Wishing you a secure and completely satisfied Pride!

Brighton & Hove Pride, town’s largest and brightest occasion celebrating the variety, pleasure and unity of our LGBTQ+ communities, takes place this Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August.   

Whether you are dancing within the parade, cheering out of your window, or quietly expressing your reality, we want you an exquisite, fabulous and uplifting Pride.

Pride within the metropolis

The most important Pride occasions get underway on Saturday with the Pride Community Parade setting off from Hove Lawns at 11am, adopted by the colourful Pride on the Park pageant and the Pride Street Party.

The Pride on the Park Festival and the Pride Street Party celebrations proceed on Sunday.

This 12 months, probably the most important change in our Pride celebrations is that the Pride Street Party is transferring from St James’s Street to Marine Parade.

The celebration will characteristic all the normal sights, together with drag phases, quite a lot of music zones and bars.

There will probably be no outdoors bars or music on St James’s Street and the road will probably be managed as every other busy space outdoors the official Pride occasion areas in the course of the Pride weekend.

There will probably be larger than common security measures, together with some street closures and extra safety workers to assist guests and residents.

A Public Service Protection Order (PSPO) is in place within the metropolis to assist handle alcohol-related nuisance behaviour. This will probably be used if wanted to make sure security and entry to the road for the entire group.

The preparations are being rigorously deliberate and continuously reviewed by Brighton & Hove City Council, Sussex Police and Brighton Pride, with a concentrate on the wellbeing of the general public

Pride’s official fundraiser for our native LGBTQ+ group teams, the colourful Pride on the Park pageant, will happen in Preston Park and have a recent new structure, with dance phases, cabaret phases, reside phases, a group space, a household space and a funfair.

There are nonetheless tickets out there for occasions on each days. Tickets will be purchased online in advance at the Pride website or on the field workplace.

Visit the Brighton & Hove Pride website for full detail of what’s planned.

Pride with LGBTQ+ Workers Forum

If you are watching the Pride parade 12 months, give a cheer to our LGBTQ+ Workers Forum.

Forum members will probably be a 3rd of the way in which into the parade from the entrance, adjoining to the super rhythmic presence of Drum and Blaze samba band – you will hear them earlier than you see them!

Their theme this 12 months is basic Pride protests, that includes a variety of fierce, enjoyable and related placards highlighting the persevering with LGBTQ+ battle for full equality, with costumes reflecting the varied vary of Queer group flags which have been adopted over the past decade.

The Forum is proud to host the Village Food Bank this 12 months as a part of their parade entry to platform the superb work they do with LGBTQ+ peoples throughout town.

The Village Food Bank is an rising initiative for low-income LGBTQ+ folks in Brighton & Hove to entry meals, toiletries and different important gadgets in a welcoming and affirming group house.

Celebrating our metropolis’s LGBTQ+ communities

Councillor Birgit Miller, Cabinet Member for Culture, Heritage and Tourism, mentioned: “This 12 months’s theme of ‘Ravishing Rage’ marks a celebration of resilience, spirit, ardour and unity. We’re very proud to help that theme and will probably be celebrating our metropolis’s LGBTQ+ communities and flying the flag for larger rights of LGBTQ+ communities the world over.

“As a lot of you‘ll be aware, we’ve listened to our communities and labored with Pride and all our companions to plan a brand new avenue celebration within the coronary heart of Kemp Town.

“The thought is to maintain St James’s Street open and accessible for all, whereas holding the celebratory spirit on the coronary heart of one of many metropolis’s most vibrant and longstanding LGBTQ+ communities.

“It is an enormous change and there’ll doubtless be some teething troubles. We’ve been listening to our communities and dealing intently and constantly with Pride organisers, Sussex Police and all our companions to create a secure and satisfying weekend for all.

“We are happy with our Pride and proud that Brighton & Hove is an inclusive metropolis with a big LGBTQ+ group and a welcoming place for all.

“Please approach the weekend with compassion and respect for all and we wish everyone a safe and happy Pride!”

What it’s essential to know!

As town’s largest celebration and protest, we’re anticipating a busy weekend with hundreds of residents and guests becoming a member of the festivities.

Many metropolis centre roads will probably be closed and on-street parking bays suspended for the celebrations.

Bus companies will even be affected over the weekend.

There will probably be a rainbow queuing system in place on the practice station and individuals are suggested to permit sufficient time to get to and from town as trains will probably be very busy and other people might not be capable to board the primary service.

Read our newest journey data for full particulars.

Take care of your self, don’t overdo it and look out for others. If you’re out all day, take a water bottle and gown based on climate!

Support is out there in case you want it however keep in mind that well being companies are extraordinarily busy and be sure to use the appropriate companies to your wants.

Check our keep secure at Pride recommendation for all it’s essential to know.

And please do your bit to assist preserve Brighton & Hove tidy.

We’re working over the weekend to maintain on high of litter and cleansing – please assist by recycling and disposing of your garbage responsibly.

We’re placing out 84 additional large-capacity garbage bins throughout town, with a concentrate on the parade route, the realm round Brighton Station and on St James’s Street. There will even be extra bins on the park and journey bus cease close to Preston Park.

Over 300 volunteers have signed as much as assist us preserve Brighton & Hove clear and tidy, however following a busy Pride weekend it could take a number of days to meet up with cleansing within the metropolis centre – please bear with us.

Reporting hate crime and anti-social behaviour

Everyone in Brighton & Hove has a proper to really feel secure.

We are dedicated to LGBTQ+ equality and supporting communities harmed by hate crime.

We encourage anybody who has skilled anti-social behaviour or hate incidents, harassment or misery because of their identification, to report it.

You can report hate incidents or ASB to Sussex Police on 101 if it’s not an emergency. In an emergency, all the time name 999.

You may report utilizing our on-line anti-social behaviour and hate incident reporting kind or contact our Community Safety staff by emailing [email protected] or calling 01273 292735.