Festival 2006

The Leicester Pride Festival took take place on Saturday 24th June on Victoria Park.

Leicester Pride and Sounding Out teamed-up with Farside Music to present an eclectic mix of local musicians and performers bringing the world to Victoria Park.

This year's free festival was different from those in recent years in that there was no main sound stage. Instead, live music was located in a tent with open sides.

The line up offered a mixture of bands and solo singers and range of musicaly genres from rock to folk.

Pride day on the park

The Lord Mayor of Leicester opened the event at 2 p.m. in the Dance Tent with PARISS, the Pearl Experience and other VIP guests.

The Stage Line-up

All girl rock band FIREBRAND

singer ANDY STIRTON

CLOE VAUGHAN

LILITHS ARMY - lesbian fronted rock band

KEVIN MCCOURT'S BAND

CAROLE PALMER- singer

KICKTIN band

JOHN ANTHONY - singer

POINTYBOSS - band

Kicktin are a three piece rock funk pop punk phenomenon! Their sounds are comparable to a variety of artists such as Gwen Stefani/No Doubt, The Distillers and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as being a step away from the norm. web site

Firebrand stage stomping, face pulling, powerchord-avoiding, instrumentally accomplished three piece, ripping up the girl-band rule book and creashing through genres like a musical wrecking ball. web site

John Anthony - local singer/songwriter

Paula Driver

Dance Tent

Hosted by the fabulous PEARL EXPERIENCE, the dance tent will provided a lineup of Leicester's leading DJs, including

• LIAM CARVER
• STEVE O'DONNELL
• DIRTY SOUL
• JONNA
• TURKEY BEATZ
• SONGS FROM BEYOND

The dance sets will covered everything from camp classics to the latest club sounds. Presided over by the fabulous Pearl Experience.

Community

There is no community tent this year instead it is an outdoor market place featuring a diverse array of commercial and community based stalls.

Here is a list of stalls attending:

Commercial:

JDL for Leather
Tops and Tails
Shrinking Violet
Paul Wight
Finesse Gifts
Artkko
Aspire Designs
East Midlands Gay Wedding Show
Gay Classic Cars

Community:

Leicester Haymarket Theatre
National Legal Services
AMICUS
GMB
HM Prison Service
PCS Proud
CJIT Drug Intervention Programme
OXFAM
Amnesty International
Leicester City Council
Probation Service
UNISON
TUC
The Princes Trust
Wigston Young Peoples Centre
Birmingham Girls
Womens Group
27a Access Artspace
SGI-UK Buddhists
Leicester Parents Group
Leicester LGB Centre
Proability
Leicester Wildecats
Leicester Socialist Students
TRADE
Faith in People with HIV
LASS
Leicester Pride 2006
Henna Tattooist
Massage and Therapy Tent

Visit our Virutal Community Marquee

Festival goers will be able to shop around with a wide variety of market stalls offering things you might not be able to buy locally. If you want to put on a market stall, click on the link for- more information. Use this link also if you want to offer food and other catering outlets on the Festival site.

Midland Classic Authentic Red Routemaster London Bus - running gay speed dating on the top floor alternating female and male sessions - providing date tags and a flirt message service - a chill out area and meeting area on the ground floor - and a party bus from 6pm onwards.

If you fancy a ride jump on board!!!

Click here for help using this web site.

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