Manchester Pride bosses have announced that the organisation that runs the event has entered voluntary liquidation, leaving some performers and suppliers owed “thousands” in unpaid fees and raising questions over the future of one of the UK’s biggest Prides.

A statement from Manchester Pride’s Board of Trustees shared to Instagram on Wednesday (22 October) confirmed “with enormous sadness” that Manchester Pride Ltd had entered liquidation after it was deemed to no longer be financially viable.

Blaming rising costs, declining ticket sales and an unsuccessful bid to host EuroPride, the board confirmed that Manchester Pride’s staff team will be made redundant and that the details of those owed money would be handed to liquidators.

The news comes just days after artists including RuPaul’s D

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