Month: July 2018

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Dominic Berry confirmed for Levenshulme Pride

We are delighted to announce that Dominic Berry will be performing at Levenshulme Pride.

Dominic is an internationally award-winning performance poet. He is 2017 Glastonbury Festival Poet in Residence, winner of 2017 Saboteur ‘Best Spoken Word Artist’ award and has toured his verse across USA, Canada, India, New Zealand, Australia, South America and Europe. His other awards include winning New York’s Nuyorican Poetry Cafe Slam, UK Superheroes of Slam and, as of 2017, seven Arts Council England Grants for the Arts awards.

When not travelling the world Dominic lives in Manchester.

Dominic will be appearing twice at Levenshulme Pride:

Saturday 18 August 19.30 at The Klondyke

  • Theatre show “I Can Make You Fail a Little Bit Less”

Sunday 19th August 11.00 at Arcadia Library and Leisure Centre

  • Performance for children and families. Full of energy, jokes and action this is storytelling at its best.

Find out more about Dominic HERE

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Levenshulme Pride Night Market Disco

The famous and fabulous Levenshulme Market is doing Levenshulme Pride with a bit of disco magic on Friday 17th August from 5-9pm.

So channel your inner Studio 54 and join us to celebrate Levenshulme Pride at the night market!

Best DISCO clobber wins a lovely prize.

Full bar, street food, artisan goods, face painting, exciting DJs – exciting DJ announcements coming soon (keep an eye on the event listing HERE).

Get your disco-loving chums invited pronto!

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Drag workout at Arcadia

Arcadia will be running a drag fitness session as part of Levenshulme Pride so here’s a new checklist for a trip to the gym:

  • shorts / joggers
  • teeshirt
  • water bottle
  • gym shoes
  • lippy
  • cocktail dress
  • wig

(Drag is optional but encouraged.)

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Our Sponsors

We are delighted to receive sponsorship from the following:

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

Sponsorship is still available for anyone else interested in supporting Levenshulme Pride and helping to make it the best it can be for everyone. Full information is available HERE

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Is size important?

So far this year we have more venues promising more things across more of Levenshulme. Does size matter? It does when you are a Pride that seeks to engage as many people as possible across the community. So expect activities in the following places:

  • Arcadia Library and Leisure Centre
  • Fred’s Ale House
  • Inspire Centre
  • Oddfellows Barber
  • Shine Hair
  • Station Hop
  • The Bluebell
  • The Klondyke
  • The Levenshulme
  • The Union