Chaka Khan is headlining Pride in London 2025 – here's the full lineup
Now entering its 53rd year, next week Pride in London is set to put on yet another enormous and wonderfully camp extravaganza, commemorating the 1969 Stonewall riots and celebrating London's LGBTQ+ community.
Besides the huge parade of around 30,000 folk, six stages will be popping up in central London on Saturday, July 5, hosting more than 100 performers – from drag queens and kings to DJs, dancers and activists. Most exciting of all, it's just been announced that there's one huge name headlining this year's event.
Topping the bill for this year's London's Pride is none other than 'Ain't Nobody' singer and 10 time Grammy award-winner Chaka Khan.
Khan will grace the main stage at Trafalgar Square next Saturday, joined by a host of other absolute icons. Also taking to that stage will be Titanique's Lauren Drew, Frankie Grande (yes, the brother of Ariana Grande) and Ru Paul's Drag Race UK star La Voix.
And it might sound too good to be true, but all the stages are totally free to attend. So stock up on the glitter and body paint, get your pre-drinks playlist in order and perfect your voguing – here's everyone you can expect to see across all six Pride stages next week.
Pride in London 2025 stages and full line-up
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
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
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