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We’re excited to share the next chapter of our journey. What many of you previously knew as Black Pride is evolving into Liberation Pride.
While the name is changing, our purpose remains the same.
Liberation Pride continues to centre and celebrate the QTIPOC community, with a strong focus on uplifting QTIPOC artists, performers, and creatives.
In previous years, our programme has featured our signature large-scale catwalk show, showcasing fashion, identity, and culture through powerful artistic expression. For 2026, we’re expanding the programme into three strands, creating more opportunities for artists and the community to connect, collaborate, and celebrate.
These strands include:
• Events Supported By Liberation Pride – providing support and platform opportunities for community-led QTIPOC events and creatives.
• Events Commissioned By Liberation Pride – new artistic work and events commissioned to spotlight QTIPOC talent and ideas.
• Events Produced By Liberation Pride – flagship Liberation Pride productions, including some of our larger programme moments.
EVENTS
Her Pride - Supported By Liberation Pride
Sunday 7 June | Ferny House 289 Promenade | Blackpool | FY1 6AL
Liberation Pride are proud to support HER Pride – an alternative fringe event for Blackpool Pride, curated by our iconic allies and created as a space that centres and celebrates women and QTIPOC voices within our community. Expect pure dance energy, uplifting vibes, and a party atmosphere where everyone can come together to celebrate Pride in a way that is bold, authentic, and unapologetically HER.
At the heart of the event is a commitment to amplifying underrepresented voices and creating spaces where people feel seen, safe, and celebrated. From the dancefloor to the community connections made along the way, HER Pride is about showing up, supporting each other, and celebrating the strength and creativity of our community - HER House. HERstory. HER Pride.
SWAGGA - Supported By Liberation Pride
July 25 August | Pier 8 Salford Quays | Salford | M50 3AZ | 6.30 pm
Not there usual Boat Party….. ISSA BASHMENT BOAT PARTY 🇯🇲 🏳️🌈…. This one is for the real Reggae, Dancehall, Bashment and Soca Ravers.
It’s there 13th Birthday and there not watering nuttn down. If you’re not into Bashment and Reggae you might want to sit this one out. 80’s, 90’s, 00’s and new Bashment riddims.
Swagga are staying true to ther roots and taking it PON DE RIVER on there very own boat ‘Montego Gay’ 🇯🇲 🏳️🌈🇯🇲🏳️🌈🇯🇲
Head over to @swaggamcr for tickets
Liberation Pride Pageant -Produced By Liberation Pride
Thursday 27 August | Aviva Studios, Water St | Manchester | M3 4JQ | 8.00 pm
The runway is calling. The lights are low. The stakes are high. Step into the fierce, high-glam world of the Liberation
Expect killer performances, jaw-dropping runway looks, and pure drag energy as the next POC Drag Superstar rises from the shadows to claim their throne.
The pageant will also mark the official launch of Liberation Pride Pageant — formerly Black Pride MCR. A legacy reborn. A new era begins. Louder, prouder, and fiercer than ever.
The crowd will feel it - The judges will see it - The crown is waiting.
Who will step up… and take it?
Special Thanks to Factory International for supporting us with this event
Kinky Afro - Produced By Liberation Pride
Friday 28 August | Firehouse | 40 Swan St | Manchester | M4 5JG | 9.00 pm
Live band. Burlesque. DJs. Pure energy.
Kinky Afro is where Afro rhythms, funk grooves and fierce burlesque collide for a night of music, mischief and unstoppable vibes. Expect dazzling performances, a live band bringing the heat, and DJs keeping the dancefloor moving all night.
Come dressed to impress, ready to dance, and prepared for a night that’s bold, sensual and unforgettable.
Special Thanks to Firehouse for supporting us with this event
Club Zindagi - Supported By Liberation Pride
Friday 28 August | Area | 50 Sackville St | Manchester | M1 3WF | 12.00 am
Celebrating Desi LGBTQ+ Life
Manchester’s legendary Desi LGBTQ+ club night returns with something extra special. This time the iconic Lucky Roy Singh takes the mic to host a Boylesque show for the very first time in Zindagi history.
Expect big energy, fierce performances and a celebration of Desi queer joy on the dancefloor.
A night of music, culture, and unforgettable moments.
Manchester, get ready.
DILF DL - Supported By Liberation Pride
Ghetto Fabulous teams up with DILF and DJ Dan Louder to deliver a full-throttle, kinky People of Colour experience.
Expect fierce energy, bold vibes, and unapologetic expression, with live vocals and go-go dancers igniting a sweaty basement dancefloor. Raw, electric, and very, very sexy.
Come join us… shhh. We won’t tell. Let’s keep it on the DL.
Please note: DILF events are for men (including trans men and male-presenting non-binary people) and are fetish-friendly.
Rojack Pride special - Supported By Liberation
Saturday 29 August | Renae | 45-47 Thomas St | Manchester | M4 1NA | 5.00 pm - 12.00 am
Rojak is MCR’s bold queer club night centring LGBTQI people of colour—celebrating culture, community and unapologetic expression on the dancefloor. Expect high-energy DJ sets and a vibe that’s raw and electric. Alongside the parties, Rojak invests in the future—creating space to train and uplift the next generation of DJs, putting new talent at the heart of the club. Come for the music, stay for the movement.
Afternoon T - Produced By Liberation Pride
DETAILS OF VENUE AND TIMES RELEASED SOON
an immersive theatre experience created as a space for trans people of colour to gather, connect, and simply be.Guided by Maitre D Oskar Marchock, you’ll be invited to let go, to rebuild, and to reimagine what a community can feel like. This is not just a performance — it’s a shared moment of presence, reflection, and joy.
Throughout the afternoon, our servers will offer love through food, drink, and a few fierce moves to keep the energy flowing. You may choose to sit back and witness, step forward and participate, or exist quietly within the space. Conversation is welcome. Sharing is encouraged. Stillness is honoured.Afternoon T is an offering — a warm, living room of possibility where stories unfold, bodies soften, and community takes shape in real time.
Commissioned By Liberation Pride
Liberation Pride is excited to announce that we are commissioning photographer Josh Cadogan
as part of our 2026 programme.
A graduate of the University of Salford with a First Class BA (Hons) in Fashion, Image Making & Styling, Josh’s work focuses on editorial portraiture, directional imagery, and documentary photography. His practice centres queer people and moments from across the LGBTQ+ community, capturing identity, culture, and connection through powerful imagery.
We’re excited to collaborate with Josh and can’t wait to share the portraits created as part of the Liberation Pride programme.
Commissioned By Liberation Pride
Liberation Pride is excited to announce a new commission with Rudy Mead, one half of the creative duo FAKE TRASH.
FAKE TRASH, the artistic collaboration between Lill and Rudy, is known for creating bold, intense and often colourful imagery that celebrates alternative culture — with a particular love for Manchester’s queer scene. Their work blends flamboyant visual flair with experimentation, pushing colour, style and references to playful and sometimes darker places.
As Rudy describes their approach:
For the Liberation Pride programme, Rudy Mead will create a new visual commission, bringing the distinctive FAKE TRASH aesthetic into the Pride Mcr world.
We can’t wait to share what emerges.
Bitchcraft - Supported By Liberation Pride
A dark, provocative runway experience where fetish fashion, power and rebellion take centre stage.
Emerging from the underground, Bitchcraft is carving out space for bold designers and fearless models, blending latex, leather, kink aesthetics and high-fashion attitude into an unforgettable spectacle.
With ambitions to expand nationally and internationally, this is more than a show — it’s a movement celebrating alternative style, body confidence and unapologetic expression.
Enter the dark side of fashion.
Runway. Fetish. Power.
TICKETS TO EVENTS RELEASED SOON
