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Thousands gather for York's annual Pride parade
Thousands of people in creative outfits filled with rainbow colours have gathered to mark York's annual Pride parade started in the new location of Parliament Square at 11:45 BST on Saturday, before marching through the city centre and then ending in the Knavesmire at about 13:30.A festival featuring stalls and musical performances, including drag trio Angels of the North, was then held near to York event organisers previously said York Pride is always a "celebration of love, equality, and visibility - and nothing can dampen that spirit". They said: "We're incredibly proud to be bringing the LGBT+ community and City of York together once again for a vibrant, inclusive day of joy and solidarity."Whether you're walking in the parade, cheering from the sidelines or enjoying the main festival, we promise an unforgettable experience."The parade around the city previously started at York Minster, but this has now been changed so that the start position is inside the counter terrorism bollards. The organisers previously said this was to "keep the assembly of the parade as secure as possible".The route of the parade followed sections of Davygate, St Helen's Square, Coney Street, Spurriergate, Bridge Street, Skeldergate, Bishopgate Street, Bishopthorpe Road, Campleshon Road and Knavesmire Road, before ending up on the Knavesmire. Roads around the parade route were closed on Saturday as the event took Street was also closed from 10:30 until 13:30, while St Helen's Square was shut between 11:30 and 13: the festival, performers on the main stage included Britain's Got Talent star and RuPaul's Drag Race UK runner-up La Voix, while the Cheeky Girls, Kerry Ellis and tribute act Pet Shop Boys, Actually, also performed. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
10-03-2025
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Newcastle: Pride artists 'can be totally free in a safe space'
Pride allows LGBTQ+ musicians the freedom to perform "without limitations" and bring "out there" stage shows to life, says one of the stars of the annual T Ogilvie, who is once again set to take to the stage at this year's Newcastle Pride, said similar events have helped him hone who he is as an singer founded The Future is Queer collective, which showcases LGBTQ+ musicians and brings a large choreographed production to Pride every said the two-day festival allowed musicians to "get the vision out of their head and onto the stage". "I know a lot of these LGBTQI+ performers are very out there. They are very flamboyant, they do these massive productions and they've got these great ideas," he said."So it's great to provide these stages where they [the performers] can be totally free and show who they want to be as an artist, without limitations and in front of a really safe space with a really engaged crowd." Ogilvie's first Pride performance was in Cumbria in 2017, where he performed in front of a crowd of said it was rare for a musician to be given the chance to perform to such a large audience so early on in their career, and it had allowed him to hone who he was as an artist."To be given that opportunity was fabulous," he said. The Future is Queer is set to perform again at this year's Newcastle Pride, when the festival takes over the city on 19 and 20 July. This year's festival is being headlined by pop star Pixie Lott, stylist-turned-DJ Gok Wan and Drag Race UK finalist Michael will also feature drag group Angels Of The North, as well as tribute acts and dance and cabaret the festival's organiser, Northern Pride, said it remained committed to ensuring local creatives played a part in the event, and has asked homegrown acts to apply for a organisation is urging anyone who wants to sing, dance, perform comedy or run a workshop to get in Pride's director, Ste Dunn, said he was overwhelmed by the continued support the Newcastle festival has received in recent years."We are delighted to be bringing an even bigger and better Newcastle Pride to the city centre this year to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community," he said. Follow BBC Newcastle on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram.
