Glorious return: after being cancelled last year, Pride returns in late summer
(Picture: Getty Images for Pride in London)Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown, the organisers of Pride in London have confirmed that the celebrations will go ahead later this year in September.
The UK’s largest Pride event, the London parade will take place on the weekend of September 11, though details of what shape the festivities will take has yet to be confirmed. Typically, around 30,000 people are involved in the parade, with the weekend’s events drawing almost a million people.
“Now we have the roadmap from the Government, we’re working closely with the Mayor’s office, Westminster City Council and other key bodies in London to finalise what our plans will look like,” said Michael Salter-Church MBE and Alison Camps, the co-chairs of Pride in London. “We’ll be announcing further details of the event, including what format it will take and how to participate or volunteer, in due course. We will continue to monitor and adhere to the necessary health guidance.”
This year’s Pride will be the first in the country since 2019, after last year’s event in London as well as all the other Pride celebrations in the country, were cancelled owing to Corona.
Camps and Salter-Church continued: “Naturally we can’t wait to bring all of our wonderful communities together again and stand with them to champion LGBT+ rights across the capital and beyond.
“In addition to the plans for September, we’re working on a way to appropriately mark Pride’s traditional anniversary in the summer. In the meantime, our communities have their final chance today to complete our short consultation survey and let us know what they’d like to see from Pride in London this year.”
Under Boris Johnson’s plans, it’s expected that all lockdown restrictions will have eased by June 21.
