket (Mobile E-ticket, printed ticket or physical) and valid photographic ID to claim your Manchester Pride Festival Pledge Band. Exchange your ticket for your Manchester Pride Festival Pledge Band. Enjoy the festival! Please be aware that if you lose any of your Pledge Bands we are unable to replace them, so please look after yours. If you have any issues with your Pledge Bands, e.g. if it is too tight around your wrist, please visit the staff at our box offices who will be able to help you. Please note that there are no Pledge Band Exchange Points at Manchester Pride Live at Mayfield. 5. VIP TICKET HOLDERS VIP Pledge Bands have now been posted and should be with you soon. Our VIP area is located at Manchester Pride Live. The entrance to the VIP area at Manchester Pride Live is at Arch 9. (Please see our Manchester Pride Live site map for more details.) VIP tickets include unlimited weekend access to The Gay Village Party, Saturday & Sunday access to Manchester Pride Live, access to the VIP area at Manchester Pride Live and more. Unfortunately, VIP tickets are now completely sold out, no more will be released and upgrades are not possible. Please note that there is no VIP area at The Gay Village Party. 6. SITE MAPS Please see below for a map of the Manchester Pride Live event site. You can also find this map on our website at: https://www.manchesterpride.com/manchester-pride-live Please see below for a map of the Gay Village Party event site. You can also find this map on our website at: https://www.manchesterpride.com/gay-village-party 7. MANCHESTER PRIDE LIVE Entrance to Manchester Pride Live is included with your Rainbow Pass. Please exchange your e-ticket of physical ticket for your Manchester Pride Festival Pledge Band at one of the exchanges in the Gay Village before entering Manchester Pride Live. CLEAR BAG POLICY To ensure the safety of everyone in attendance at Manchester Pride Live, we will be operating a strict clear bag policy. Please read the below information carefully. If you wish to bring extra belongings into Manchester Pride Live at Mayfield, a clear bag will be required.
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