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Happy Valley Pride Spring 2021 Events
Starting 21st Mar 2021
See all DatesHappy Valley Pride Spring 2021 Events is held on the following dates:
21st March 2021
25th April 2021
Sunday 28th February at 8pm.: Justin Vivian Bond and David Hoyle in Conversation
Sunday 28th February at 8pm.: Justin Vivian Bond and David Hoyle in Conversation
The legendary performance icons, LIVE!
A trans pioneer and Tony nominated icon of New York’s cabaret scene Justin Vivian Bond has toured worldwide headlining at Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House. As one half of punk-cabaret duo Kiki & Herb they toured with Scissor Sisters and opened for Rufus Wainwright
Viv has appeared in many feature films playing a leading role in John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus. A tireless campaigner for trans rights they pioneered the use of the pronoun Mx.Post-drag, post-gender, Manchester’s David Hoyle is a legendary fireball of the cabaret apocalypse!
Since the 90’s David has been changing the face of queer performance, his career has spanned cinema, television and award winning live performances which have influenced generations of performers after him.
He fronted his own Channel 4 TV show, duetted with Boy George and appeared in the TV series Nathan Barley. David regularly exhibits his paintings and tours worldwide.
Sunday 21st March at 8pm.: FLUID – Celebrating Queer Identities in Spoken Word
Hosted byClare Shaw and featuring Andrew McMillan.
Clare Shaw has three poetry collections published with Bloodaxe: her work, according to the Times Literary Supplement, is “fierce, memorable and visceral”.
Andrew McMillan's first collection, physical, was the first poetry collection to win the Guardian First Book Award; it also won a Somerset Maugham Award, an Eric Gregory Award, a Northern Writers' Award and the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize. In 2019 it was voted as one of the top 25 poetry books of the past 25 years by the Booksellers Association.
OTHER PERFORMERS TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Sunday 25th April at 8pm Calder Calling – Music from the Valley
Hosted by Sarah Courtney and featuring Terry LoganAn evening showcasing some of our fantastic local performers, singers and musicians from the area.Ever since Happy Valley Pride launched we have championed Calder talent at our Big Day Out main stage every year. This is an opportunity for our LGBTQ+ community to get together and celebrate our amazing local artists.“I was quite literally stunned by Terry’s performance, she has a wonderful voice, coupled with brilliant beautiful songs, she’s definitely one to keep an eye on, absolutely amazing” - Kermit, Black Grape on Terry Logan.FULL LINE-UP TO BE ANNOUNCED.For more details visit the Happy Valley Pride website and Facebook page.
Halifax
Halifax Festival of Words 2021
Starting 22nd Oct 2021
See all DatesHalifax Festival of Words 2021 is held on the following dates:
22nd - 24th October 2021
Halifax’s independent Festival of Words will be returning from the 11th to 15th May 2022...