Brides of March
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The Brides of March started as an annual Cacophony Society event that takes place in San Francisco around March 15th. Intended as a pun on the term Ides of March and a parody of weddings in western culture. The event, which began in 1999, is basically a pub crawl while wearing a thrift store wedding dress. Brides may be of either gender, but the wearing of traditional white wedding dresses, or something resembling them, is generally encouraged. In recent years there have been a greater number of gothic brides who wear black. In 2008 the first London Brides of March event took place on March 15 with only two brides starting in Trafalgar Square. There is now a London group (unaffiliated with the two brides of 2008) and not a branch of the Cacophony Society. This group is hosting an event on March 14 that is free from any particular political agenda. There is a meeting of Brides in the afternoon and then a "reception" in the form of a club the same night.
