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Pride in Preston Park

Pride in Preston Park

title Pride in Preston Park
venue Preston Park
event: Brighton Pride
review date Saturday, 7 August 2004

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Early estimates are that over 125,000 people turned up to Preston Park to enjoy the sunshine, to soak up the atmosphere and to show support for the LGBT community in Brighton and Hove.

Still a free event (and forever may it remain so!) the event encourages everyone to enjoy the atmosphere. What an amazing day it was.

latest captions who was snapped?

"I'll always be by your side honey ;)"

Said by brightonbelle on Mon, 28th February 2005.

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the photos...

Roaming the park

Roaming the park
photos by Sam Milford & Mark Brock

The park was packed. Packed with party people enjoying the unique atmosphere, drinking, eating, buying trinkets and... we... queueing for the loos. Not wanting to wait in line, I headed off to the edge of the park, only to discover that there was even a queue for the bushes...

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The Popstarz Tent

The Popstarz Tent
photos by Tim Nash

Timbo, lover of all things indie and human database of current chart hits, was sent to investigate the Popstarz tent and brought us back these photos from the afternoon...

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The Marlborough Tent

The Marlborough Tent
photos by Tim Faulkner

Timmy and Rob set off to see what was going on in the Marlborough Tent...

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Ahhh, bless!

Ahhh, bless!
photos by Daniel Regan

Ah the blessings tent! What better way to celebrate your big Gay Day Out than being eternally bound to your one true love? An intimate ceremony? Well, as intimate as it gets with a ceremony that is set against a backdrop of a very full Preston Park in the heat!

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People of Colour Tent

People of Colour Tent
photos by Sam Milford

A warm, welcoming atmostphere, some great music and a fascinating display on Brighton & Hove's black history... recipe for one of the most chilled-out parts of the park!

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The Revenge Cabaret Tent

The Revenge Cabaret Tent
photos by Sam Milford

Lo-la, Lo-la, Lo-la... The afternoon in the Revenge Cabaret Tent was astoundingly good. It's difficult to describe just how good it was without gushing.

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Pride 2004: The Wild Fruit Tent

Pride 2004: The Wild Fruit Tent
photos by Sam Milford & Mark Brock

Wild Fruit residents Pete Haywood and Neil Duffie were joined by Ministry of Sound's Jon Carter in the 4,000 capacity circus tent. Were you there? If not, why not? Everyone else was!

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