PRIDE @ RETRO: Love Riot

PRIDE IS A LOVE RIOT!

Dandy and What Do I Tell My Friends are back at it again, bringing you everything you need to close out your Manchester Pride 2023 weekend. DJs Adaimia, Deany Sevigny, IDB and Mathu are your Zaddy Bears for the WHOLE DAY AND NIGHT at Retro Bar.Starting at 2pm with FREE ENTRY in the main bar, LOVE RIOT is bringing daytime dance floor fillers and special drinks offers to keep you cool right up to 9pm.

Then from 10pm it’s our ticketed after party, where we throw open the doors to the hot & sweaty basement and give you TWO FLOORS to move your bodies on, right through to 3am.This year, we’re immensely honoured to be working with our talented friend Adrian Brian Thompson of the independent northern record label, AnalogueTrash. With over a decade in the music and events industries – even taking his queer alt indie night Anointed to Cologne in 2019 – he’ll be throwing some old and new favourites into the mix that we’re sure you’ll love. We’re also very proud to be introducing two new local queer DJs and performers, The Affable Fool and Sugar Puff Daddy, who are incredibly excited to party with you from the Sunday afternoon right through to Monday morning! 
                                                                                LOVE RIOT is the alt queer pride party for all the bears, beauts, chubs, twinks, dads, mummy bears, Muscle Marys, Marthas, Arthurs, loners, losers, fems and freaks.

We’re kink- and fetish-friendly and we celebrate ALL bodies, faces, and identities - everyone deserves a place to be freeeee and do what ya want to do!WHERE: Retro Bar, 78 Sackville St, M1 3NJ

WHEN: Sunday 27th August 2023

PRICE: FREE 2pm-9pm / £15 10pm-3am (Skiddle, on sale from 6pm 14/07/2023)

CHARLI XCX | SOPHIE | KIM PETRAS | SHYGIRL | DORIAN ELECTRA | CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS | TOVE LO | BIG FREEDIA | PHOENIX | CHVRCHES | LIZ I HANNAH DIAMOND | SLAYYYTER I CUPCAKKE | WILLOW | LEIF | YELLE I DAFT PUNK | ST VINCENT | CAROLINE POLACHEK | RINA SAWAYAMA | DEMI LOVATO | BABii | ALLIE X | WILD BEASTS | AURORA | CHASE ICON | THAT KID | BLAQK AUDIO | RIHANNA | BEYONCE I JANELLE MONAE | LIL NAS X | GOLDFRAPP | ROISIN MURPHY | ERASURE | HUMAN LEAGUE | ROBYN | FISCHERSPOONER | LADY GAGA | PET SHOP BOYS | ALICE GLASS | LAROUX | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | KYLIE | SOFT CELL | NICKI MINAJ | THE KNIFE | HOT CHIP | LADYTRON | DEPECHE MODE | GIRLS ALOUD and loads more