Pride fundraiser gets ready to hit the city

Published date09 September 2021
Publication titleChester Chronicle
This event will give people the chance to come together and reflect on the year gone by, while connecting with friends new and old.

It's a much smaller 'pride-lite' event of 2,000 capacity, unlike the usual 15,000 capacity event that Chester Pride normally hosts in August.

Reflect and Connect will take place on the lower car park of Castle Square on Saturday, September 18, with tickets priced at £5 per adult and £3 per child (3-16) available from www.chesterpride.co.uk.

The event provides the charity with a chance to put the focus on promoting its various projects that support the LGBT+ community. It will be showcasing its LGBT+ helpline, called Just Ask, which has been active though the Covid pandemic, and seeing a high number of LGBT+ people contacting the helpline for help, advice, and ongoing support.

There will also be a chance to learn more about Take 5, a mental wellbeing programme; The Bopx Project in partnership with Virgin Care, Body Positive and 15 city centre venues to offer free condoms and sanitary/menstrual products to any user for free.

But the day will also feature a fantastic line-up of entertainment for everyone to party along with.

The event will host local and international artists including home grown talent Sharon Wallace, The Proud Mary's LGBT

Choir, 80s pop icons Sonia and Kelly Wilde, X factor star Lloyd Daniels, pop duo the Cheeky Girls along with chart-topping headliners Atomic Kitten.

Chair of Chester Pride, Warren-Lee Allmark, said: "This weekend just gone saw Chester Digital Pride take place over the usual pride event, which was cancelled due to Covid.

"Although our decision to...

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