How Manchester Pride came to a close on Monday evening ❤️ 🏳️‍🌈 Thousands attended a powerful candlelit vigil that brought the 2025 festival to a close. The vigil, held in Sackville Gardens, brought together people to stop and reflect following the four-day Pride festival. It’s a chance to remember those lost to HIV, and the stigmas that still exist today. It’s hosted in partnership with George House Trust. Their patron, Russell T. Davies - a producer and screenwriter of It's A Sin and Dr Who -