OF SATURDAY 27/6 ON SATURDAY 4/7
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The Gay Games land in Valencia for the first time since its creation on 1982 and everything indicates that they will be a success. They have registered 9.000 participants from 76 nationalities to compete in dozens of sporting disciplines ranging from football, swimming or petanque tennis. But people not registered in the official competition can also participate in the party, signing up for the International Rainbow Memorial Run that will cover three kilometers along the bed of the Túria, or join the group cheerleaders, that will enliven the atmosphere everywhere. In competition there will be 39 disciplines distributed in 46 your, among which stand out emblematic facilities such as the Lluís Puig Velòdrom, the Navy of Valencia, the Túria Stadium, the beach of La Malva-rosa or the Trinquet de Pelai, which will host an exhibition of Valencian football.
Sports will be celebrated, the community and also the culture, present from the beginning, in the grand opening gala in the City of Valencia with performances by Monica Naranjo, Soraya Arnelas, Fruela i, from Guadassuar, our most international transvestite: Choriza May! Chorizo, accompanied by Gay Men Chorus de Washington, it will tell the whole world who we are and why we are here, i the Gay Games XII band, made up of people from all over the world, will interpret themes that represent the collective and its claims. Besides, he Inclusive Bands Festival includes performances in the ceremonies, pop-up concerts in the city center and a concert by the Banda per la Diversitat de Valencia and the Gay Games XII band at the Palau de la Música. A program similar to the Festival de Cors, who will hold his concert at Les Arts.
In total there are more than twenty activities. The program includes the competition and gala cheerleading in the Basket Farm, he Memorial Moment in the MuVIM and the exhibitions Memorial Quilt i Valencia Queer in the Petxina Cultural Complex and the City Museum. On the other hand, the exhibition Valencia Queer: Contemporary Artistic Identities [19/6-30/8] will gather at the City Museum the work of eight artists resident in Valencia. The film festival is added to it Pride in Motion, dedicated to the LGTBIAQ+ theme in sport, the Valencia Queer Fashion Show, with more than forty designs by Valencian creators, l’Sport Kiki Ball (competitive and exhibition event linked to culture ballroom i al voguing), and the cycle of talks Out Loud an el Meeting Point. The program will close on Saturday 4 of July with the closing ceremony in the Font de Sant Lluís pavilion, presented by She-La Fletcher and with the music of Cardigan, In Nebula i Suri DJ, in a day that will also serve to give the testimony in Perth 2030. Culture and sport join hands to celebrate diversity. AU
