30+ photos of Brummies gearing up for Birmingham Pride 2018

With Birmingham Pride taking place this Bank Holiday weekend, the city is well and truly stoked for planned fun and festivities; with the rainbow flag firmly in place across Brum ahead of the UK’s largest two-day LGBT+ celebration.

Retailers, bars, community groups and leisure venues have adopted the iconic colour palette in anticipation of the queer culture fest, which takes place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 May.

Pride will be launching from Victoria Square with a parade, which will make its way to the Gay Quarter or “Village” in and around Hurst Street where celebrations are expected to continue throughout the weekend.

Here’s some awesome photos of Birmingham embracing this year’s ‘Be You’ theme:

#1 The Bull

Birmingham Pride 2018 the Bullring bull with raimbow hair

#2 Nightingale Club

Birmingham's Nightingale club with rainbow flag

#3 Grand Central and the Bullring

#4 Tesco

#5 UnMuted Birmingham

Birmingham Pride 2018 UnMuted Birmingham

#6 The National Trust Midlands

#7 Birmingham LGBT Centre

#8 Network West Midlands ‘Pride’ bus

Birmingham Pride 2018 West Midlands Travel 02

#9 ‘Pride’ bus stops along parade route

Birmingham Pride 2018 West Midlands Travel 01

#10 Aston Villa Football Club

#11 Tribute dessert at The Ivy Birmingham

Birmingham Pride 2018 dessert at The Ivy

#12 Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Pride 2018 Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

#13 Tom Hayes with Saving Lives UK

#14 Pride at West Bromwich Albion

Birmingham Pride 2018 West Bromwich Albion FC

#15 Nitrogenie in Selfridges

Birmingham Pride 2018 Selfridges Bullring Nitrogenie

#16 Transport for West Midlands

Birmingham Pride 2018 Network West Midlands

#17 Foyles bookstore in Grand Central

Birmingham Pride 2018 Foyles Bookstore Grand Central

#18 Selfridges in Birmingham

Birmingham Pride 2018 rainbow boots Selfridges

#19 West Midlands Fire Service

This year we've teamed up with our @WMPolice and @OFFICIALWMAS colleagues for @BirminghamPride 🏳️‍🌈- we've got a float!!
🎉Here's a little sneak preview! 🎉
Make sure you come say hi to us all tomorrow 👋#BrumPride #LGBT #Pride #999Family pic.twitter.com/NwArgdxGkG

— West Midlands Fire (@WestMidsFire) May 25, 2018

#20 New Street Station

Birmingham Pride 2018 Birmingham New Street Station

#21 T2 Teas in the Bullring

#22 Rainbow Noir

#23 Sidewalk

Birmingham Pride 2018 rainbow flags at Sidewalk in Hurst Street

#24 The Bullring

Birmingham Pride 2018 Bullring designs 04

#25 WM Mayor Andy Street

Hope everyone has a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend. Will hopefully see as many of you as possible at @BirminghamPride and maybe, just maybe, we can enjoy a @Coventry_City and @AVFCOfficial play-off double success.

— Andy Street (@andy4wm) May 25, 2018

#26 Birmingham Asian LGBT

Birmingham Pride 2018 Birmingham Asian LGBT

#27 The Alliance Network Midlands

Birmingham Pride 2018 The Alliance Network Midlands

#28 Radisson Blu team

Birmingham Pride 2018 Radisson rainbow flag

**#29 The I Am Birmingham team**

Birmingham Pride 2018 I Am Birmingham team

#30 Starbucks

#33 Topman / Topshop

#34 Missing bar

#35 Nostalgia and Comics

Nostalgia and Comics for Birmingham Pride 2018

🖤❤🧡💛💚💙💜❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤
Happy #BirminghamPride!
Our staff put together a pretty cool window display to show our support!
🖤❤🧡💛💚💙💜❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 pic.twitter.com/1CFcaeFqFI

— Nostalgia & Comics 🏳️‍🌈 #BirminghamPride (@NostalgiaComics) May 26, 2018