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After Cardiff Mardi Gras announced a year off in 2008, the local LGBT community in Cardiff have got together to bring you Cardiff Pride, featuring all the favourites you've come to expect.
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Cardiff Pride 2008
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Cardiff Pride 2008 : Finger on the Pulse (Pulse) Saturday, 6 September 2008 Darkness fell and we returned to the Pulse street party to find a much bigger crowd now out for the evening's entertainment, all worries of wet weather now forgotten.... full photo story > |
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Cardiff Mardi Gras 2007
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An Exit to Pride (Exit) Saturday, 1 September 2007 Pride celebrations continued well into the night all around Cardiff and a fair few ended up at Exit, Cardiff's camp old queen of a club - fresh from its recent facelift. The place was heaving with gorgeous Mardi Gras revellers - with plenty of smiles for the REALCardiff camera! full photo story > |
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An Iconic Night (Bar Icon) Saturday, 1 September 2007 One of the latest additions to the Cardiff scene, Bar Icon, had it's own party going on - with everyone up and dancing the night away before heading off to the clubs.... full photo story > |
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On a Golden Sunday (The Golden Cross) Sunday, 2 September 2007 Well, the Golden Cross certainly pulled out all the stops this Mardi Gras weekend! What a jaw-droppingly good line-up they managed to lay on! Headline acts included Trashville Tennessee and the DE Exp... full photo story > |
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Cardiff Mardi Gras Archives
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Exit at Cardiff Mardi Gras 2006 (Exit) Saturday, 2 September 2006 Cardiff Mardi Gras... Not fat and not on a Tuesday, although it was in Cardiff. The damp weather fortunately didn’t dampen the spirits and the parties continued all day and all night. full photo story > |
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Cardiff Mardi Gras 2005 : Street Party (The Golden Cross) Sunday, 11 September 2005 Pride Sundays are often my favourite days. Everyone's chilled out, and if you're lucky, you get to attend a fab little street party with plenty of entertainment!... full photo story > |
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Cardiff Mardi Gras 2005 : Queue X (Club X) Saturday, 10 September 2005 There's nothing like a good queue to meet new people and renew old friendships... By the time we arrived at the front of the second queue (the first being for a pint of beer) Club X was packed an... full photo story > |
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Gran Canaria Pride 2009
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Another Night Out In The Yumbo (Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria) Wednesday, 3 June 2009 A big gay night out with the boys... or should that be GIRLS in the Yumbo!... full photo story > |
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Pretty in Pink (2 substories) (Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria) Tuesday, 5 May 2009 Tonight the shopping centre was pretty in pink. Well, okay, it wasn't pretty - because it's a concrete shopping centre. But the gays were all out in pink for Pride, which couldn't help ... full photo story > |
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Friday night main stage (Yumbo Centre, Gran Canaria) Friday, 8 May 2009 Great acts from around the corner and around the world graced the stage at the Yumbo tonight, for day two of the three days of shows for Mas Palomas Gay Pride 2009 in Gran Canaria!... full photo story > |
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pride countdown
Forthcoming pride festivals...
1 day Pride London 09
4th July 09
8 days Sparkle 2009
10th - 13th July 09
15 days Thanet Pride 2009
18th July 09
22 days Copenhagen Pride 2009
25th July - 2nd August 09
23 days Brighton Pride 2009
25th July - 3rd August 09
22 days Nottingham Pride 2009
25th July 09
22 days Hull Pride 2009
25th July 09
REALPride carries full details of these events and the major pride and mardi gras festivals around the world.