Pride festivals in Manchester and London to go ahead
Manchester Pride being an in-person event as long as the UK government’s roadmap out of lockdown for England remains on track.The two sets of organisers said the government’s plans to continue to roll out the Covid-19 vaccine and reopen hospitality venues offered certainty that the events could go ahead in some form.Pride in London, the organiser of the biggest LGBTQ+ celebration in the UK, said it was exploring a number of options including in-person events, and would announce thefinalised plans for the event on 11 September “in due course”.Manchester Pride is the first pride event to confirm that an in-person festival will be going ahead, with organisers “cautiously optimistic” that the four-day festival held over the August bank holiday.
