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Cardiff-Wales Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras
Cardiff-Wales Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras (Lesbiad a Hoywon Caerdydd-Cymru) is Wales's national gay pride event, attracting over 40,000 people to the main park festival and lesbian and gay revellers from...
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event:		Cardiff-Wales Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras
review date:		Friday, 3 to Monday, 6 September 2004
photos by:		James Brooks & Sam Milford

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Yes, folks, this is the last UK Pride of the year for REALBrighton's roaming reporters. The Lesbiaid a Hoywon Caerdydd-Cymru Mardi Gras 2004! (and no, that wasn't a typo). Crossing the border into Wales is like... well... driving into another country. The signs suddenly turn all bilingual on us, the hills seem just that bit greener and the toll... oh bugger, the toll... has anyone got £4.60 in change on them?

The Mardi Gras Weekend was a fabulous success. Very, very different from the last couple of big events that we've been to, this was a much more local affair. Still very much a community event, Cardiff boasts lots of free events... with road closures and street parties, dance podiums, outside bars, hot food grills, stages... and all this was just at the Golden Cross pub! The main event was the party on Saturday afternoon in Cooper's Field. An estimated 40,000 people arrived in the park, which far exceeded the organisers' expectations. Having said that, they coped with the crowds admirably...

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the photos...

		A Sunny Sunday photos by Sam Milford There's little doubt, having trawled the bars and pubs over the weekend, that other than the main event a the park, all the action was at the Golden Cross... view review

		Golden Cross... Then Savior... On Ice! photos by Sam Milford A packed evening of alcoholic excess at the Golden Cross before heading into the Ice Rink for some hardcore clubbing. We may have been rattling around a bit in there, but the atmosphere was good and the night a success... view review

		Saturday: Cooper's Field photos by Sam Milford The park was packed, the weather held out, the crowd was happy, the drinks weren't overpriced and all in all... what a bloody good way to spend a Saturday afternoon! view review

		Arrival. Detox. Addiction. In that order. photos by James Brooks & Sam Milford We roamed. We snapped. We soaked up the atmosphere on your behalf. We had plenty to drink on the way around and we enjoyed ourselves. That's all that matters, surely? view review

		Friday: Exit photos by James Brooks & Sam Milford James and Huw donned their REALBrighton vests and spent the night trying to explain what a Brighton website was doing up in Wales... Huw's hometown, you see. Not that we need an excuse... view review

about Cardiff-Wales Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras

Cardiff-Wales Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras (Lesbiad a Hoywon Caerdydd-Cymru) is Wales's national gay pride event, attracting over 40,000 people to the main park festival and lesbian and gay revellers from all over the world to enjoy a big weekend of celebrations in the city.

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