Sunday 5th June:
Queer as Political Exhibition
The exhibition will be showing as a part of Cork Pride 2011 (29th May – 6th June) in The Other Place, North Main Street, Cork. For more information contact Cork Feminista.
Venue: The Other Place Time: 8pm
Adm: Free
Body Painting workshop
Can’t decide what to wear for the parade? We have seven amazing body painters coming down from Dublin to help make the parade colourful. So come early and get some colour on your birthday suit! Only 7 spaces available so book early! To book mail info@theotherplacecork.com
Venue: The Other Place Time: 10am
Adm: €10
Breakfast
Mixed Event. All Welcome
Venue: The Other Place Time: 10pm
Adm: Free
Brunch
Mixed Event. All Welcome
Venue: LinC Time: 12pm
Adm: Free
Climb Carrauntoohil
Climb Ireland’s highest mountain to celebrate Cork Pride Festival. We will raise the Rainbow Flag and the Cork Pride Flag on the Summit. This event is open to all and is hosted by the Cork Gay Hillwalkers (www.corkgayhillwalkers.com)
Please register for this event before Friday 3rd June at
hillwalkers (at) CorkPride (dot) com
You will be e-mailed the requirements with regard to assembly points. We will also give you a check list of equipment, ie, clothing and footwear etc. A car pool will operate.
Venue: Carrauntoohil Time: 3pm
Adm: Free Map: Email for assembly point
The Parade
As in the big Parade
Evolution.
Dictionary definition : development, progress
This year, we have chosen “Evolution” as the core theme of The Cork Pride Festival Parade.
Far from being an academic, Darwinian interpretation of what evolution means (although the further evolution that is apparent looking at Darwin’s theory of Evolution from Ape to Man, and then from knuckle-dragging man to sartorially exquisite gay doesn’t, for some reason, appear in any Natural History books…) our focus, although no less relevant(!) is more entrenched in popular culture.
Decades…
Decades in all their fabulous, schizophrenic, technicolour glory…
Decades that we remember with fondness and a smile…
Decades that we would rather forget, and remember with embarrassment and a grimace…
Decades that some of us were not even born in, (although some of us were around for all of them.. you know who you are, and the vitamin E cream is working a treat..!)
The floats and groups of this years Parade each represent different decades from the latter (and most exciting!) part of the 20th century.
From the psychedelic fabulousness of Flower Power and The Swinging Sixties, to the sparkling spandex, lurid lurex (and Abba!) of the Seventies, to the positively tasteful leg-warmers, shoulderpads and eyeshadow of the Eighties (and that was just the guys!)
Yes, this year, we’re camping it up, with a glittering display of fashion f*** ups…
Special thanks are once again due to our amazingly creative friends at Cork Community Art Links, whose help has been invaluable and inspirational in Artistic Direction, and in creating this amazing visual spectacle. Thanks also to the venues, volunteers, friends, floaters and floatees, without whom none of this would happen.
This is Evolution.
This is our Time
This is Now.
Venue: Starting point, outside the Library on Grand Parade Time: 3pm
Adm: Free
Loafers Annual Pride BBQ
Kicks off straight after the Parade. One of the highlights of the week with DJs Sinead and Eddie K entertaining you throughout.
Venue: Loafers Bar Time: 4pm
Adm: Free
Chill out Sunday
Relax after the Parade with good food, good music and some craic. All Welcome!
Venue: The Other Place Time: 4pm
Adm: Free
Chambers Post-Parade Pints
We open after the Parade and are serving Hot food with special prices for a pint: With sausage and chips at €5. Other food deals also on offer.
Venue: Chambers Bar Time: 4pm
Adm: Free
Eden
Synth-Pop band Eden making a big comeback tour of Ireland,
with host from Dublin the one and only April Showers
Venue: Chambers Bar Time: 10pm
Adm: €10
Sean Rumsey
Youtube sensation Sean Rumsey also from Future Proof XFACTOR 2007, brings his show to Cork for one night in Chambers!
Venue: Chambers Bar Time: 11pm
Adm: €10
