“Once other businesses see that Liberte, a renowned business in town, has opened up a bar once a month especially for us, I think other businesses will take that on and also support Albany Pride.” Camera Icon Albany Pride’s Melenna Cooper, Julia Valentin, Annie Arnold and Damien Watts.
“I think these guys are kind of leading the way. “We ended up trialling coming back here and it has been a big success. “But when COVID-19 struck we weren’t able to meet here without knowing exactly how many people were coming so we had to go to another pub, which nobody felt as comfortable at. “We always used to come to Liberte because they were the first local business in Albany that supported Albany Pride and they have always been our biggest ally in terms of a local business,” she said.
