Pride In The Park, Southampton cancelled after a “massive dip” in funding

Pride In The Park in Southampton has been cancelled this year after a “massive dip” in funding. While the news will be disappointing to LGBTQ+ communities in the city, the city’s main Pride event, Southampton Pride, will still be taking place on the weekend of August 23 & 24.

Organisers of the event, People’s Pride Southampton, announced the 2025 event is on hiatus as last year they had to put “around £20,000 of our own money into the event” just to make it happen.

Announcing the news on social media, a spokesperson added: “With the lack of funding again for 2025, and with our friends at Portsmouth Pride having won the bid for UK Pride 2025, we have taken the decision to put Pride In The Park on a small hiatus for now.

“This is so we can help them celebrate their win and put on what we all know will be an amazing event.

“We hope to bring Pride In The Park back in 2026, subject to funding.

“We are still very much focused on supporting the community, and we are hosting weekly stalls, as well as delivering other community stalls in other events.

“We also have a string of other events which you can see on our linked page off our website.

“Thank you for your continued support, and we are still as ever here for the community all year round.”