Brighton & Hove Pride: Four weeks to GO, GO, GO!

Brighton & Hove Pride returns for 2024! The fantastic 2-day official fundraiser event for the Brighton Rainbow Fund is back, and better than ever. FABULOSO at Brighton’s Preston Park on the 3 & 4 August will feature showstoppers including a UK festival exclusive show from Girls Aloud, the sensational Mika, Billy Porter, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, S Club, Gabrielle, Kevin Aviance, Peaches and over 150 LGBTQ+ artists; cabaret tents, dance tents and immersive experiences across the weekend.

Ahead of their Saturday night headline show, Girls Aloud comment: “We’ve had such an incredible experience touring The Girls Aloud Show across the UK this summer – we’ve felt so much love from every single audience. It’s been a joy seeing old and new fans still singing along to every word and the memories will last a lifetime. We can’t wait to bring the show to Brighton & Hove Pride next month! We know it’s the summer’s ultimate party and we can’t wait to dance with you all.”

As always, the much-loved Brighton & Hove Pride LGBTQ+ Community Parade will open the weekend, and other Brighton & Hove Pride favourites including the Pride Village Party and Pride Community Day & Dog Show will make their rainbow-coloured return.

Brighton & Hove Pride say: “Firmly established as the UK’s most popular international Pride festival, Brighton & Hove Pride is as famous, vibrant, popular, and unique as the city itself. Brighton & Hove Pride’s sole ethos is to promote diversity, inclusion and education within our communities while raising much needed funds for our local LGBTQ+ charity and community groups and projects distributed through the Brighton Rainbow Fund and Social Impact Fund.

“With community at the heart, this year’s Pride celebration theme is JOY: celebrating life, spirit, and resilience.”

FABULOSO Celebrate your True Colours, 3 & 4 August – more HERE

FABULOSO will run over two days with a main stage featuring world class artists including Girls Aloud, Billy Porter, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, House Gospel Choir and Beth McCarthy on Saturday, 3 August, followed by MIKA, S Club, Gabrielle, Björn Again and Danny Beard on Sunday, 4 August.

In addition to the main-stage, FABULOSO will also host an array of diverse and inclusive stages and entertainment zones across the park, including the Gaydio Dance Tent, Beefmince Dance Tent, Queer ALT Stage, Cabaret Big Top, Diva Dance Tent, the Cocoa Butter Club Stage, Queertown and more. Featuring over 150 LGBTQ+ artists across the weekend including the likes of Peaches, Fat Tony, Beth McCarthy, Princess Superstar, DJ Paulette, Lynks, Horse Meat Disco and Girli, amongst others.

Pride LGBTQ+ Community Day Parade – JOY: celebrating life, spirit, and resilience, 3 August, 11am – more HERE

The much-loved Brighton & Hove Pride LGBTQ+ Community Parade will open the weekend under this year’s theme of JOY: celebrating life, spirit, and resilience. The parade will wind through the city streets in its usual spectacular colour and style, delighting the thousands of people who take to the streets to watch the event which showcases over one hundred charities, community groups and small businesses, our invaluable emergency services, the NHS and representatives of other Pride organisations.

Pride Village Party – 3 & 4 August – more HERE

The Pride Village Party in Brighton’s Kemptown sees businesses across St James’s Street and Marine Parade come together to celebrate Pride and raise extra funds for the Brighton Rainbow Fund and Pride Social Impact Fund. Entertainment zones, bars and venues, live performances and cabaret, DJs, drag artists, singers, performers and musicians will all come together for an unforgettable weekend of fundraising celebrations.

Pride Community Day & Dog show – 31 August – more HERE

The annual canine highlight where we pamper those pooches and paw our way to one of Brighton Pride’s most wonderfully accessible events. Join us as we celebrate our four-legged best friends with a day of fun and barking frolics, as dogs and dog lovers come together and shine with Pride. The Pride Community Day & Dog show in association with Coastway Vets features awards for numerous categories, retail stalls, a glamorous catwalk doggy fashion show, bar and refreshments.

Brighton & Hove Pride: Supporting Local Grass Roots Projects in 2024 – more HERE

As well as Pride’s ongoing commitment to support and fundraise for the Brighton Rainbow Fund that supports our essential LGBTQ+ community groups and projects, organisers are also keen to highlight and support grassroots and volunteer-led organisations.

For 2024 Pride will be working with, and fundraising for: Trans Pride, Brighton & Hove; Hummingbird Refugee Project; Grassroots Suicide Prevention and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). Each has been assigned an allocation of discounted fundraising tickets and will benefit from at least 50% of any sales that they secure, allowing their networks to buy Fabuloso tickets knowing their purchase will directly benefit their chosen charity or community group.

Pride has raised over £1.3million for the Brighton Rainbow Fund, the Pride Social Impact Fund, Pride Cultural Development Fund and Pride Solidarity Fund. The Brighton Rainbow Fund has a remit to receive donations and to use them to give grants to LGBT and HIV groups and organisations in Brighton & Hove. The Pride Social Impact Fund benefits local good causes giving grants to a range of local groups.