Part of the Gay Birmingham Guide — bars, events & things to do.

Saturday, May 29, 2027
Victoria Square to the Gay Village
Victoria Square, Birmingham B1 1BDThe free Birmingham Pride Parade on Saturday 29 May 2027: things start at Victoria Square from 11am, the parade sets off at 12 noon and finishes in the Gay Village. The organisers put the route at about 1.5 miles, taking around 45 minutes. The 2027 route hasn't been published yet.
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Fri, May 28
6 PM - 10 PM
Birmingham Pride Main Stage
Free Friday opener of Birmingham Pride 2027: local LGBTQ+ acts, drag and speakers on the Main Stage, 6pm to 10pm on 28 May, with stalls and street food.

Fri, May 28 – Sun, May 30
6 PM - 11:59 PM
Birmingham's Gay Village
Birmingham Pride 2027 runs 28–30 May for its 30th anniversary: the free Friday event, Saturday's parade from Victoria Square, festival tickets and where to stay.

Sat, May 29 – Sun, May 30
12 PM - 11:59 PM
Birmingham's Gay Village
The ticketed Birmingham Pride festival, 29–30 May 2027: Main Stage, Cabaret Marquee, Dance Arena and Gay Village bars on one wristband. From £29.50.
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Birmingham Pride turns 30 in 2027. The free Friday community event, the Saturday parade from Victoria Square to the Gay Village, two days of stages around Hurst Street, and how tickets, wristbands and hotels work.

Birmingham's gay bars street by street: the Hurst Street bars and late club, Missing on Bromsgrove Street, the Nightingale and the Village Inn on Kent Street, the pubs on the Village's edges, and where to stay.

The men-only and gay-only hotels still open outside the US, from Gran Canaria's clothing-optional bungalows to Cambodia, Bali, Cape Town and New Zealand, and the famous names that have closed.

The Grindr scams that actually happen, from sextortion and verification-code tricks to robbery set-ups abroad, plus the settings to change before you travel and what to do if you're targeted.

The Village People were created by a gay producer as a set of gay fantasy characters and launched to gay disco audiences, but the members themselves differ. Here is what each has said on the record, and the two readings of YMCA.

Atlantis Events charters whole ships for gay men. Here's who sails, what the parties are, what's included, what a 2027 Atlantis cruise really costs with fees, and how booking works, from Atlantis's own pages.