More than a million people are expected to take part in London’s Pride celebrations, attending the iconic parade and watching the dozens of performers across central London
Off the back of another dazzling Pride month, the nation’s capital is gearing up to host its annual Pride in London festivities, with more than a million expected to take part.
The month-long celebration of individuality and Pride will culminate with the parade on Saturday (July 5), although there will be plenty of LGBTQ+ events lined up afterwards.
More than 30,000 participants, making up 500 groups, take part in the UK’s largest, and most diverse, Pride event. Here’s the scoop on everything you need to know ahead of Pride in London 2025:
When is Pride in London 2025?
Pride in London is taking place on Saturday, July 5, beginning at 3pm. All events, including the parade, will run from 12pm until 8pm.
What is the Pride in London parade route?
The parade will set off from Green Park, by Hyde Park Corner tube station, before moving along Piccadilly towards Piccadilly Circus station. It will then travel south, down Haymarket, past Trafalgar Square and down Whitehall, before ending outside Big Ben.
The event areas include:
- Trafalgar Square – Main stage
- Golden Square – The World Stage
- Leicester Square – LGBTQI, Women and Non-Binary Stage
- Dean Street – The Cabaret Stage
- Soho Square – Trans and Non-Binary Stage, with Pride in London Community Market
- Victoria Embankment Gardens – The Family Area
Who is performing at Pride in London?
Ain’t Nobody star, Chaka Khan will headline this year’s celebrations, which will take placed across the aforementioned six stages in central London.
Elsewhere, there will be entertainment provided by the juxebox musical Titanique’s Lauren Drew, Frankie Grande, brother of Ariana, and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star La Voix. Below is an extended list of performers across each stage:
Trafalgar Square
- Chaka Khan
- Queenz
- Durand Bernarr
- Eurovision 2025 winner JJ
- La Voix
- Lauren Drew
- Frankie Grande
- Miriana Conte
- Jay Jay Revlon
- HERE AND NOW – The Steps Musical
- Lucky Roy Singh Presents the Queer Asian Takeover
- Dylan and the Moon
- The Sing Space Choir
- Justin Peng
- The Cocoa Butter Club
- Anthony Hughes
- Butch, Please!
- Dan Devlin
- Talks from Queerwell Stonewall, Jake and Hannah Graf, and Not a Phase.
Leicester Square
- Kaylee Golding (DJ)
- girli
- Miriana Conte
- Chloe Star
- Anita B Queen (DJ)
- CATTY, MABEL (DJ)
- Redrum
- Butch, Please!
- Lazy Violet
- Queer Edg
- Don One
- Smashlyn Monroe
Golden Square
- Amaria BB
- Keanan
- Vanity Milan
- Carter The Bandit
- Mark-Ashley Dupé (DJ)
- Nile
- The Cocoa Butter Club,
- Reptile B
- Lexxicon
- Jay Jay Revlon
- Don One
- Thandi Phoenix
- Kelechi
- JiGH
- Shafire (DJ).
Dean Street
- Crip Ladywood
- Sam Buttery
- Ghetto Fabulous
- Lucky Roy Singh Presents the Queer Asian Takeover
- Dean McCullough’s Pop Machine
- La Voix
- John Cameron Mitchell
- Coco Deville
- Trevor Ashley
- Viola
- Adam All & Apple Derrieres
- Alexandria St Payne
- Skylar Cister
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Soho Square
- Telisa Geri
- Love
- Tobre
- Trans fashion by Ms A London Bok
- Brandy X Presents Temptation
- Kit Green
- Ebony Rose Dark
- The Others
- The DIVAs with Alexa Vox
- Alexis Gregory with Jane Stevenson
- The Divine and Andrea Di Giovanni
- DJ Tasty Tim
- DJ Princess Julia
- DJ Kaspa
- Sarah Savage (Brighton Trans Pride)
- Alexis Solia (trans Activist)
- Saba (activist)
- Kayza Rose (Activist/producer)
- Lia B (trans Activist)
- Pippa Dale (LBTQWomen and StockExchange)
- Daniel Lismore (Artist)
- Arlene McDermott (StockExchange/Trans In The City)
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy (MP)
- Trans Legal
- Omar Okai (Black British Theatre Awards)
- Oscar Davies (the UK’s first recognised non-binary barrister)
- Jake and Hannah Graf (Trans is Human)
Family Area
- David Ribi
- Drag Queen Story Hour
- Amanda and Rachel
- An Act from Above Stilt Walking
- Ava Beau
- Close Up Magician
- Andi Dadda and Daddy
- Joelle D’Fontaine
- Olly N Pop
- Taryn Sudding from Cool Mindz
How much are tickets to Pride in London?
Pride in London is for all with the festival being a free-to-attend, unticketed event.
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