Brighton and Hove City Council have granted landlords consent for 5 years for Brighton Pride CIC to produce the Pride Festival on Preston Park, organise the Brighton Pride Parade and the ticketed village party for the next 6 years. The 2014 Pride Festival and Pride Village Party was universally hail
THE 2014 PRIDE Festival and Pride Village Party was universally hailed a resounding success, delivering a safe and diverse weekend of community entertainment with overwhelmingly positive feedback from visitors, community organisations, local businesses and Sussex Police.
Brighton Pride is the UK’s biggest and most successful Pride festival with the village party event attracting a diverse audience from across the globe to appreciate the world class artists, DJs and performers supporting the event including Fatboy Slim, Katy B, Blue, Boy George, Sam Bailey, Alison Moyet, Paloma Faith and winners of Britain’s Got Talent 2014, Collabro.
As well as winning the Sussex Life Tourism Ambassador Award in 2014, for the last two years, Brighton Pride CIC has had a purpose and smashed their fundraising targets, raising over £110,000 for the Rainbow Fund to distribute in grants to LGBT/HIV organisations who deliver front line services to LGBT people in Brighton and Hove through their independent grants programme.
A spokesperson for Pride said: “We are thrilled to have been granted consent from the city council to organise Pride in the City until 2020. The agreement allows us to continue to develop partnerships that help us build on the success and sustainability of Pride.
“Campaigning to highlight global LGBT communities and community fundraising is at the cornerstone of everything we do and we are extremely grateful for the continued support of community and Brighton & Hove City Council, Sussex Police and East Sussex Sussex Fire Service.
2015 will see Brighton Pride celebrate their 25th Anniversary of Pride in the City and will be the biggest Pride celebration to date”
Pride in 2015 will take place over the weekend of August 1 & 2, 2015
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