The director of Ibiza Pride, Antonio Balibrea, along with representatives of the institutions involved and in the presence of artists, collaborators and LGTBIQ associations of the island, yesterday presented the program of Ibiza Pride 2022 in the garden of the Consell de Ibiza. Balibrea stressed that these associations that have collaborated to promote Pride, ALAS, Chrysalis, FELGBT, Ibiza LGTB and La Llave del Armario, “are more united than ever, all working in the same direction”.
The Pride 2022 program starts this weekend with the presence of stars such as the Mexican Angelo Diep, known as the “most LGTB-famous transgressive character in all of South America”, according to Balibrea; the singer Soraya Arnelas, one of the ‘gay divas’ par excellence; and Eduardo Navarrete, one of the best known LGTBIQ figures at the moment in our country, who will be one of those to read the Ibiza Pride 2022 manifesto on Saturday 18th in the Port of Ibiza, in addition to presenting the Drag Funk gala, to be held on Thursday 16th at the Can Ventosa Theater. Along with Navarrete will be Dolly, the most famous drag queen in Spain.
There will be ten days of advocacy, with twelve activities of various kinds and for all audiences, spread between Vila, Sant Josep and Sant Antoni.
Ibiza Pride kicks off this Friday at S’Arenal Beach in Sant Antoni, on the Iconos stage with the play ‘Una noche en casa del abuelo, el cuento gay jamás contado’ by Acrobati-k, the LGTBIQ flamenco show ‘Viva la vida’, by Miguel Barranco’s company and the Macho Banana DJ session with Sandra Love’s performance.
On Saturday, on the same stage and also in the Iconos de Sant Antoni program, comes the 2nd Diversity Celebration, with the aforementioned Angelo Diep and Soraya, Kumapop, Wait What? and Sandra Love, among other artists. On Sunday 12th comes one of the newest features of this year, with the celebration in the Auditorium des Calo de s’Oli, in Sant Josep, the Grand Gala Young & Proud LGTBIQ festival, aimed at the youngest.
The rest of the activities will be held in Vila. After the opening speech on Monday 13th, on Tuesday in Can Ventosa the congress ‘Atrevi@s’ will take place, with the participation of all the Ibizan LGTBIQ associations.
On Wednesday there is cinema by the hand of Ibicine, which will offer a selection of short films on LGTBIQ in Can Ventosa.
First drag queen gala at Ibiza Pride
On Thursday, with the help of Eduardo Navarrete and Dolly, the first drag gala of Ibiza will be held with the drag queens: Baby Marcelo, Eliptica, Eva Cavallini, Gina Boss, Khalo, La Petite, Lady Daya, Moon, Nadal, Garibaldi, Sandra Love and Star Woman.
On Friday, as a prelude to Saturday’s march, there will be a big party in Calle de la Virgen and Alfonso XII between 9:30pm and 11:55pm. Under the slogan ‘Orgullosos de nuestra identidad’ (Proud of our identity), Ibiza Pride 2022 will close on Saturday, June 18th with the Great March for LGTBIQ Rights that will end its route in the Port of Ibiza.
The general director of Tourism of the Consell, Juan Miguel Costa, said that Ibiza Pride is a very important event for the Consell. “Thanks to all the public-private collaboration and the participation of the city councils, we have managed to incorporate more and more events, to make it more inclusive, and for everyone to contribute their bit to an event that is very important for the island,” Costa said.
The councils
For its part, the Councillor for Tourism of the City of Ibiza, Dessiré Ruiz, explained that the council works with the associations of traders in the Marina, Calle de la Virgen and Alfonso XII to make a calendar of activities and festive activities throughout the year and that Ibiza Pride is a date marked within this calendar. “Pride is an event that for us is the backbone of all the actions we want to take; it gives added value to our tourism and especially to the LGTB,” she said.
Eduardo Sánchez, councilman of Tourism for Sant Josep, pointed out the honor of participating for the first time in Ibiza Pride and explained that Sant Josep has focussed on this occasion on the youngest, with a gala for young people.
Miquel Tur, councilman of Tourism for Sant Antoni, presented the 2nd Diversity Celebration, the party that starts the Ibiza Pride program on Saturday on the beach of s’Arenal. Tur confirmed that the city council has thrown itself into the organization of this party.
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