Canal St Manchester
Alcohol free bar, Love From, announces upcoming festive collabs with General Stores and Feel Good Club
Their jam-packed Christmas calendar follows the hugely successful residency at Kampus MCR this Autumn - and they are set to return in January 2024
Tranuary Festival 2024
A festival uniquely crafted by and for the trans community
Village Action Forum
An update from the recent forum to discuss matters affecting the Gay Village
Kings award for voluntary service
Great news for one of our long established LGBTQ Groups.
Lawrence Chaney live in Manchester
Overweight and OVER IT is about the trials and tribulations of being plus size!
Holly Johnson Exhibition
The Power of Holly - a new exhibition documenting the life and work of pioneering LGBTQIA+ musician, songwriter and artist Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes To Hollywood.)
Eagle Bar World Aids Day Fundraiser Fri 1st December.
Eagle Bar have created a massive line up of performances to celebrate World Aids Day.
David Hoyle last show of 2023 at The Brewers Canal St
‘He is raw, sometimes frightening, but also thrilling in his look-no-hands recklessness’ – The Guardian
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Canal St and the Gay Village
Welcome to the World Famous Canal Street Manchester, home of the original 'Queer as Folk' and more recently It's a Sin
It is recognised as the UK's LGBT centre, outside of London. The Gay Village is home to many annual events, such as Sparkle the Trans Festival, the Bears Bash and The Skins Weekend. The regions thriving Lesbian community is also centred in the Gay Village, with established venues like Vanilla serving the Women's scene.
Manchester Pride, the UK's most successful Annual Pride event, with tens of thousands attending the celebrations. Manchester's LGBT Sports and social groups are a major feature of daily life regularly attracting visitors from all over the World. Non LGBT are also welcome. Respect should be shown at all times.
Canal St looks forward to welcoming you all!
Canal St VIP Card - Only £18 per year
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Your VIP Card delivers fantastic discounts and offers in over 100 venues in Manchester, LGBT venues, lifestyle, products and services.
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Your Manchester Season 6
Welcome to the latest episode of Your Manchester , in which we bring you the most recent news in art, culture, and entertainment! Episode 340 and our 1050th Guest! Featuring Fantastically Great Women', which comes to the Lowry next month. Also, we go on a scary bear hunt. This week is also HIV testing week. We speak to Reece Boulton from the LGBT Foundation about how you can have fun and how far the LGBT+ community has come since the 1980's. Join Belinda Scandal for another fabulous episode.
Canal St Reviews
Review Unquiet - Manchester Camerata with Speakers Corner Quartet at New Century Hall
This was a very atmospheric performance with very unusual rhythm to it
Theatre Review: Falstaff, Verdi Opera Norths Green Season at The Lowry, Salford
A suitably joyous production
A new film, George Michael: Portrait of an Artist,
Charitable, philanthropic and troubled George Michael is revealed in this new film
I should be so lucky at Opera House Mcr
If you like camp, cheese and some of the best music of the 1980s I cant recommend this show more
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