manchesterpride.com
Highlights
Big Weekend (August 28-31, 2009): Parties, pretty people, and a market full of gifts, toys, and clothes fill the final weekend of this boisterous city’s biggest gay festival. Unlike on this side of the Atlantic, Manchester’s Pride even features stands recruiting LGBT revelers to the British armed forces.

Parade (August 29, 2009): With its theme of Heroes, 2009’s parade will sashay through the streets in super style.