Gay Village bar's Bank Holiday plans for drag queen DJ rejected by council
But a temporary event notice (TEN) was rejected over concerns that it could attract crowds and increase the risk of spreading Covid-19 on what would have been Manchester Pride weekend.Despite the festival’s cancellation, both Greater Manchester Police and Manchester council licensing officers still expect the Gay Village to be busier than a normal weekend.PC Alan Isherwood, of the force’s licensing unit, told a hearing on Thursday that a LGBT+ event was taking place at Escape to Freight Island over the bank holiday.“After speaking to bar managers a lot of them seem to assume that the people from the event will make their way down to the Village,” he said.“The [proposed] external bar and stage will make that location at that end of Canal