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PRIDE OF THE CITY The sun is shining as Pride season continues in Sheffield. While the main Pride festival is not scheduled to return until 2023, this month we’ll see LGBT Sheffield return to the Peace Gardens for Pinknic does Pride (Sat 16 Jul) with a lineup including Sami Brookes, Rob King, Jade Hewitt, Adam Heyes, Chris Paul and your host for the afternoon, Electric Blue. Following the day event, the official afterparty will be hosted at Spirit of Sheffield from 7pm, where I will be playing your favourite Pride anthems until late. Don’t forget, LGBT Sheffield will also be at Spirit for their monthly night Rockies (Sat 2 Jul) with DJ Gail playing old skool Hi-NRG. Andro and Eve will be taking over Leadmill for their Reyt Queer Extravaganza (Sat 30 Jul) for a night like no other, with queer performance from across the north hosted by Rikki Beadle Blair. Put on your most extravagant party lewks, whatever that means to you, and come celebrate in the queer joy! Malin Bridge Inn has more queens than a Platty Jubes on this month’s line-up, including Dolly Diamond Cabaret DIVAS (Sat 2 Jul) bringing you all your favourite numbers from the biggest divas around. Expect replica costumes, stunning stage presence and fantastic live vocals. Another top shout is DJ Brooke’s Fireball Friday (Fri 8 Jul) with non-stop
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bops, hilarious live comedy and special offers on Fireball Bombs! Later in the month, you can enjoy the Miss Bella End Show (Sat 16 Jul) – a Malin Bridge debut performance evening of cabaret, comedy and games. Drawing proceedings to a close, their biggest party night, the 90’s Neon Drag Queen Club Classic show (Sat 30 Jul), will be flooding the venue with UV lights, confetti cannons, glitter artists and a 500 balloon drop! Ivy Alexxander is at Yellow Arch Studios with a brand-new cabaret show Presents: Everybody Say Love! (Fri 29 Jul), raising money for Parkinson’s UK. Over at Sheffield Plate, Karma Leon have their star-studded variety, all-sinful and killer show, Sin City! (Fri 29 Jul) – an old Hollywood-inspired show with just a little bit of added sin, mixing glitz and glamour with a punk edge. DINA have a special one-off screening
of the 2014’s psychological horror film The Babadook (Fri 1 Jul), alongside performances from local drag superstar King Confuza and other queer performers. There are more big screen queerness over at the Showroom with I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing (Thu 7 Jul) as part of the QUEERIOUS season, which explores a multitude of desires on screen in ways we rarely see in cinema: through stories of sexual (re) awakenings and queer love through a feminist lens. And last but by no means least, we have a special matinee performance by The Bowie Contingent (Sat 2 Jul) at The Washington, paying a joyous homage to the music of David Bowie. That’s your lot for this month! As always, keep an eye on the Sheffield LGBT+ events page on Facebook www. facebook.com/sheffieldlgbtevents for updates and announcements on the latest events and news.