ARTS & CULTURE
Originally published on Monday, 29 June 2009
Loud and Proud
It was never going to please everybody - “too activist”, “too commercial”, “too frivolous”, it was mumbled - but, in our humble opinion, the inaugural Pride Barcelona did well, even without the crisis-stricken Matinée Group.
Gay pride has traditionally been celebrated in Barcelona with a funeral-like gathering at Plaça Universitat, but this year adopted the more colourful model seen abroad: a carnival feel with loud costumes and louder floats - light on political messages, heavy on celebrating diversity.
Sure, some things could’ve been done better - the main stage programme was a let-down, for example - but there were more people attending than ever before and the floats were fun and appropriately OTT. A promising platform to build on.
As for Matinée, we were sorry to learn that it’s been hit hard by the financial crisis - so hard that it couldn’t pony up the cash for a float of its own in Sunday’s parade.
Pride Barcelona - June 28 2009
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