BBC Radio WM - Proud to support the Main Stage at Birmingham Pride

"BBC WM is the news and sport radio station for the West Midlands, broadcasting across Birmingham and the Black Country"

Richie Anderson and James Bovill are regular voices on BBC WM, reporting live on the latest breaking news and from events across the West Midlands. The Pride Team  are proud to announce that both presenters will be presenting on the Nightingale main stage over the weekend! This is a first for Birmingham Pride so we would like to thank Richie and James for all their support.


Thank you!

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Malmaison tell us why their involvement with Birmingham Pride is so important!

Sports Charter invites you

Sports Charter

On Monday 14 March 2011 the UK Government, together with major sporting bodies, launched a Charter calling for anyone and everyone with an interest or involvement in sport to unite in a common cause to tackle homophobia and transphobia in sport.

The Football Association, England & Wales Cricket Board, Lawn Tennis Association, Rugby Football League and Rugby Football Union, together with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, were amongst the first signatories.

The UK Government now needs your help in ensuring we spread the message far and wide that there is no room for homophobia or transphobia in sport.

You can register your support for the Charter by emailing us or visiting our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/lgbtsportcharter.

But please don't stop there.

We need you to spread the word by inviting your friends, team mates and local clubs to sign up too.

Together, we can make sport equal for all.

The Sports Charter:

We believe that everyone should be able to participate in and enjoy sport – whoever they are and whatever their background.

We believe that sport is about fairness and equality, respect and dignity. Sport teaches individuals how to strive and succeed, how to cope with success and disappointment, and brings people together with a common goal.

We are committed to making these values a reality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. We will work together, and individually, to rid sport of homophobia and transphobia.

We will make sport a welcome place for everyone – for those participating in sport, those attending sporting events and for those working or volunteering in sports at any level. We will work with all these groups to ensure they have a voice, and to challenge unacceptable behaviour.

Harvey Nichols Mailbox Birmingham and The Penthouse Present...

 

Join Harvey Nichols at the Penthouse during Birmingham Pride Weekend

for some Male pampering! Compliments of the Penthouse!

Beautifully you!!

Erasure Return

Erasure Return

Total Pop! Tour - Forest Concerts - 2011

After more than four years away from recording and live performance, Erasure have announced the Total Pop! tour, a series of dates for summer 2011 playing their hits as part of Forestry Commission Live Music, where acts perform in spectacular woodland locations across the country. The Total Pop! tour will coincide with the release of Erasure’s brand new album, planned for release in summer 2011.

Commenting on the tour, Erasure’s Andy Bell said, “This wonderful opportunity to perform for the fans in such a unique backdrop feels like just the right way to jump back in to Erasure after a four year break. We’re excited to be playing in the woods.”

Formed 25 years ago, the award-winning duo of Vince Clarke and Andy Bell unleashed on the nation a succession of both influential and chart-topping pop anthems of the ‘80s, ‘90s through to today. Songs like ‘A Little Respect’, ‘Sometimes’, ‘Victim Of Love’, ‘Ship Of Fools’, ‘Blue Savannah’, ‘Star’, ‘Chains Of Love’, ‘The Circus’, ‘Who Needs Love (Like That)’, ‘Love To Hate You’,  ‘Drama!’, “Always” and “Breathe,” ensured a formidable presence on the singles charts complemented by five consecutive No 1 albums including ‘The Innocents’, ‘Wild!’,  ‘Chorus’ and the beginning of the worldwide Abba revival ‘Abba-esque’.

From Lady Gaga to La Roux, the futurist, electronic sound Erasure championed is more relevant today than ever, and once again re-charging the global music scene.  Clarke’s swirling synths and Bell’s angelic vocals offer both a contrast and complement to the ancient and bucolic forests in which they will perform.  These shows will provide a magical environment for Erasure to deliver their fantastic, phantasmagoric entertainment.

Erasure with special guest Sophie Ellis-Bextor* will be performing:

Fri 10 June      Thetford Forest, Nr Brandon, Suffolk.

Sat 11 June     Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest, Nr Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Fri 17 June      Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Nr Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire.

Sat 18 June     Westonbirt Arboretum, Nr Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

Fri 24 June      Cannock Chase Forest, Nr Rugeley, Staffordshire.

Sat 25 June     Dalby Forest, Nr Pickering, North Yorks.

Fri 1 July         Delamere Forest, Delamere, Cheshire.

* Sophie Ellis-Bextor will not be appearing at Delamere Forest

Tickets cost £34.50 (subject to booking fee) from the Forestry Commission box office tel. 03000 680400, or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music.

www.erasureinfo.com / www.forestry.gov.uk/music

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Media enquiries: James Delanoy james@delanoy.co.uk / tel 01223 812533

Birmingham Pride Patrons Video

 

Check out the Official Birmingham Pride 2011 Patrons Promo- Exclusively on the Pride Hub

Birmingham Pride Ball

The Birmingham Pride team would like to say a big THANK YOU for everyone that voted for us in the Midland Zone Readers Awards. Birmingham Pride was voted the best LGBT Midlands event and the title was crowned during the sell out Pride Ball at the ICC on Friday evening.

The Evening was a glittering success and in our opinion the best ball yet! A big well done to all that took part and to Martin Monahan and his team.

Thank you!!