How did Manchester become so bloody QUEER? Join Queer historian Josh to explore our Gay Village on the LGBT+ Manchester Walking Tour.

The LGBT+ Manchester Walking Tour is Manchester’s guided queer history and culture tour, led by queer historian Joshua Val Martin and operated by Free Manchester Walking Tours. Public tours run once a month on a changing date and time; the date shown on your selected Eventbrite ticket is correct.

AT A GLANCE //

BOOKING ESSENTIAL // Book through Eventbrite or email josh@FMWT.co.uk.

PRICE // £15pp for public and private tours. Pay online or by cash/card on arrival.

PRIVATE TOURS // Available year-round for individuals and groups, with no minimum. Talks, events and themed quizzes are also available.

MEETING POINT // Monument to Vimto—the giant bottle on Granby Row, Manchester M1 3BU.

DURATION // 1.5–2 hours.

UPDATES // @LGBTTour_MCR on Instagram.

HOW DID MANCHESTER GET SO BLOODY QUEER?

Explore Manchester’s world-famous Gay Village and Canal Street through the monuments, memorials, secret street art and legendary pubs that tell the city’s LGBT+ story.

Hear about underground Victorian drag balls, “secret” gay languages, 19th-century trans lives, HIV activism, all-night parties and the campaigners who changed, and are still changing, Manchester in surprising ways. Expect well-researched history mixed with gossip, politics and camp.

Josh is a native Mancunian with an MA in History specialising in Manchester’s LGBT+ history. He founded FMWT in 2015 and works professionally with LGBTQ+ oral histories as co-director of IAP:MCR.

At the end, Josh shares tailored recommendations for queer bars, clubs, cafés, community spaces and other things to do. The tour welcomes LGBTQ+ visitors and locals, solo travellers, friends, allies and anyone curious about Manchester’s queer history.

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