- photo archive:
Europe's largest Gay and Lesbian festival,
was held on 30 June, 2001 in Finsbury
Park, London. In 2001 once again 85,000
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered
people to descended upon Finsbury Park to
celebrate life, enjoy live music from four
stages, boogie in the dance tents, shop in
our village, and enjoy games, rides, and
people. Acts included Steps, Hearsay,
Sugarbabes, Mel B, Five and A1. The
biggest Mardi Gras event ever held in the
UK. Overground was there with a camera
and the photos from the parade and
festival itself can be views opposite.
At around £15 a ticket, the cost of getting
to the capital, and then paying (in
advance is best to avoid long que's) may
put off many from going, but you really do
get your money's worth. Mardi Gras is now
at Brixtons' Brockwell Park, which can be
reached by train at Brixton station and by
tube via the piccadilly line and is served by
several major bus routes that take you in
and out of the city centre.
London Mardi Gras
The offical event info site
This is London
Maps and local information
Popstarz
One of the festival's major tents