WELCOME Welcome to Pride Glasgow 2015 Festival Guide. This year’s festival plans to build on the success of recent years and is the result of months of planning and hard work from a dedicated team who are focused on making Pride Glasgow one of the must attend prides in the country. Pride Glasgow 2015 celebrates 20 years of Pride in Scotland and we have moved the festival to a 2 day main event in Glasgow Green taking place on August 22nd and August 23rd. The event opens at 12pm on both days and closes at 10pm on Saturday and 8pm on Sunday.
The theme for this year is Happiness, its your chance to highlight what makes you happy, make sure you use the festival hashtag #BeHappy when tweeting or posting about the event. All the team here at Pride Glasgow wish you all a Happy, Safe and Enjoyable Pride. #BeHappy
IN MEMORIAM OF
GLADYS PATERSON In Memoriam Gladys Paterson
It was with great sadness that we learnt of It was with great sadness that we learnt the death of Gladys, a beloved member of of the death of Gladys, a beloved member the LGBT+ community. Gladys was involved of the LGBT+ community. Gladys was Following on from last year the main festival in many groups, forums and organisations involved in many groups, forums and event remains ticketed at a charge of £8 for a helping to highlight in particular the issues organisations helping to highlight in of day ticket or £12 for a weekend pass. Keeping trans people. particular the issues of trans people. charges in place was not a easy decision for us to make however we need to ensure Each yearwithout withoutfail, failshe she Each year the festival remains financially sustainable would turnup upwith withher her would turn and continues to grow as people expect. mobility scooterand to take part mobility scooter take part Ticketing has also allowed us to create The in the parade and will in the parade and will certainly Pride Fund that will support the LGBT+ certainly be missed this year be missed this year. So we Community across Glasgow and the West of and we dedicate this year’s would like to dedicated this guide to Gladys. Scotland. years guide to Gladys.
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WRISTBANDS EXCHANGE & TICKETS WRISTBANDS
TICKETS
You need to exchange your ticket for a wristband to gain entry to Glasgow Green.
Tickets are on sale from local venues and online at www.pride.scot, Weekend Tickets cost £12 (Some venues still have a limited supply of earlybird tickets at £10) and day tickets cost £8.
You can do this at the on site exchange point on each day during the festival. To beat the queues you could visit one of our wristband collection points in the city on Friday 21st August. Check out the website www.pride.scot for the location and times of these wristband collection points.
The onsite box office and ticket office will be open from 8am on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd of August.
If you have bought tickets online these will have been sent to you via email. Please bring along either a printed copy of the ticket (NOT THE EMAIL) or save to a mobile device.
VIP Ticket holders, invited guests and media can collect their official passes from our accreditation centre on Friday 21st August or from the on site wristband point on Saturday 22nd August (If collecting from the wristband point please make the team member aware that it’s a VIP ticket).
VIP PASSES
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GETTING TO PRIDE The festival site and Parade starting point is located in the heart of Glasgow at Glasgow Green (Please use the Saltmarket entrance to access the site).
WALKING This is the easiest way to get to the festival site, it’s a 10 minute walk from the city centre, visit www.pride.scot for a walking map.
BUS There are plenty of buses that pass Glasgow Green in all directions visit www.travelinescotland.com to plan your journey.
CAR We do not offer visitor parking at the site, the nearest big car park to the festival site is King Street Car park (home of last year’s event) it’s a 5 minute walk to the festival site.
RAIL Argyle Street Train Station is the nearest station being less than a 5 minute walk from the festival site. The site is located about 10 minute walk from both Central Station and Queen Street and 5 minutes from the nearest Subway station
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THE PARADE (SATURDAY) TAKING PART
THEME
Anyone is free to take part in the parade and this part of the festival isn’t ticketed so come along and march!
The 2015 Theme is Happiness (make sure to use the official Pride 2015 Hashtag of #BeHappy).
If you want to register a walking group of more than 10 people or a float visit www.pride.scot
OUR STATEMENT
WHEN The Parade leaves Glasgow Green at 1pm (Assemble between 12pm and 12:45pm) on Saturday 22nd August.
ROUTE The parade will leave Glasgow Green onto Greendyke St, Saltmarket, Trongate, Albion St, Ingram St, South Frederick St, George Sq South Aspect, St Vincent Pl, St Vincent St, Renfield St, Union St, Jamaica St, Clyde St, Bridgegate, Steel St, Turnbull St, Greendyke St, Glasgow Green.
Pride Glasgow is a proud believer in use of Pride as a political statement for equality and diversity. This year we are following in the footsteps of Pride festivals in Vancouver, New York and Tel Aviv, by working with the Equality Network to highlight issues around transphobia and transgender discrimination. We recognise that in Scotland trans people remain unequal in the law and that much still needs to be done to achieve equality. We would like to encourage people, as well as using the parade to highlight the issues that are important to them, to also join us in our call for transgender equality.
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COMMUNITY EXPO This year our Community Expo is back, bigger and better than ever before. 2015 sees sixty Charity and Community stalls. The Expo lasts the whole weekend but some of the stalls will be different on each day, so make sure you take time visit on both Saturday and Sunday to get the most out of what’s on offer!
DON’T MISS OUT: YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A FANTASTIC HOLIDAY WITH PRIDE TRAVEL! Pride Travel will have a stall, where someone attending Pride WILL win a fantastic holiday, make sure you visit them.
We see these stalls as an important part of our event, and believe that as a community it is important we all support the organisations coming along. The Community Expo area is sponsored by the Steve Retson Project, who be giving away free condoms and lube at their stall. They will also have an onsite clinic, to get free advice and instant HIV & Syphilis results via finger prick testing. There will also be chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing available too. A full list of stalls can be found online at www.pride.scot.
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THE MARKETPLACE The ever popular Marketplace is back this year sponsored by McTears Auctioneers. From Scarves to Scooters, Underwear to Umbrellas, previous years have seen it all at The Marketplace. The Marketplace will be on site both the Saturday and Sunday, some stalls will be only there for one of the days, so make sure you go round them both days. Our stallholders travel from all over the UK and are an important part of our event, so as a community it is important we all support the organisations coming along. The Marketplace area is sponsored by McTears the Auctioneers, who we look forward to working with this year for the first time, more info about McTears can be found at http://www.mctears.co.uk/ A full list of our stalls can be found online at www.pride.scot.
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A full running order for Saturday can be found at www.pride.scot
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KATRINA
Saturday will see a host of performers take to the stage including local talents Glasgow Music Theatre, Angel Gold and The Winner of Dels Pride Idol Contest. Of course we can’t forget our headliners Union J, Katrina (from Katrina and the Waves) and GBX (George Bowie Experience).
GBXPERIENCE
Hosted by Cherie Triffle, the main stage on day 1 promises lots of laughter as well as our incredible acts!
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MAINSTAGE - SATURDAY
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MAINSTAGE - SUNDAY Hosted by Clyde 1’s very own Grant Thomson, day 2 promises to be packed full of entertainment. Sunday will play host to a wide range of local acts including Apache Darling, Granny Green, Bella Houston and Deanon Monsoon as well as our headliners Rozalla, Heather Peace, and Texas. A full running order for Sunday can be found at www.pride.scot
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YOUTH SPACE & DOG SHOW YOUTH SPACE Our Youth area this year is brought to you by LGBT Youth, Glasgow Life and Castlemilk Youth Complex and will be run all weekend.
Our friends at www.cani-fit.com will also be doing a demonstration of Cani Cross, this looks great fun!
There will be photographers taking lots of pictures too, this will be provided by Dedicated to young people aged 13-25s only, prettylittlepawprints.co.uk who are kindly our Youth Space is a safe place to enjoy Pride donating a photo shoot and print for one of and is completely free. There will be a stage our lucky winners! with performers including former X-Factor finalist Lloyd Daniels as well local acts. Entry to the dog show is free, however if you wish to attend the main event you will have Plus the usual fun and games including a to purchase a wristband for any humans, smoothie bike! dogs go free!
DOG SHOW
The Dog show is a new addition to Pride this year and takes place on Sunday 23rd August at Glasgow Green.
There will also be stalls in this area for charities and organisations.
Categories will be announced shortly. Scottish SPCA and Dogs Trust will be in attendance to give their seal of approval and also offering FREE micro chipping for a small donation. 20
SITE MAP
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SITE ENTRANCE AND EXITS
BANNED ITEMS
There is a single entrance to the site to the south west and you will require your wirstband to get in. Please visit the box office with your downloaded ticket to get your wristband.
Please do not bring any of the following items on site - bag searches will be carried out. • Drugs - Illegal and legal highs will not be permitted. • Weapons - any person found with a knife or weapon will be arrested. • Fireworks Any person on-site may be searched in accordance with our search policy.
The exits are to the north of the site and are clearly marked.
CAN I BRING MY OWN FOOD AND DRINK? Food, alcohol or glass cannot be taken into the festival site. As you can see there are several bars and catering services availabe.
ARE DOGS ALLOWED? Pride is pooch friendly and they don’t even require a wristband. New to this year is the dog show which you can enter into. Please remember to clean up after your dog, and remember that the music and crowd may become too much for them after a while.
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS We encourage familes to attend Pride. Children under 13 MUST be accompanied by an adult at all times, and can attend the event free of charge. Young people aged between 13-25 can access the Pride Youth space for free, but must purchase a wristband to enter the main festival site.
DISABLED ACCESS Please see the website for details of our disabled access arrangements or contact us directly if you have any questions. 22
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FAIRGROUND, FOOD AND DRINK FAIRGROUND
DRINK
Fastly becoming one of the most popular parts of the event, the fairground returns this year, so come and jump aboard one of the rides. Remember, scream if you want it to go faster!
The entire site will be licensed, with the bars being provided by Peppermint. Please ensure you carry proof-of-age ID.
FOOD This year we have 4 main catering concessions on site:
SCOTTISH GOURMET KITCHEN Offering a wide range of high quality food including Scottish favourites.
Peppermint are providing a range of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages including San Miguel, Gaymers Cider and Spirits including Bombay Sapphire and Eristoff Vodka. There will also be JamJar Cocktails and plenty of soft drinks and mixers. Proof-of-age will be required so make sure you have suitable ID with you!
PORKYS & THE CHIPPY Offering traditional chip shop dishes alongside Hot Roasted Pork and Pulled Pork Rolls,
FOOD IN THE HOOD Come and enjoy a healthy option!
LETS WOK Offering the taste of the orient through their chinese dishes. 26
COMMUNITY TOP TENT Following on from the success of last years Cabaret Tent, we have brought it back with a big twist: A Big Top tent!! Until 4pm both days there will be amazing circus performances from Circus Sensible. From 4.45pm a stage will be in place and we can look forward lots of amazing performances from local acts. Acts this year include Deano Monsoon and Jemma Stevenson who both took part last year, Peter McKenna-Boyd who has just recently relaunched after a successful stint with 4th State. The Community Tent is sponsored by Tesco. The Big Top will be located within our main site and standard Pride admission wristbands are required. The tent is open to everyone. More information on performers can be found online at www.pride.scot
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VIP AREA
PRIDE LIFE
Our VIP area is back again this year, with Pride Life is Pride Glasgow’s exciting new even more exclusive bonuses for all you VIPs. Volunteer Programme offering festival volunteering opportunities all year round. This year it’s being run by Live Event Services This is alongside activities aimed at improving and features: health and happiness as well as offering skill • VIP Hospitality Area development opportunities. • Dedicated Bar and Catering Outlets • Luxury Toilets For more information on the Pride Life • Exclusive Meet and Greets with certain Programme come along to the Pride Stall or acts visit www.pride.life • A welcome drink • Exclusive discounts and partner offers Please remember the majority of Pride staff • A free caricature drawing by Scottish you see on the day are volunteers and we ask Cartoon Art Studio that you treat them with respect. • A free hand, back or neck massage. VIP tickets are on sale for £55, visit www.pride.scot for more information.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ACCESSING THE SITE
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Disabled Access details are available online.
We encourage familes to attend Pride. Children under 13 MUST be accompanied by an adult at all times, and can attend the event free of charge. Young people aged between 13-25 can access the Pride Youth space for free, but not the main festival site.
DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE ID? The bar areas this year will be operating a challenge 25 scheme and ID will be required at all bars.
DO YOU HAVE TO BE LGBT+ TO ATTEND? No you don’t! Pride is a celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community but everyone is welcome to join in our celebrations.
IS ANTI-SOCIAL OR HOMOPHOBIC BEHAVIOUR ACCEPTED? Pride Glasgow operates a ZERO TOLERANCE approach towards anti-social or homophobic/transphobic behaviour and will be ejected from the festival site.
SECURITY We take security very seriously. Please see page 22 for a list of banned items on-site and wristband details. We reserve the right to refuse admission and search any person onsite in accordance with our search policy.
WHERE DO PROFITS GO? Pride Glasgow costs around £100,000 to put on and this year we have guaranteed that at least £1 of all ticket sales will go back into the community through the Pride Fund. Any remaining profit will be split between the Pride Fund and Pride Glasgow as a charity for use in funding Pride Glasgow 2016.
WHAT SHOULD I BRING TO PRIDE? Along with your ticket/wristband, we recommend • Your Camera • An Umberella • Suncream (it might just be needed) • Some Safer Sex items including condoms, lube or dental dams just in case • Your friends or come and meet some new ones! 32
PRIDE ANNUAL REPORT Since our last annual report the festival has undergone a number of changes and we have been in an 18 month accounting period so this is the first report back to the community in just under 2 years. We introduced ticketing for the event in 2014 to ensure the financial sustainability of the festival and this helps reduce one of the major risks to the organisation. Ticket sales do not cover all the festival expenditure however and we still require sponsorship, stalls, grant funding and donations to make up the rest. In 2014 we also created the Pride Fund, a community grant scheme designed at supporting the LGBT+ community at a grassroots level. This will open again for applications in October 2015. Both 2013 and 2014 (despite the weather) were successful events and we have used the feedback from both events to make changes to this year’s event and we hope you enjoy it!
The charts on the opposite page breakdown the costs of the organisation and of Pride 2013 and Pride 2014. A full version of our annual accounts and trustee report can be found on the Pride Glasgow website at www.pride.scot
SOURCES OF INCOME - 2013 - 2014
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THANK YOU Many people and organisations are involved in making sure the festival is a success and we would like to thank all of them for their hardwork and effort to make Pride Glasgow what it is.
CommunityID for the BSL interpreting on the main stage. Jack at It’s a Jack Thing for all your hard work in creating the Pride Guide and the 2015 artwork and identity.
Particular thanks goes to: Our Sponsors and Partners who help ensure the event happens including G1 Group (In particular Thank You to Darren Dunn for all your help this year), AXM, Hilton Glasgow, Icon Awards, Steve Retson Project, Tesco, McTears Auctioneers, GAIA magazine, The Gay UK and Xpress Radio.
All our volunteers who help make the event happen who’s roles include operating the Box Office, looking after acts, helping stallholders get setup, stewarding the event and much more. Without you there wouldn’t be an event! All the performers and hosts on both stages for providing us with amazing entertainment.
All our advertisers and stall holders who help fund the festival through their advertising or The Equality Network for your continued stall at the main event. support on the parade and ensuring the issues that affect the LGBT+ community the Redcrest EMS for donating their time and most are highlighted. services in ensuring first aid cover for the event. And finally to YOU! for coming along and taking part. We hope you have had an Serenity Security for their support in keeping enjoyable weekend and we look forward to the festival safe. welcoming you again next year. #BeHappy 41