Manchester Pride Reviews 24

Every time pride is advertised, we go! It is the best fun you can have with your clothes on, and you are welcomed with open arms no matter what your sexuality. It just doesn't matter. The acts are amazing, the atmosphere is incredible, and the Mancuinan people are the best IN THE WORLD!
Roll on Covid doing one, and we can go partying again! WE MISS YOU MANCHESTER!!!

Disgusting scam artists! Cancelled the 2020 event and not provided a refund! No apology and ignoring all contact, now being left with no option but to seek legal action against them!

No Wristband is needed to enter the village and it is an offence for Manchester Pride to block your right of access

Manchester Pride. The organisation which has misled the LGBT community since 2003. Telling them that a payment was needed to enter our gay village while pride was on. No payment was ever needed. In fact charging pedestrians to enter closed streets within the gay village was unlawful. They were told this way back in 2002.

Since this became public knowledge roads within the gay village have only been closed to motor vehicles only. It is an offence for Manchester Pride to block your right of access into the gay village, unless the area becomes overcrowded. They may not prioritise wristband buyers over those without and you do not have to state where you are going. to make it clear, members of the public on foot have unrestricted right of access into the village and no one should be harassed by Manchester pride security.

Some of the dirty tricks they are employing now at the gates is telling you no bars will serve you without a wristband. A lie because some bars served people or they will say gesture to you to show your wrist. This is only dirty tricks to try to mislead people who aren't sure of their rights as you have a legal right into the village even if no bars would serve you.

The Local Government Ombudsman ruled in April 2015 that Manchester City Council had "exceeded its powers" by including mention of wristbands in a traffic order. For ten years the public was unlawfully charged and obstructed.

Minutes of a meeting held at Marketing Manchester in Nov 2002 show that all concerned knew it was unlawful before they started doing it the following August

Have attended Manchester Pride over a number of years and thoroughly enjoyed, however this year (2018) they appear to have totally messed up on their ticket release - they released the tickets and wristbands a week before the event. Ticketmaster compounded it by failing to have enough time to ship them out to customers who may have to travel a long distance to the event (they didn't get delivered until late morning the day before the event, after our departure time, so we ended up having to cancel).

Considering I paid for the wristbands the week after the 2017 Pride event, taking 51 weeks to release them smacks of utter disorganisation.

Whilst I would recommend the event itself, don't bother with the Early Bird tickets as there are no guarantees you will get them in time for any travel plans you may need to make.

In addition, both Manchester Pride and Ticketmaster state that the purchases are non-refundable, so even if they fail to get tickets or wristbands to you in time for you to attend, you can go whistle about a refund (a friend didn't receive his wristbands until the 2nd day of the event).