This weekend, AFGAL Sitges took part in the 3rd Official Barcelona Pride Parade.
The main aim was to promote the upcoming Sitges Pride 2011 events.
The streets of Barcelona were packed to capacity as we made our way through the streets of the city…with well wishers following us for the occasional free t-shirt!
Check out the photos of Sitges Pride at Barcelona on Gay Sitges Guide below.
Barcelona Gay Pride 2011 will be held over a period of 10 days from the 18th to 28th of June. The event will feature a range of dance parties, social and cultural events and sporting competitions, culminating in a spectacular Gay Pride Parade on Sunday the 26th of June from 6pm.
Last year’s events included a great day at the fair, at Barcelona’s unique Tibidabo. Stunning views…everywhere.
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A highlight of the Village, the open-air foam party was great fun!
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And of course, who could forget the Parade! With more than 50,000 people lining the streets to view the parade and to take part in the festivities, it was the culmination of a 10 day long program!
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Gay Pride Sitges took part at the official Barcelona Pride Parade on Sunday 28th June.
A huge thank you to those who took part and to all of those from Sitges who made the effort to leave the beach and head to Barcelona to support the promotion of both the Pride event and the town of Sitges itself, to the biggest audience possible, just a 30 minutes train journey away.
A special thank you to Luis Enriquez, President of AFGAL, The Markatu Band, the AFGAL Volunteers, Lady Diamond and Miss Ruby who yesterday were probably the most photographed people in Barcelona (even appearing in National Daily El Periódico), the staff of XXL and Hernan, Ivan and Victor from Parrots, whose costumes, energy and enthusiasm are an inspiration!
See you in Sitges for Pride in July, less than 2 weeks away. You can view all of the photos of the Pride Parade on Gay Sitges Guide’s gallery below. We had 4 photographers covering the event, so more photos will be added of the other floats during the week! Enjoy.
Gay Pride Sitges took a stand at the official Gay Village in Barcelona at the weekend.
The Village had over 50,000 visitors over 2 days and thousands of maps, programs and Gay Pride Sitges merchandise were given away, promoting not only the Pride, but the town of Sitges itself to an international audience, many of whom had never been to Sitges before! The stand was also filmed by all of the major Spanish and International Television Stations.
We had many well-known Barcelona faces drop-in to say hello. The organisers would also like to pay a huge thanks to Brandon Jones, Ernesto and Michael for volunteering their time at the weekend to promote Sitges for AFGAL members. Their efforts ensured the stand was manned from 8.00hrs until 22.00hrs on Saturday and Sunday night.
The very hot, Ivan Banderas, who will sing at Sitges Pride on the Saturday night in the gay village was also at the Stand.
We also expect a lot of local Barcelona boys to attend the 5 day Sitges Pride, many looking forward to having their first every beach-side Pride! In fact Gay Pride Sitges is one of the few major Prides in Europe to host the main events by the sea!
Over the two days, we met all sorts of characters, all planning on visiting Sitges for the event… its going to be a colourful Pride to say the least.
The Mayor of Barcelona,Jordi Hereu, also visited the Stand.
Luis Enriquez, President of AFGAL, presented him with the official program and CD anthem for Sitges Pride!
And of course a final thank-you to Raul, who even stayed behind at the stand during the Pride Parade itself to ensure the town was promoted non-stop throughout the afternoon!
If you are in Sitges or Barcelona this weekend and want to march with us and the official Gay Pride Sitges float, then please come along and help! Just email keith@gaypridesitges.com and we will give you the meeting point. Also, give us your t-shirt size so we can have an official t-shirt ready for you.
Markatu will once again be leading the way and Lady Diamond will be the Mistress of Ceremonies! Last year was an amazing experience for everyone and we want this year to be even bigger.. so come along!
Who could forget the amazing Barcelona Pride of 2009. Well, the dates for the 2010 Pride Parade have been announced in advance to allow everyone time to get their travel plans in order and their hotels and apartments booked.
The official dates for the Pride Festival are 18th to the 28th of June with the Parade taking place on the last day, Sunday the 28th of June at 6pm. It is definitely the highlight in the Gay Calendar of Barcelona and a party we highly recommend!
If you missed it last year, check out the action in the Video below.
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For those of you who were not add Barcelona Pride, or for those of you who want to remember the event, here is a video capturing the best bits of the parade and the after party. Our thanks to the guys at SnazzMedia.com for their production.
While you may have seen the earlier galleries of Pride featuring the Sitges float, we also had our cameras covering other floats at the event.
The guys were hot, the floats were amazing and the atmosphere was electric!
We’re still going through the photos with more than 2,500 taken, so those of you looking for shots of the cute Spiderman or the Man dressed only in Chains!!! will have to wait.
With an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 people attending and participating, the event has surpassed everyone’s expectations and bodes well for Sitges First Pride on July 9th to 11th 2010.
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone that was involved on the day. Stay tuned for exciting news of Gay Pride Sitges over the comming days.
Below is just a selection, check out the gallery link at the end for the full tour!
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See more in the interactive galleries below.
All we can say is WOW! What a day. The Barcelona Pride surpassed everyone’s expectations. The event was amazing, with huge crowds lining the streets in a true celebration!
Our extreme thanks to the President of Afgal Luis Enriquez, the Vice President, Romke Kramer and the AFGAL committe, all of the AFGAL members and Sitges businesses, together with all of the volunteers and their friends, our friends and helpers for all of the hard work that went into the organisation.
And finally, an amazing thank you to MARKATU! You guys rock!
If this is anything to go by, the the Gay Pride Sitges 2010 will be an event not to be missed!
This Sunday, Barcelona will hold its first official pride. AFGAL Sitges is participating and will have its very own float in the parade. But we need your help! We have the Markatu Band performing and lots of volunteers, go-go boys and drag queens…but we need more!
So if you are in Sitges of Barcelona on Sunday and would like to take part in the pride parade, contact us now and we can make sure you can be part of this great event. (You even get your own Sitges Pride T-Shirt!). The parade takes place from 5pm.
Contact us for more details.
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