Pride Canterbury

Pride Canterbury is the annual LGBTQ pride event and parade held each June in Canterbury, Kent in the United Kingdom. The next event is 13th June 2020. It was first held in 2016. It is organised by a committee led by a board of directors.

Not to be confused with MS Pride of Canterbury.
Pride Canterbury
StatusActive
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Years active4
Inaugurated11 June 2016 (2016-06-11)
Most recent15 June 2019
Next eventJuly 2021
AreaKent, United Kingdom
Activity
Organised byPride Canterbury CIC
Filing statusCommunity Interest Company (CIC)
Websitepridecanterbury.com
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History
Chronology of events for Pride Canterbury
DateEvent description
11 June 2016First launch event, 2,000+ attendees.
10 June 2017[1]Second event.
9 June 2018Third event, 16,000+ attendees.
15 June 2019Fourth event, 20,000+ attendees.
13 June 2020Upcoming.

2016–2018

Pride Canterbury took a similar format for the first four years. First launched on 11 June 2016, Pride Canterbury saw over 2,000 people attend.[2] This increased when the second event took place in June 2017.[1][3] The third annual event, on 9 June 2018, saw over 16,000 people attend.[4]

From 2016 to 2019, the parade started at The Marlowe Theatre, led by the Lord Mayor of Canterbury and then proceeded through the high street up to the Dane John Gardens for the Pride festival.

Some events have a theme, such as the 1990s theme in 2018.[5]

Events have included: speeches from Rosie Duffield in 2017;[6] acts included S Club,[5] and The Vixen both in 2018,[7] RuPaul’s Drag Race queens Courtney Act,[6] and Willam In 2017.[6]

In 2018 a political row broke out over Pride Canterbury when Conservative councillor Simon Cook, leader of Canterbury City Council, said his party had "allowed Labour to hijack the event" in the past. In a statement, chairman Edd Withers said: "Pride Canterbury is for everyone in the LGBTQ community, no matter who they vote for."[8]

2019

In 2019 over 20,000 people attended Pride Canterbury held on 15 June 2019.[9][10] Acts included Gok Wan, and Nadine Coyle,[9] among others; followed by an official after-party at Glitterbomb, a local nightclub event.[9]

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References
  1. "Canterbury Pride 2017". University of Kent. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. "Kent Pride LGBT festival in Canterbury draws thousands of revellers". KentOnline. KM Group. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. "Rosie exposes Julian Brazier's voting record on LGBT issues". Canterbury Labour Party. 7 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. Claridge, Alex (11 June 2018). "Record-breaking numbers at Pride". The Canterbury Journal. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. Schwartz, Tom (23 April 2018). "Pride Canterbury 2018: first performer announced". The Canterbury Journal. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  6. "Canterbury Pride 2017: thousands line city centre streets". KentOnline. KM Group. 10 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. Warren, Gerry (27 April 2018). "S Club announced as headliner for Pride Canterbury 2018". Kent Online. KM Group. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  8. "Political row over Pride 'hijack' claim". BBC News. BBC. BBC. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  9. MacSwan, Anna (15 June 2019). "Canterbury Pride: Thousands turn out to celebrate". Kent Online. KM Group. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. MacDougall, Lauren (6 June 2019). "When is Canterbury Pride 2019? Parade route, entertainment line-up and after party". Kent Live. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.


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