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Manchester Pride announce three top female singers for the 2017 ‘The Big Weekend’

Besi Besemar January 25, 2017

Melanie C will appear at Manchester Pride’s August Bank Holiday Festival alongside X Factor singers Saara Sofia Aalto and Louisa Johnson.

Award-winning singer, songwriter, and Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm, better known as Melanie C, will appear on the The Thomas Cook Airlines USA Stage over the August bank holiday weekend.

She will be joined by the 2015 X Factor winner, Louisa Johnson plus Finnish pop singer, songwriter and voice actress Saara Sofia Aalto who was runner-up in The Voice of Finland in 2012 and the 2016 X Factor contest.

Fashion consultant, author and television presenter Gok Wan will be trying his hand at something completely different in 2017 as he turns 90’s deep house and reggae DJ!

Gok who is famed for showing people how to look good naked will now be showing them how to look good on the dance floor!

Hercules and Love Affair vocalist and fashion icon Shaun J. Wright who has been exhilarating dance floors worldwide as a DJ will also be appearing.

The Manchester Pride Festival, which comprises The Manchester Pride Parade, The Big Weekend and The Candlelit Vigil, will this year take place between Friday, August 25 to Monday, August 28.

Pre-registration for The Big Weekend 2017 is now open and those who sign up before midnight Thursday, January 26 will be entered into a draw to win a three night trip to San Francisco Pride, courtesy of The Big Weekend headline sponsors Thomas Cook Airlines and Manchester Airport.

Tickets will be on sale from 9am on Friday, January 27. Weekend tickets will be available for £20.

In 2016 Manchester Pride raised a record-breaking £149,000 and attracted acts and appearances from a range of artists, including Will Young, Fleur East, MNEK, Shura, Judge Jules and Groove Armada.

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Manchester Pride is a registered charity that campaigns for equality and challenges discrimination; creates opportunity for engagement and participation and celebrates lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) life.

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