The iconic Brighton & Hove Pride festival -one of the country’s most popular LGBTQ+ celebrations – is happening this weekend.
Hundreds of thousands of people are set to descend on the coastal city to enjoy an array of festivities, including live music, comedy, cabaret, a dog show and of course the hugely popular Pride Parade
As always the parade – held today (Saturday) – will be a glorious carnival of colour and fun winding its way through Brighton’s streets, showcasing the city’s charities, community groups, businesses, emergency services and more.
This year’s theme is ‘JOY – Celebrating Life, Spirit and Resilience’.
Here is what you need to know.
The parade will start 11am on Saturday, August 3, 2024.
As the map shows, the Brighton & Hove Pride Parade will start at Hove Lawns and proceed to King’s Road and to West Street.
From there, the parade will move into North Street, then London Road, which is the longest stretch.
The parade will end at Preston Park. The park, meanwhile, will host the two-day We Are Fabuloso music festival, featuring an array of performers including Girls Aloud, Mika, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Gabrielle, Peaches and Fat Tony.
Describing the parade on its website, Brighton & Hove Pride said: ‘It is one of the biggest and brightest events in Brighton & Hove’s events calendar, with over 300,000 people thronging the city’s streets to participate in and watch the parade of community and campaign groups, and the all-singing, all-dancing carnival of colour as it wends its way from Hove Lawns to Preston Park for We Are Fabuloso, the official Brighton & Hove Pride charity fundraiser.’
To find out more about this year’s Brighton and Hove Pride read our guide here.
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