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SPECIAL REPORT: Sitges Pride 2011

Sitges Pride 2011

This Year, Sitges hosts its Second Pride in July, from July 8th to July 11th. The Gay Village will once again host all of the free events and this year is open ALL 5 DAYS! The main parade takes place on Saturday the 9th of July.

Here is a special update on the parties that will be taking place during the event. This year your tickets can be printed and downloaded at home or posted to you directly. You can also buy a multi-pass ticket for all of the events.. and you can save even more with the early bird offers if you book before May 1st!

Friday – The White Party

Sitges Pride 2011

This year the official White Party takes place in the centre of Sitges in two locations, the Prado and the Retiro. Two venues, two different styles of Music. 80’s and House… You choose..or you can buy a double-ticket for both parties. All tickets include one free drink!

Sitges Pride 2011

Saturday – Decadanse – The PRIDE Party in the Park

Sitges Pride 2011

This year the Party in the Park returns to the Terramar Gardens. It has to be the hottest ticket in town. More than 5,000 partygoers will attend this stunning venue set in the middle of the largest park in Sitges, completely open air! Buses will leave every 15 minutes from the Gay Village.

Sitges Pride 2011

Sunday Afternoon – Circuit Pre Party – Sunset T Dance

Circuit Pre Party

What better way to experience a real Sitges Party than at L’Atlantida in Sitges. The Circuit Pre Party T Dance is the perfect way to combine a day a the beach and an afternoon of partying with the hottest guys from Europe and Beyond. This is one afternoon session not to be missed! The party kicks off from 3pm and buses leave every 15 minutes from the Gay Village.

Sitges Pride 2011

Sunday Evening – The Black Party – Route 66

The Black Party

Sunday Night, right in the heart of Sitges busiest Gay Street, C.Bonaire, Route 66 will host the Black Party. Boys in black denim, leather and less will welcome you to a party that kicks off from 12.30 and continues until 6 in the morning.

Sitges Pride 2011

Monday – The Jungle Party – Route 66

The Jungle Party

The Jungle Party will take place on Monday night! Featuring an all new show with Lady Diamond and her Jungle boys. Yes…Jungle Boys! Expect a wild night out…

Sitges Pride 2011

Tuesday – The Pride Party – Gay Beach Party

The Jungle Party

The Pride Festivities will come to an end at the Gay Beach Party on Tuesday the 12th of July. This was one of the most memorable parties of last year combining all of the best of the weekly Gay Beach Party night with the electric atmosphere of the week’s pride events!

Sitges Pride 2011

Gay Pride Sitges 2011 – Dates announced

2011 Pride

The dates for the second Gay Sitges Pride have been announced. The event will take place from the 8th to the 12th of July.

The event, which attracted more than 60,000 people over the weekend this year, will be even bigger and more spectacular in 2011. The main parade will take place on Saturday the 9th of July.

The Gay Village will also return. The Village will be open for the entire 5 days of the event for 2011 along with the stage shows. Also, the bars in the village will be open for extended hours during the weekend.

Find out more about Gay Pride Sitges 2011, by visiting Gay Sitges Guide’s pride centre here.

Gay Pride Sitges – Closing Night at L’Atlantida

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

Like all good things, Pride has come to an end.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

And it came to a fitting end at L’Atlantida..

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

The club has never seen so many people dressed-up for a party before! Gaggles of drag queens (we think that is the term) mingled with circuit boys, tourists, locals, journalists, vips.. you name it.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

The weather was perfect as the Mediterranean Breeze washed away the sultry heat from one of the hottest July’s we’ve seen in Sitges for a long time. It must have been all the hot bodies in Sitges last weekend.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

And yes, of course there will be a Gay Pride Sitges 2011! AFGAL are working on the dates and they will be announced on the official Gay Pride Sitges Site soon.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

We would like to thank all of you for your kind comments and emails over the past few days.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

We would also like to thank the people of Sitges for embracing Pride and taking it to their hearts. It really was an entire Village occasion.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To all of those who dressed-up, you put some sparkle on the streets, that’s for sure.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To all of our advertisers, we hope that you received your fair share of visitors from the event and that your parties were a success.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To the volunteers and from Sitges and Barcelona, it would have been impossible without you.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To our own team of photographers including Joan, Javier, Maria, Michael and Kate, thank you.. we are still batching as of today!!

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To Lady Diamond for taking charge of our float, picking some of the most delightful boys and dancing her way through Sitges during the parade in 34 degree heat, thank you!

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To Gary for styling and being the best VIP anyone could ask for. To Ruby for her PR Skills, amongst many others, to the lovely Americans, Ernesto and Michael, for carrying, lifting, running and well just being there, thank you!

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To all of the board of AFGAL for your time and patience during the 3 days as well as the many meetings beforehand, thank you.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To Doug at Hotel Parrots for all of the work, effort and patience in designing flyers, coping with guests and just keeping us sane!

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To all of those who dressed up for the Parades in Maspalomas and Barcelona, including the staff at XXL and Victor, Ivan and Hernan from Parrots, thank you.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To Luis Enriquez for all his hard work and to his partner, Sebastian for his patience and French sense of humour and to Hector and Ian for their continued dedication, thank you!

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To our sponsors San Miguel, without whom it would have been impossible to hold such an event. To Sitges Tourism for their resources and assistance. To the Council for their support and guidance, to the Police, Fire Service and Red Cross, your assistance and support was superb.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

To the people at Gaydar for their marketing support and continued encouragement and assistance, thank you.

Gay Pride Sitges 2010

And finally, to our video production crew, Hector and his Team as well as to our new friends and videographer extraordinaire, Gabbi and her gang of colourful drag queens, thank you! We hope we haven’t left anyone out, there were so many involved.

Gay Pride Sitges – Jose Galisteo in Concert – Sunday

Jose Galisteo in Concert

Sunday night Jose Galisteo performed all of his hits live on the promenade.

Jose Galisteo in Concert

The atmosphere was amazing as Spain had just won the world cup!

Jose Galisteo in Concert

The entire town of Sitges gathered with local visitors to celebrate both the victory and the pride…. young, old, gay and straight all together having fun and dancing until 3am.

Jose Galisteo in Concert

It was a perfect end to the Party on the Promenade.

Jose Galisteo in Concert

Galisteo sang a range of songs from famous Spanish numbers to his international hits.

Jose Galisteo in Concert

Aftewards the crowds danced to the disco beats, mixed by L’Atlantida supremo, Hector Noms.

Jose Galisteo in Concert

A special thank you to all of the volunteers who worked the bar area. At times the queues were long, but everyone was served with a smile…

Jose Galisteo in Concert

You can check out the photos of the concert and all of the events on Gay Sitges Guide below.

Jose Galisteo in Concert

One Successful Gay Pride Sitges & One World Cup!

Gay Pride Sitges World Cup

To say that the atmosphere in Sitges on Sunday night was “electric” would be an understatement.

Gay Pride Sitges World Cup

We were in the centre of town when Spain scored the winning goal.

Gay Pride Sitges World Cup

The streets went crazy, people were crying with joy, it was an amazing sight!

Gay Pride Sitges World Cup

It was the perfect end to the perfect weekend.

Gay Pride Sitges World Cup

After, it was off to the Gay Village where all of Sitges went to celebrate!

Gay Pride Sitges World Cup

Check out the photos on Gay Sitges Guide below.

Gay Pride Sitges – Circuit T Dance

Pride T Dance

The Gay Pride T Dance took place on Sunday the 10th of July.

Pride T Dance

L’Atlantida is the perfect place for a beach party and although we missed many of our Spanish friends who were indoors for the football matches, the atmosphere was still electric.

Pride T Dance

Guys from all around the world danced ’till sunset.

Pride T Dance

Gaydar boys were out in force with presents for everyone.

Pride T Dance

L’Atlantida is located just 10 minutes from Sitges and a free bus from the Calipolis hotel leaves every 15 minutes.

Pride T Dance

The club is one of the few last remaining outdoor dance venues in Europe.

Pride T Dance

This year it was completely refitted with amazing lighting and sound fittings.

Pride T Dance

The L’Atlantida dancers have become a must-photo group when you see them touring the town on nights before a big event.

Pride T Dance

This August, L’Atlantida will host another special T Dance on the first weekend of August.

Pride T Dance

The official closing of the Circuit Party will take place at the club.

Pride T Dance

So perhaps we will see you in Sitges once more to dance until the sun-sets.

Pride T Dance

The party will kick off at 5pm and end at midnight.

Pride T Dance

A series of after-parties are also planned.

Pride T Dance

Check out the photos of the Gay Pride Circuit T Dance in Sitges below.

Gay Pride Sitges – Mr Gay Sitges 2010

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

No, you are not on the wrong post, this was just a shot of Lady Diamond and Miss Ruby backstage at the Gay Village before they took their places to put on an impromptu performance before the election of Mr Gay Sitges.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

The Paseo was packed with people from all walks of life, out to enjoy the fine weather and amazing shows throughout the weekend.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

Even Miss Ruby was invited onstage, what a double-act!

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

The boys were hot but we really don’t think they knew what to expect!

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

Lady, as always was inspecting all of their assets.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

Even ultra-butch-DJ hector was invited to participate!!! Much to the delight of the crowds.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

The winner was chosen by popular vote…

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

We are waiting on more photos to come in from our reporters but here is one shot everyone wanted to see, Lady and Miss Ruby on stage together.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

The competition for winner was high, as boys from Catalunya, Italy, France and Colombia battled it out to win the title and the prize-money.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

The winner, Gio was chosen by popular vote…

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

Here are the first and runner-up winner of Mr Gay Pride Sitges 2010.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

Contestants did a dance routine… followed by a fashion show in their swimwear..

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

El Candil added to the fun by making all of the entrants strip!

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

Nothing was left to the imagination.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

Mr Gay Sitges was followed by a series of different acts including Ivan Banderas.

Gay Pride Sitges - Mr Gay Sitges

You can check out the photos of all of Saturday Night’s performances on Gay Sitges Guide below.

Gay Pride Sitges – The Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

To everyone who took part.. you were amazing. To everyone who saw it, you know what we mean. To everyone who didn’t here is the proof you needed, if ever, that Sitges knows how to throw a party like no other place on earth. Enough said.. we’ll let the photos do the talking!

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges Parade

Gay Pride Sitges – Pride on the Paseo…Friday 9th July.

Pride on the Promenade

The excitement mounted in Sitges during Pride as the Gay Village in the promenade took shape with the help of many volunteers.

Pride on the Promenade

The Village was the life and soul of the Pride with more than 60,000 visitors passing through Sitges on Saturday and Sunday evening.

Pride on the Promenade

With bars, a huge music stage and an amazing line-up of acts, it was the perfect backdrop for Sitges pride by the Mediterranean Sea.

Pride on the Promenade

Check out the photos of Gay Sitges Pride below.

Gay Sitges Guide at Gay Sitges Pride 2010

Gay Sitges Guide

Hello everyone from Gay Pride Sitges… after a weekend of amazing work, fun and partying, its all about to end tonight with the Closing Party at the Gay Beach Party at L’Atlantida!

Gay Sitges Guide

We are still waiting on official numbers, but no matter where you go or who you listen to, it was amazing, packed solid and a runaway success! To all those who said it would never happen… well.. thanks for the compliments over the past few days… and that is about as political as we get on Gay Sitges Guide!

Gay Sitges Guide

A huge thank you to the Mayors Office, The Tourism Office, The Afgal Board, Afgal President Luis Enriquez, the volunteers and the businesses and people of Sitges who supported the event from the very beginning!

Gay Sitges Guide

Our own special thanks to Miss Ruby and Lady Diamond whose dedication over Maspalomas and Barcelona Pride along with their spectacular performances at Gay Pride Sitges 2010 was nothing short of breathtaking.

Gay Sitges Guide

The weather was perfect, the pride parade was amazing.. words simply can not describe the feeling in Sitges at the moment. As Lady Diamond said to a packed Paseo in Sitges.. Its like Christmas, Carnival and Fiesta Mayor all rolled into one!

Gay Sitges Guide

And if you hear anyone telling you otherwise, they were either in the wrong town or the wrong mood..because the you would have to be crazy not to have enjoyed yourself in a FULL Sitges this Pride, as these photos prove.

Gay Sitges Guide

Speaking of Photos, we had 2 photographers specially commissioned to cover the event as we did have our own float which made it difficult to give everyone coverage, so bear with us as we upload more than 4,000 photos of the event. Gay Pride Sitges also had an additional 6 photographers, plus the official press core, 5 television stations and a dedicated video team which will post content over the next week!

Gay Sitges Guide

Finally, a huge thank you to my partner Andy for supporting me personally over the past year’s trials and tribulations to ensure that Pride was a success. I am proud to say that his donation of our company’s time and resources to AFGAL , together with the efforts of Luis Enriquez and the dedicated members of the AFGAL Board played a small part in making a little bit of Sitges History. Good Night and see you in Sitges for Pride 2011 – Dates coming Very Very soon! (Photo Galleries of all floats and events to follow on Wednesday).