The LGBTQ+ rights movement has made tremendous strides over the past few decades. Much of the progress in our visibility is thanks in part to Gay Pride parades and demonstrations held in cities around the world.

What is Gay Pride?

Gay Pride events, including Gay Pride parades and festivals were started in major urban centers to improve the visibility, acceptance and some of the legal protections for LGBTQ+ people living in those communities. While the aim of Pride day started with a political nature, many cities around the world have such wide acceptance and strong legal protections that events have now become a celebration of Pride for all.

Depending on the country or city where the event is being held, the marches and parades often campaign for recognition and acceptance of same-sex marriage, legal protections for couples and families, anti-discrimination laws or trans rights. Although there are still obstacles in achieving full acceptance and protections for the LGBTQ+ community, recent progress has been significant.

A Brief History of Gay Pride

On 28th June of 1969, a group of LGBTQ+ people in New York City rioted following a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar located on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village. This series of events was a turning point for the LGBTQ+ community and marks one of the most significant events leading to the modern gay rights movement. The following year in June, organised demonstrations took place in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco to mark the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. As the years went on, additional cities in North America and Europe began to hold their own public demonstrations or a Pride day, eventually leading to what we know today as Gay Pride parades, Gay Pride festivals and Mardi Gras.

Find out more about the significance of Pride in the UK and around the world in our feature: Why Pride Is Important.

When is Gay Pride?

August 2025
02 Aug 2025 and 03 Aug 2025	Brighton and Hove Pride    Hove Lawns / Preston Park Brighton, East Sussex BN1 6SD
02 Aug 2025 10:00 to 20:00	Llandovery Pride    Market Square and The Kings Head Inn Llandovery, Carmarthenshire SA20 0AA
02 Aug 2025 11:00 to 23:00	Thetford Pride    The Guildhall, Market Place Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2DS
02 Aug 2025 12:00 to 18:00	Pride in Belper    Belper Town Centre Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1FZ
02 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Pride South Lanarkshire    Quarry Street Hamilton, Lanakshire ML3 0XB
02 Aug 2025 12:00 to 15:00	Trans Pride Manchester    Windmill Street Manchester, Lancashire M2 3GX
02 Aug 2025 14:00 to 23:00	Causeway Pride    Kerr Street Portrush, Antrim BT56 8DG
02 Aug 2025 19:00 to 21:00	Brighton and Hove Rainbow Run    Hove Park Hove, East Sussex BN3 6LJ
03 Aug 2025 11:00 to 22:00	Wakefield Pride    Borough Road Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1SA
03 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Skipton Pride    Skipton High Street Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1JZ
03 Aug 2025 14:00 to 18:00	Pride in Belper Dog Show    Belper Memorial Gardens, Town Centre Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1PP
08 Aug 2025 from 12:00 to 10 Aug 2025 20:00	Levenshulme Pride    Levenshulme Town Centre Manchester, Lancashire M19 2EP
08 Aug 2025 from 12:00 to 10 Aug 2025 23:00	Prestwich Pride    Cuckoo, 395-397 Bury New Rd Prestwich, Lancashire M25 1AW
08 Aug 2025 from 19:00 to 10 Aug 2025 16:00	Bute Pride    Bute Yard, Rothesay Isle of Bute, Argyll PA20 9AU
09 Aug 2025 10:00 to 21:30	Pride In Ely    Amherst Field, Bridge Road Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4DY
09 Aug 2025 10:30 to 23:00	New Brighton Pride    Victoria Quarter, Victoria Road New Brighton, Merseyside CH45 2JS
09 Aug 2025 11:00 to 22:00	Doncaster Pride    Town Field Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN2 6AA
09 Aug 2025 11:00 to 23:59	Perthshire Pride    Thimblerow Car Park, High Street Perth, Perthshire PH1 5HQ
09 Aug 2025 from 11:00 to 10 Aug 2025 03:00	Swindon and Wiltshire Pride    Queens Park Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 4EN
09 Aug 2025 11:30 to 23:00	Tonbridge Pride    River Lawn, Avebury Avenue & Tonbridge Castle Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1TF
09 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Ashby Pride    Market Street Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire LE65 1AF
09 Aug 2025 from 12:00 to 11 Aug 2025 20:00	Darlington Pride    South Park Darlington, Durham DL1 5TD
09 Aug 2025 12:00 to 19:00	Gravesham Pride    Fort Gardens, Milton Place Gravesham, Kent DA12 1DD
09 Aug 2025 from 12:00 to 10 Aug 2025 02:00	Margate Pride    Margate Main Sands Margate, Kent CT9 1XJ
09 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Neath Port Talbot Pride    Gwyn Hall, Orchard Street Neath, Rhondda SA11 1DU
09 Aug 2025 12:00 to 21:00	Stafford Pride    Victoria Park Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2QF
09 Aug 2025 13:00 to 15:00	Coventry Pride    FarGo Village Coventry, West Midlands CV1 1LL
09 Aug 2025 13:00 to 20:00	Pride in Moray    Elgin Moray, Highlands and Islands IV36 3BT
10 Aug 2025 12:00 to 21:00	LonGBoaT Pride    The New Union & Unitarian Chapel Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1UZ
10 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	UK Black Pride    Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stratford, London E15 2HG
11 Aug 2025 11:00 to 23:00	Warwickshire Pride    Pump Room Gardens, Leamington Spa Warwick, Warwickshire CV31 4AA
14 Aug 2025 from 12:00 to 24 Aug 2025 16:00	Foyle Pride    Derry City Centre Londonderry, Belfast BT47 3GY
15 Aug 2025 from 12:00 to 25 Aug 2025 20:00	Manchester Pride    Gay Village Manchester, Lancashire M1 3LD
16 Aug 2025 10:30 to 23:00	Medway Pride    Rochester Castle Rochester, Kent ME1 1SW
16 Aug 2025 11:00 to 16:00	Basingstoke Pride    War Memorial Park, Crossborough Hill Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 4AG
16 Aug 2025 11:00 to 23:00	Colchester Pride    Firstsite Colchester, Essex CO1 1JH
16 Aug 2025 11:00 to 22:00	Crawley Pride    Goffs Park, Horsham Road Crawley, West Sussex RH11 7JX
16 Aug 2025 11:00 to 23:59	Wigan Pride    Wigan Town Centre Wigan, Lancashire WN1 1PE
16 Aug 2025 11:30 to 22:00	Lincoln Pride    Tentercroft Street Car Park Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN5 7DB
16 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Beverley Pride    Flemingate Centre, 23A Chantry Lane Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 0EE
16 Aug 2025 12:00 to 18:00	Burton Pride    Shobnall Leisure Complex Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 2BB
16 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Calderdale Pride    E Mill Courtyard, Dean Clough Mills Halifax, West Yorkshire HX3 5AX
16 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Chester Pride    Castle Square Chester, Cheshire CH1 2DW
16 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Lurgan Pride    Banbridge Lurgan, Armagh BT66 6AS
16 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Merthyr Pride    College Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil CF48 1AR
16 Aug 2025 13:00 to 22:00	Keighley Pride    Keighley Cougars Rugby League Ground Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 3RF
16 Aug 2025 13:30 to 22:00	Bingley Pride    Bingley Arts Centre, Main Street Bingley, West Yorkshire BD16 2LZ
16 Aug 2025 14:00 to 23:00	Loughborough Pride    Queens Park Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3BJ
16 Aug 2025 14:00 to 23:00	Tunbridge Wells Pride Festival    The Forum Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8YU
16 Aug 2025 14:00 to 20:00	Pride at the Harbourside    Whitehaven Harbour Whitehaven, Cumbria CA28 7LH
17 Aug 2025 15:00 to 18:00	Glitter Pride    Temple of Peace Cardiff CF10 3AP
23 Aug 2025 10:30 to 16:00	Dover Pride    Roman Lawn Dover, Kent CT16 1DW
23 Aug 2025 from 11:00 to 24 Aug 2025 23:00	Southampton Pride    Guildhall Square and West Marlands Road Southampton, Hampshire SO14 7DU
23 Aug 2025 12:00 to 19:00	Scunthorpe Pride    Church Square Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire DN15 6TA
23 Aug 2025 12:00 to 19:00	Walsall Pride    Walsall Arboretum Extension, Broadway North Walsall, West Midlands WS1 2QB
23 Aug 2025 12:30 to 18:30	Hinckley Pride in the Park    Hollycroft Park Hinckley, Leicestershire LE10 0BG
23 Aug 2025 19:00 to 23:59	Wycombe Pride    Various Venues in High Wycombe High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2HQ
24 Aug 2025 11:40 to 20:00	Hastings Pride    The Oval Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1QN
29 Aug 2025 from 10:30 to 31 Aug 2025 21:00	Oban Pride    Corran Halls Oban, Argyll PA34 5AB
30 Aug 2025 10:00 to 20:00	Merton Pride    Colliers Wood Merton, Surrey SW19 2RD
30 Aug 2025 10:00 to 18:00	Newquay Pride    Killacourt Newquay, Cornwall TR7 1DT
30 Aug 2025 10:00 to 19:00	Reading Pride - Love Unites    King's Meadow Reading, Berkshire RG1 8BN
30 Aug 2025 11:00 to 23:59	Kidderminster Pride    The Cavalier, Tennyson Way Kidderminster, Worcestershire DY10 3YT
30 Aug 2025 12:00 to 21:00	Leicester Pride    Abbey Park Leicester, Leicestershire LE4 5AQ
30 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Newry Pride    Marcus Square, Hill Street Newry, Belfast BT34 1AE
30 Aug 2025 12:00 to 22:00	North Herts Pride    Cassiobury Park Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 7LG
31 Aug 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Bi Pride UK    Kings Place, 90 York Way Kings Cross, London N1 9AG
September 2025
05 Sep 2025 from 10:00 to 07 Sep 2025 18:00	Teignmouth Pride    Hollands Road Teignmouth, Devon TQ14 8SR
06 Sep 2025 10:00 to 17:00	Sandbach Pride    High Street, The Cobbles and Park Sandbach, Cheshire CW11 1EG
06 Sep 2025 11:00 to 19:00	Basildon Pride Festival    Basildon Sporting Village Basildon, Essex SS14 3GR
06 Sep 2025 11:00 to 18:00	Bude Pride    Bude Football Club, Broadclose Park Bude, Cornwall EX23 8DR
06 Sep 2025 11:00 to 18:00	Great Yarmouth and Waverney Pride    Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 3AH
06 Sep 2025 11:00 to 22:00	Pride In Surrey    Stoke Park Guildford, Surrey RH2 7RL
06 Sep 2025 12:00 to 22:00	Bicester Pride    Garth Park Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 6PS
06 Sep 2025 12:00 to 21:30	Eastleigh Pride    Leigh Road Recreational Ground Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 9DD
06 Sep 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Sissies By The Pool    Saltdean Lido, Saltdean Brighton and Hove, East Sussex BN2 8SP
06 Sep 2025 12:00 to 23:00	Yeovil Does Pride    Addlewell Lane Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1QN
11 Sep 2025 from 12:00 to 13 Sep 2025 20:00	Queer Bloomsbury    Charleston Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6LL
13 Sep 2025 10:00 to 20:00	East Coast Pride    Skegness Seafront Skegness, Lincolnshire PE25 2UG
13 Sep 2025 11:00 to 20:00	Pride in Gloucestershire    Gloucester Park Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL1 1LY
13 Sep 2025 11:00 to 16:00	St Austell Pride    White River Place St Austell, Cornwall PL25 5AZ
13 Sep 2025 12:00 to 17:00	Chorlton Pride    Various Locations, Chorlton Manchester, Lancashire M21 0BQ
13 Sep 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Derby Pride    Markeaton Park Derby, Derbyshire DE22 4AA
13 Sep 2025 12:00 to 22:00	Milton Keynes Pride Festival    Campbell Park Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK9 3NZ
13 Sep 2025 12:00 to 18:00	Scarborough Pride    Scarborough Town Centre Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO12 7LJ
20 Sep 2025 from 11:00 to 21 Sep 2025 01:00	Cumbria Pride    Caldew Riverside (Lower Viaduct) Car Park Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8UR
20 Sep 2025 11:00 to 20:00	Pride Run 10k London    Victoria Park, Grove Road Tower Hamlets, London E3 5TB
20 Sep 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Stirling Pride    King Street Stirling, Stirlingshire FK8 1AY
27 Sep 2025 from 09:00 to 28 Sep 2025 03:00	Middlesbrough Pop-Up Pride    Middlesbrough Town Centre Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire TS1 2QJ
27 Sep 2025 10:00 to 16:00	Preston Pride    Preston Flag Market Preston, Lancashire PR1 2AP
27 Sep 2025 11:00 to 17:00	Saltash Pride    Jubilee Green Saltash, Cornwall PL12 6JD
27 Sep 2025 12:00 to 20:00	Shrewsbury Pride    Shrewsbury Market Square Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1LH
October 2025
02 Oct 2025 from 12:00 to 05 Oct 2025 20:00	Bear Scot Fest    Edinburgh City Centre Edinburgh EH1 1AD
03 Oct 2025 from 12:00 to 06 Oct 2025 20:00	Manchester Leather Weekend    Townhouse Hotel, 101 Portland Street Manchester, Lancashire M1 6DF
04 Oct 2025 12:00 to 17:00	Pride in Tewkesbury    George Watson Memorial Hall Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 5PX
09 Oct 2025 from 18:45 to 12 Oct 2025 16:00	Coast Is Queer    Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9RA
11 Oct 2025 11:00 to 16:00	Camborne Pride   NEW DATE John Holman Fountain, 42-44 Commercial Street Camborne, Cornwall TR14 8JS
20 Oct 2025 from 09:00 to 25 Oct 2025 17:00	SaferToBeMe Summit    Newcastle Newcastle, Tyne and Wear NE1 1SG
25 Oct 2025 11:00 to 16:00	St Ives Pride    The Island Centre, 6 Burrow Road St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1PL
25 Oct 2025 13:00 to 19:00	Ellesmere Port Pride    Ellesmere Port Civic Hall Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 0AZ
November 2025
22 Nov 2025 12:00 to 17:00	Dursley Pride    Chantry Centre, 34-36 Long Street Dursley, Gloucestershire GL11 4JB

We hope you enjoy these very special and important events with Pride. UK Pride is buzzing for 2025 with plenty of opportunities for you to enjoy yourself and have a really great time!

All Previous and Future 2025 UK Pride Events