Birmingham Pride

Birmingham Pride is a weekend-long LGBTQ+ festival held annually in the Gay Village, Hurst Street, Birmingham, England, over the spring bank holiday weekend.

[2] It usually features a carnival parade through the city centre, plus dance and musical events, funfair rides, a temporary village green, and street stalls and entertainments.

[3] Although "hastily arranged and not very well conceived", the Birmingham event featured dances, two "Gay Days" in Cannon Hill Park and a march up New Street from the Bull Ring, culminating in a small rally on the steps of Birmingham Town Hall.

Daytime and evening events took place throughout the city's main gay bars and clubs in the Gay Village – culminating in an It's a Knockout competition between teams of the venues' staff, held in the garden/swimming pool at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Hagley Road, Edgbaston.

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bare-chested man, his skin painted red, with balloons on his back to look like tentacles
A participant in Birmingham Pride in 2009