4 Rooms of Music and Live performances

In The Main Room : Sammy Jo “Scissor Sisters” (dj set) will be flying in directly from New York City for the weekend ahead of his world tour ! Check out The Scissor Sisters new album “Night Work” release date June 28th also on the the night will be a very special live performance on the main stage (more info to follow soon)

In The Foyer : John Broz makes a welcome return to his home turf for one night only playing the best in camp classics, for years Workout on Sundays was the biggest night on the Gay social calender and john will be flying back to Cork from Amsterdam on the night for what can only be described as Fun Fun Fun !!!

Also on the night will be The Darg Boutique with your host Miss Daisy Drips (Alternative Miss Cork 2010) there will be live performances from Daisy and a host of other well known Cork Drag artists there will also be private booths and some very interesting surprises indeed !

And if all of that’s not enough finally as everyone loves a bit of Karaoke we will be transforming the smoking room into “The Karaoke Lounge” with the karaoke queen herself Jendaria Replacia with all your favourite favourite big power ballads at hand for you to sing your little gay heart out !

And all this for 15 euro. Part of the proceeds from the night will be going towards The Cork Gay Pride Fund to help make next years pride even bigger and better !!!

So come on down to The Savoy Theatre.. Bank Holiday Sunday 6th of June for a the Biggest Ever Pride Bash !

Tickets available from www.tickets.ie (booking fee will apply) The Other Place South Main street and Loafers Bar Douglas Street

Doors Open @ 10:30 pm

It is a matter of great pride for me to be invited to write the  foreword to this booklet. As Lord Mayor of Cork City I am proud that Cork is a City that welcomes it’s gay and lesbian community, our sisters, neighbours, friends, work colleagues, brothers and grandparents.

The Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2010 guide lists Cork as one of the top 10 cities in the world to visit. I have no doubt that the city’s gay and lesbian citizens can rightly bask in this accolade. I am also proud to welcome all those who have come to the city to celebrate Gay Pride Week.
I would like to outline some of the ways in which the City works  to help gay and lesbian people to live full lives in the city.

“Imagine Our Future” the strategy of the City Development Board sets out that the “The Gay and Lesbian Communities will be enabled to fully participate in the social, cultural and economic life of Cork City”.

To this end there is an interagency steering committee in place comprising government bodies and gay community representatives. This committee in 2010 has overseen the production of a leaflet outlining the work of the Cork Gay Community Development Co. Ltd. and (L.inC)
Lesbians in Cork. Also, these groups will soon commence the  roll out of an education programme for staff of public sector organisations.

I hope that both of these efforts will lead to the greater inclusion of LGB citizens in the life of the City. Also, the City Council facilitates the promotion of Gay Pride Week by erecting banners on the eastern entry to the City at Dunkathel.

I wish you all a very enjoyable week. May you be regular visitors to Cork in the future.
Bain taithneamh as an tseachtain. Go mairfimid go léir go dtí an t-am seo arís.

Is mise le meas,

Cllr. Dara Murphy

Ardmhéara Chorcaí
Lord Mayor of Cork

The Pride festival plays a big part in the community calendar of events every year. We are delighted to offer such a wide range of activities one of the new features is the establishment of  the official launch party in The Pavilion on Sunday the 30th of May and also the official closing party on Sunday the 6th in the Savoy. We hope the marriage of commercial and community events will offer something for everyone.

This year we will open a welcome centre in The Other Place, 8 South Main Street, where you can get information on the events. You will also be able to purchase official Pride merchandise and tickets.

A special word of thanks has to be given to Rev. Brian  O’Rourke who has kindly agreed to conduct the pride service in St Ann’s Shandon on Thursday evening.

I would also like to thank all the committee and subcommittee members for their hard work in organising the pride festival this year a big thank you goes to The Other Place, L.inC, The Gay Mens Health Project and all our sponsors.

I hope you all enjoy the festival.

Clive Davis
Chairman 2010

La Rue joked to an audience at a show in Cork: “See what they did to me in England – I left in short pants and I’ve come back in a frock.” He was a regular visitor to Cork in the 1960s and 1970s, where he performed to a packed Cork Opera House.

La Rue’s career as a female impersonator began when he donned a wig and eyelashes during a stint in the Royal Navy at a concert party at the end of the second World War. He spent years in repertory and variety before becoming a West End star in the late 1950s He opened his own nightclub in London in 1964, where celebrities such as Judy Garland, Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLean, Shirley Bassey, Noel Coward, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Elizabeth Taylor were all patrons.

The La Rue Revue will include some of corks best known modern day Drag Queens including Kitty Cartier, Daisy Drips (The reigning Alternative Miss Cork) Lady Marmalade and Sheila Bilge to name but a few all paying homage to the a late great with their own twist on some of La Rues biggest numbers with the one and only Grande Dame Mr Pussy being master of ceremonies on the night in the beautiful cinematic surroundings of the Pavilion Theatre.

Sunday 30th of May

Doors at 9:00 pm show starts at 9:30 sharp followed by dancing till late with Stevie G and Eddie Kay playing Diva classics !

Admission 10 euro available from The Pavilion Bar and The Other Place, South Main Street and online from tickets.ie (booking fee applies for online ticket)

proceeds go the the Cork Gay Pride Fund

Saturday 5th of June @ 3pm ]]> http://corkpride.com/2010/04/18/cork-pride-parade-sat-5th-june-2010/feed/ 0 http://corkpride.com/2010/03/22/paul-merton-art-cork-pride-2009/ http://corkpride.com/2010/03/22/paul-merton-art-cork-pride-2009/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:15:55 +0000 admin http://pride.gayincork.com/?p=42 Paul Merton paid a visit to Cork Pride in 2009 and filmed our Parade as part of his Paul Merton in Europe TV series that showed on Channlel 5 in the UK.

Finally, Paul heads back to the ‘rebel’ county of Cork. Until 1993 homosexuality was illegal in Ireland – but Paul is heartened to see a huge celebration of gay pride on the streets of one of Ireland’s most traditional cities, the city of Cork. Paul meets David Roche, head of the Cork Gay Project, to see just how much Ireland has changed since his childhood days.

You can view the clip of Cork Pride here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3JU0mu_u6g

On Tuesday February 16th at 8pm in The Other Place Café, the 2009 Committee will officially step down and a process of election will take place at the 2010 Cork Pride AGM (Annual General Meeting). This meeting is open to EVERYONE in the community to attend.

The Principal Post Committee positions up for nomination at this meeting are the following:

• Chairperson
• Assistant Chairperson (with responsibility for the 2010 brochure)
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Public Relations Officer (PRO)

People interested in these roles should email in their interest to info@corkpride.com no later than Friday 12th February at 6pm with the subject “Principal Posts” .

We also have the following 7 Sub-Committee’s (below) which will not meet as regularly as the Principal Post Committee. So if anyone has any skills or hobbies and feel they want to contribute towards the following committees then why not contact us on info@corkpride.com subject should be: “volunteer” and state in your email which committee you’d like to help in.

1. Brochure
2. Parade Events
3. Community Events
4. Public Relations & Media Team
5. Fundraising & Sponsorship
6. Commercial Events
7. Merchandise Sales

On a side note, thank you to everyone for the biggest turnout for a Pride event outside Dublin anywhere in the country with nearly 3,000 people! WELL DONE, remember it’s YOUR Pride too!