pride london - saturday 05 july 2008

05 July 08 promises to be the biggest and best Pride London ever!

We have one of the world’s most colourful parades that takes in streets that are known the world-over.  The theme this year is Fairytales, Myths and Legends so you can expect to see a colourful procession of beaus and beauty, princes and prancers, debutantes and dancers.

Following that the Main Stage in Trafalgar Square will host an entertaining mix of the latest acts as well as politics, speakers and news from prides around the world.

The party continue in Soho with the Dance Stage in Soho Square hosted by scene-favourites Fire, the Women’s Stage in Dean Street with the best of the women’s scene and new for this year the Black, Asian and Ethnic Music Stage on Carlisle Street (Please note that the location of this stage has been changed.  It is now located on Carlisle Street (near the Candy Bar) will feature all your favourite artists and performers.

Follow the links on the left for more details about all these areas.  See you there!

key facts and figures

For those of you that believe size really does matter, here are some of our vital statistics:

• Pride London 2008 will be the largest Pride event in the UK with an estimated audience attendance of over half a million.
• London was voted the number one city in The Boho Britain Creativity Index, ranking as the bohemian capital of the UK - one of the indicators being an active and vibrant LGBT community
• In 2006 London Europride attracted over 600,000 people to the diverse events of the festival
• In 2007 42% of our visitors were female and 57% male. 88% of visitors were in the 16 - 44 age group. Pride London attracts visitors from the UK, Europe and the USA and the estimated spend by gay visitors to the UK is over £3 billion
• Over 600 top UK and international media attended Pride London in 2007
• The size of the UK LGBT population is now estimated to be at approximately 6 million