LGBT Shrewsbury
Bringing you news of all the lesbian gay bi trans events in the Shrewsbury area.
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Several LGBT groups meet regularly, and extra stuff happens too. The site's six pages contain links to everything. If you have something to add please tell us.
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Latest News:
A beautiful window display for Shrewsbury Pride at Cups Coffee and Creators cafe on Castle Street (what alliteration!). Go and take a look - it's even better in real life!
The programme for Shrewsbury Pride 2024 !!
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Friday 27 September
Tap and Can, Castle Gates What 3 Words: water.lime.fats
- 4pm - Queer Brewing takeover our taps with an incredible line up featuring various different beer styles. Let’s toast to love, diversity, and great beer!
Saturday 28 September loads of stuff all over town!!
In the Square What 3 Words: lists.wheels.asks
- 11am - Co-organisers Phil & Jens kick off Pride with performances from Shrewsbury Musical Theatre and Samira.
- 12pm – The Pride March departs from the Square at noon, bringing the town alive with singing, dancing, music and drums. Line the streets and bring the celebratory cheer!
- 1pm – Live performances on the BeFibre stage all afternoon. This includes dancing, choirs, music, drag, and lots of joy! (until 5.30pm)
St Mary’s Church, St Mary's Street
- All day – it’s the CAMRA Shrewsbury Beer Festival and you can try a Rainbow Dream in honour of Pride
- 1pm – The skaters of Evolution Roller Derby perform alongside the drummers of XR Rhythm (until 2pm).
Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, Market Street What 3 Words: claim.asset.stress
- All day – We Are Proud exhibition – an exhibition of postcard-sized artworks from the community. Find it along the entrance corridor.
Tap and Can, Castle Gates
- All day – The Tap Takeover – Queer Brewing are taking over the Tap and Can all weekend!
Turned Wood Café, Flaxmill Maltings
- 10am - Andy McKeown Installation – a Pride themed installation from the light and sound artist (until 4pm).
The Unitarian Church, High Street
- 1pm – Information Zone + Medical Support – info on a range of helpful organisations (until 5pm).
- 1pm – Pick up your official Pride merch, including the Shrewsbury Pride T-shirt (until 5pm).
Bird and Beer, Castle Foregate (opposite railway station)
- 1.30pm – The Pride Drag Special of their Bottomless Brunch with hosts Jenn Deere and Mr Brakedown (until 3pm).
The Alb, Smithfield Road
- 1pm – Bottomless Brunch with 10% of proceeds going to local charities supported by Shrewsbury Pride (until 3pm).
The Hive, Belmont What 3 Words: gear.miss.safety
- 2pm onwards – Photographer Ming de Nasty will be ready to take your picture for Pride
- 1.15pm - Afternoon talk - Naomi Yates, Climate Activism (until 2.45pm).
- 3pm - Afternoon talk - Andy Leake, Queer Journalism (until 3.30pm).
- 3.30pm - Afternoon talk - Lou Aphramor, Queer Nutrition (until 5pm).
- 7pm - Evening comedy - Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva. Buy tickets here.
The Library, Castle Street
- 1.30pm – Rainbow Storytime with Glyn (until 2pm).
- 1pm – SYA/XYZ Youth Group are holding a bake sale, raffle and craft (until 4pm).
- 2pm – Rainbow Storytime with Danielle
Cups, Coffee and Creators cafe, Castle Street
- 2pm – The Majesty’s Puppet Showcase
- 3pm – Afternoon art with Phill
In Good Hands music café, Frankwell
- 2pm – Spoken Word Open Mic (until 4pm).
HMV, Darwin Centre upper floor
- 2pm – Queer Live Music.
The Wheatsheaf, Frankwell
- 2pm onwards – Pride celebrations with live music, drag performers and fun.
Nerdy, Mardol – The Debut Stage
- 3pm – New for this year! Come and see performers making their first appearance in front of a live audience. Performers include Avery Pickard, Bethany Bryan, Max Powell, Sylvia Black and more. Our host is Jenn Dere as P. Jenn with support from Micah Knight. (Until 4.30pm)
The Greenhouse restaurant, Milk Street
- 7.30pm – All you can eat vegetarian/vegan feast with live music from Hannah and Brian (until 9.30pm).
The Cellars at The Buttermarket
- 6pm - The official Pride Party featuring a tribute to the Pet Shop Boys (until midnight).
English Bridge Workshops, Gyratory What 3 Words: prove.plans.rabble
- 7pm – Come as your are party! Soul, funk, house and disco with Revolution Grooves 9until midnight).
Sunday 29 September loads of stuff all over town!!
The Hive, Belmont What 3 Words: gear.miss.safety
- 10am - Make Over Morning – clothes swap, block printing, make up tutorial, Visibly Mended workshop (until 12pm).
- 5pm - Improv Workshop with Giant Leap Improv (until 7pm).
Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
- All day – We Are Proud exhibition – an exhibition of postcard-sized artworks from the community
The Unitarian Church, High Street
- 11am – Interfaith Service – Why we need Pride
Flaxmill Maltings
- 11am – Theo Dussek, Pirate Toubador – singalong folk songs with modern indie-folk
- 2pm – The Rock Choir with feelgood hits (until 3pm).
- 3pm – Love2Sing Choir – a high energy contemporary choir.
Tap and Can, Castle Gates
- All day – The Tap Takeover – Queer Brewing are taking over the Tap and Can all weekend!
- 3pm – Rock from Something 4 the Weekend
- 4pm – Metal core from Any Given Reason
- 5pm – Punk from Boom Boom Womb
Nerdy, Mardol
- 7pm – Drag King Count D’Ranged with something top secret! Buy tickets here. (until 9pm).
Make sure you’re following Shrewsbury Pride on Facebook and Instagram for all the updates on what’s going on and where, and look out for the gorgeous Guide to Pride designed by Max Wilkins. It’s free and will be available around town in the next week or so.
Most events at Shrewsbury Pride are FREE. To help keep it that way, donations are gratefully received here.
Until October at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
'We Are Proud!' exhibition created by the LGBTQ+ people of Shrewsbury. Open between now and October in Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery along the ground floor corridor.
What 3 Words: claim.asset.stress