Celebrate August Bank Holiday with Pride, Bitch!

August bank holiday weekend sees Manchester transform into a kaleidoscope of colour, as the city centre celebrates the annual Pride festival.

For the past 20 years Manchester Pride has showcased a series of events across the bank holiday weekend that celebrates the great diversity of the LGBT community. To add some feisty flavour to this year’s festivities, BITCH will be joining the party to promote dignity on the dance floor with an honorary celebration of repetitive beats.

Headlining this Bank holiday BITCH-fest and gracing VENUS with her fierce female finesse is DJ/producer and Toolroom artist Kate Lawler. Since she burst into the UK’s consciousness back in 2004, Kate has worked harder than most at getting the world to sit up and take notice. Her relentless, never let them knock you down approach to work is the contributing factor to her meteoric rise. Successfully building herself a reputation as one of the leading female DJs in the country, by 2006, Kate held a residency at DJ Mag’s number 1 club in the world Sankeys, Manchester. She’s now rocked the UK’s top clubbing venues from Pacha, The Cross, Ministry of Sound and Turnmills in London, to The Arches in Scotland, Garlands in Liverpool and Lush in Ireland. Versatile, inventive, energetic and passionate, she’s kicked it alongside dance floor legends such as Sebastien Leger, Andy Chatterley, Nic Fancuilli, James Zabelia, Martijn Ten Velden and Deep Groove, impressing promoters and fellow DJs with her infectious style.

Supporting her with more feisty female flair is Suze Rosser, who turned her love of clubbing into a love of DJing ata young age, becoming a regular name on her local circuit, playing alongside acts such as Paul Woolford, Paul Thomas and Mistress De Funk. However, her major breakthrough came when she supported Pete Tong at the renowned Rhumba Castle party. Not being one to pigeonhole herself, her style leans towards House, Techno and Tech-house and it’s all about the groove for Suze.

A more recent venture has seen her partner up with international DJ Lottie, who has championed her skills for a while. Together they have launched the new all female night Geisha. Geisha is run both in London and Ibiza and is looking to "Inspire and innovate females globally through music". The future is looking bright for this talented female artist and BITCH salutes her as she prepares to grace their stage.

Finally, putting the finishing touches to the main melodies are BITCH residents Mark Kovich, Lempo and Pete Mobey. Also, gracing the ones and twos will be the winner of the infamous BITCH DJ competition. Room two will be taken hostage by VENUS residents Andy Clarke, Rob Callaghan and the runner up of the BITCH DJ competition, delivering their usual bill of best in handbag house beats.

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