If you buy online or via our ticket hotline, you will be sent your tickets through the post nearer the time of Manchester Pride 2008.
When you arrive for Manchester Pride 2008's Big Weekend, you will need to exchange your ticket for a Village Wristband at a number of exchange booths around the festival site. You then have access to the wonderful world of Manchester Pride for four whole days!
There are three wristband exchanges around the site - for their location, see the Big Weekend Site Plan available here...
Wristband Exchange @ Gate 2
Junction of Chorlton Street and Whitworth Street
Open Friday 6pm to midnight
Open Saturday 10am to midnight
Closed on Sunday and Monday
Wristband Exchange @ Gate 5
Chorlton Street, near Bloom Street intersection
Open Friday 10am until Monday 5pm (24 hours)
Wristband Exchange @ Gate 6
Junction of Sackville Street and Major Street
Open Friday 6pm to midnight
Open Saturday 10am to midnight
Closed on Sunday and Monday
Big Weekend Box Office
The Big Weekend Box Office is situated on the corner of Minshull Street and Aytoun Street (see the Big Weekend site plan available here) and will be open over the Big Weekend at the following times:
Friday 22 August - 10am to 2am
Saturday 23 August - 10am to 2am
Sunday 24 August - 10am to 2am
Monday 25 August - 10am to midnight
Please note that the Big Weekend Box Office is dedicated to selling Big Weekend Tickets and Day Passes only.
If you already have a Big Weekend Ticket, you will need to exchange it for a wrist band at one of the Wristband Exchanges detailed above.
Your Big Weekend Wristband will need to be placed around your wrist at the exchange point. Once you have your wristband, you must wear it for the entire weekend - they cannot be removed. Lost, torn or broken wristbands cannot be replaced or exchanged, so please look after it!!
The price of your ticket will come directly to the charity Manchester Pride Limited. After the covering of certain costs essential to the production of the festival, the funds will be distributed to LGBT and HIV organizations in Greater Manchester.