A virtual Foyle Pride march for 2020 as Derry festival goes online

Free Pride packs will be available this weekend ahead of the annual Foyle Pride march going virtual for the first time next weekend.
By Brendan McDaid
Published 22nd Aug 2020, 10:02 BST

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2019: The Foyle Pride Festival parade makes it's way down Shipquay Street. DER3519-117KM2019: The Foyle Pride Festival parade makes it's way down Shipquay Street. DER3519-117KM
2019: The Foyle Pride Festival parade makes it's way down Shipquay Street. DER3519-117KM

Instead of the usual parade through the city centre, this year people are being asked to send in videos of up to a minute long of themselves and others having their own socially distanced parade over the coming days.

The clips will be compiled and shown together on social media at 2pm next Saturday August 29, when the 2020 parade had been due to take place.

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The entire Foyle Pride festival this year has been moved online to help keep people safe due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A spokesperson for Foyle Pride said: “Our theme in 2020 is ‘Celebrate The Love’ so you might like to have a celebration in your video of the landmarks the LGBTQ+ communities have achieved, but we never forget that Pride is a Protest so that might be something you want to highlight in your video too! Be proud and make it your own!

“We have 200 free Pride Packs you can pick up (socially distanced) from Guildhall Square on Saturday August 22 from 5pm to 7pm with a flag, badges and stickers to help everyone celebrate Pride regardless of your economic background.”

It is understood the packs will also be available in other areas as well.

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Those making videos are asked to keep them to under a minute long, film them landscape in the highest resolution possible, while any music used must not have a copyright. E-mail videos to: foylepridefestival@gmail.com and include your name, email contact and consent for the video to be used and data to be held.

People can also share their Pride day with Foyle Pride by tagging the organisation on instagram @foylepridefest #foylepride2020

This year’s festival gets under way on Monday, August 24 with a Well Being Day, Nintendo Foyle at 2pm and The Muff Monologues at 8pm.

On Tuesday the festival will feature Voices from Poland at 7pm followed by Queer Black Lives Matter at 8pm.

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On Wednesday workshops online include Rainbow Mobiles at 12pm and Getting Crafty With Greedy at 6pm, followed by Trans Tea at 7.30pm.

On Thursday there will be Contemporary Queer Cinema as well as a Drag Queen Tutorial & Live Q&A at 1pm and again on Friday at 2pm.

The Playhouse will deliver a live performance of the new play Proud To Be/ Beyond The Labels Of Me

on Friday at 8pm.

The Virtual Foyle Pride Parade will take place on Saturday at 2pm.

For more information on the programme of events and how to access them see www.facebook.com/foylepridefestival

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