FUN IN THE SUN

The sun is shining in Sheffield, and we have another busy month as Pride season continues. Following on from the success of their busiest event to date last year, LGBT Sheffield’s Pinknic returns on Sat 15 July. The event will commence with their LGBTQ+ Unity March from Barkers Pool to the main event at the Peace Gardens, with stalls from the city’s various LGBTQ+ groups and organisations available to peruse. Joining the spectacle will be an afternoon of performances from Electric Blue, Emma Maezin, Rio, Adam Heyes, Stevie Moore, Ink Dance, Jade and Patricia Lynn. The official afterparty will continue at Revolución de Cuba, hosted by Emma Maezin featuring live performances, guest entertainers, games and shot limbo with a soundtrack of clubland, floorfillers, pride anthems and pure pop excellence.

You can see Emma Maezin around the city at her regular nights including Dragaoke (every Thursday) at Maggie Mays, Drag Karaoke (Fri 7 Jul) at Bagshaw Arms, more Drag Karaoke (Fri

14/Sat 22) at Ball Inn, and Drag Bingo (Wed 12 Jul) and Bottomless Brunch and Drag Show (Sun 23 Jul) at Revolución de Cuba. Emma will also be joining forces with Bipolar Abdul for a Drag Bingo Pride Special (Wed 19 Jul) at Hagglers Corner, coming together for the first time EVER! That’s double the performances, double the glam, double the fun! Non-binary Drag Artist Bipolar Abdul will also be back at The Dorothy Pax ,hosting their new monthly queer friendly indie night Friends of Dorothy [Wed 26 Jul] with great tunes and drag performances, all based around alternative indie music.

This year, we finally see the first Pride event to take place in the city since Covid as organisers of the recent Joy, Power, Protest Trans March are back to host Sheffield Radical Pride (Sat 22 Jul). At the time of writing, final details are to be announced but check out their socials to see what they have planned for the day. CYB3R will be back at DINA venue that evening for CYB3R - Tramlines Fringe Pride Afterparty (Sat 22 Jul) – a collective of queer