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

The Bullring

#2  Nightingale Club

Denise Maxwell / Lensi Photography

#3  Grand Central and the Bullring

Harvey McDonald | I Am Birmingham

#4  Tesco

Adam Yosef

Harvey McDonald

#5  UnMuted Birmingham

UnMuted

#6  The National Trust Midlands

The National Trust

#7  Birmingham LGBT Centre

Adam Yosef

#8  Network West Midlands ‘Pride’ bus

Network West Midlands

#9  ‘Pride’ bus stops along parade route

Network West Midlands

Denise Maxwell / Lensi Photography

#10 Aston Villa Football Club

AVFC

#11  Tribute dessert at The Ivy Birmingham

The Ivy Birmingham

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

BWC NHS Trust

#13  Tom Hayes with Saving Lives UK

Tom Hayes/PositiveLad

#14 Pride at West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion

#15  Nitrogenie in Selfridges

Nitrogenie

#16  Transport for West Midlands

Network West Midlands

#17  Foyles bookstore in Grand Central

Foyles

#18  Selfridges in Birmingham

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 Service (@WestMidsFire) May 25, 2018

#20  New Street Station

Birmingham New Street Station

#21 T2 Teas in the Bullring

T2 Tea

#22 Rainbow Noir 

Rainbow Noir

#23 Sidewalk

Harvey McDonald | I Am Birmingham

Harvey McDonald

Harvey McDonald

Adam Yosef

#24 The Bullring

Bullring

#25  WM Mayor Andy Street

Adam Yosef

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 Asian LGBT

#27  The Alliance Network Midlands

The Alliance Network

#28  Radisson Blu team

Radisson Blu Birmingham

Adam Yosef

#29 The I Am Birmingham team

Adam Yosef

Adam Yosef

#30  Starbucks

Harvey McDonald

#33  Topman / Topshop

Adam Yosef

#34 Missing bar

Harvey McDonald

#35 Nostalgia and Comics

Nostalgia and Comics

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

— Worlds Apart Birmingham (@WorldsApart_Bir) May 26, 2018

#36 HMV Bullring, Birmingham

Adam Yosef

Adam Yosef

#37 Equator bar

Harvey McDonald

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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.