Your guide to London Pride as the annual LGBTQ+ event kicks off this weekend
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
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