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

#2  Nightingale Club

#3  Grand Central and the Bullring

#4  Tesco

#5  UnMuted Birmingham

#6  The National Trust Midlands

#7  Birmingham LGBT Centre

#8  Network West Midlands ‘Pride’ bus

#9  ‘Pride’ bus stops along parade route

#10 Aston Villa Football Club

#11  Tribute dessert at The Ivy Birmingham

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

#13  Tom Hayes with Saving Lives UK

#14 Pride at West Bromwich Albion

#15  Nitrogenie in Selfridges

#16  Transport for West Midlands

#17  Foyles bookstore in Grand Central

#18  Selfridges in Birmingham

#19  West Midlands Fire Service

#20  New Street Station

#21 T2 Teas in the Bullring

#22 Rainbow Noir 

#23 Sidewalk

#24 The Bullring

#25  WM Mayor Andy Street

#26  Birmingham Asian LGBT

#27  The Alliance Network Midlands

#28  Radisson Blu team

#29 The I Am Birmingham team

#30  Starbucks

#33  Topman / Topshop

#34 Missing bar

#35 Nostalgia and Comics

#36 HMV Bullring, Birmingham

#37 Equator bar

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Birmingham Pride takes place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 May, during the Bank Holiday weekend. Tickets are still available here.