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# Pride Glasgow 2016: Scotland’s largest celebration of LGBT+ equality
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/pride-glasgow-2016-scotlands-largest-celebration-of-lgbt-equality/
- Published: 2016-08-11T11:54:20.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-11T16:19:42.000Z
- Description: Pride Glasgow Festival is the highlight of the year for many LGBT+ people in Scotland and takes place on Saturday 20 and Sunday August 21.
- Author: Gary Hart
- Tags: In The South, News, Pride, STOOSHE

## Pride Glasgow Festival is the highlight of the year for many LGBT+ people in Scotland and takes place on Saturday 20 and Sunday August 21.

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**Organisers are expecting** over 12,000 people with plenty of entertainment to get excited about, as well as a serious message on education.

Highlights include the Parade, a great mainstage line-up including **TOPLOADER** and **STOOSHE**, as well as Pride Active by LEAP Sports, the ever-popular Dog Show, Community Expo and Pride Market. There will also be a Fairground and a Youth Zone for 13-25 year olds.

New for 2016 is the Festival Family Area, a smoke and alcohol-free zone with plenty to entertain under 13s including a Harry Potter-style owl show, visits from Dora the Explorer and the Minions and free face-painting.

**For more information on all the events and areas of the Festival site, [click here:](http://festival.pride.scot/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

The festival isn’t only about fun and a safe environment for LGBTI people to relax and be themselves. It’s also about messages and education.

The Parade campaign this year is *Inclusive Education* and Pride Glasgow have joined up with the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign to ensure that all schools in Scotland are offering an LGBTI+ inclusive education.

**For more information about TIE, [click here:](http://tiecampaign.co.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

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This year’s festival theme is *Be Yourself* and using the hashtag #gaunyerselfie (a play on Gaun Yersel, a Scottish/Glasgow slang word for expressing yourself) encourages everyone to be themselves at Pride.

This year’s Pride Glasgow is sponsored by The Polo Lounge, Scotland’s biggest LGBT+ venue. Money raised from sponsorship, ticket sales and donations goes to support the Pride Fund, a Pride Glasgow Community fund aimed at supporting Glasgow’s LGBT+ communities at the grassroots.

The festival also has over 200 volunteers helping in different roles throughout the weekend, which is delivered thanks to the year round volunteer engagement programme *Pride Life.*

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**Event:** Pride Glasgow

**Where:** Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, G1 5DB

**When:** August, 20 – 21 2016

**Time:** 12 noon – 10pm (Saturday); 12 noon – 8pm (Sunday)

**Cost:** Advance Weekend Tickets: £12: Day Tickets: £8: Under 13s: FREE:13-17 year olds: £5: Pride Pass VIP ticket: £60

**For more information about Pride Glasgow, [click here:](http://festival.pride.scot/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**