Date & Time
Sat 5 to Sunday, 6 September 2026
11:30
Price
Saturday £15 to £20; Sunday community activities include free entry
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No ticket required; pay on the day
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Saturday, 5 September 2026
Festival
Alternative Pride 2026
Queer joy grows differently when it is rooted in community
LGBTQ+ FriendlyQueer-Led
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A community-led LGBTQIA+ weekend filled with queer art, workshops, live music, dancing, wellbeing and a slower sober Sunday.
Alternative Pride returns to Platt Fields Market Garden for a fourth year of queer creativity, connection and community. Saturday brings together LGBTQIA+ talent, talks, workshops, activities, performance, live music and dancing. Sunday slows things down with a free farmers market, LGBTQIA+ pop-up market and gardening club in a sober space made for rest and connection. The weekend is run by not-for-profit Manchester Urban Diggers CIC, with proceeds supporting the community garden. Subsidised and no-funds tickets are available through the organiser.
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