Break out the rainbow colours and choose love
Pride in London is back in full force for 2025, with the annual parade returning to central London on 5th July. Attending the parade is just one of many ways to celebrate Pride in the city though, as there are a whole host of events popping up across the whole of Pride month, from queer theatre seasons to alternative Pride festivals to marches protesting the injustices faced by trans+ people.
Outside of the many parties, parades and concerts, you can also hit up the city’s best LGBTQ+ venues, and it’s worth keeping an eye out for the next events thrown by these queer club nights too.
HOWL Pride Festival
HOWL is a sexual wellness brand, education platform and LGBTQ+ party thrower, and this Pride it’s adding festival host to that list. HOWL Pride, taking over a number of venues in Hackney Wick, including Colour Factory, Number90 and Hackney Bridge, is offering an alternative to mainstream Pride events. Over 30 artists will be performing, with the likes of Julianna Huxtable, Manuka Honey, LOLSNAKE, Tedesco, Tygapaw, Ashtrey and more on the biil.
Sat 5th July 2025
Various Hackney Wick venues
@howlworldwide
Pride at Clapham Grand
It’s a double-header at Clapham Grand this Pride as the venue is hosting both a day and a night party. Kicking off at 5pm (so have plenty of time to get down after the parade), Nadine Coyle will be performing live, alongside Silly Bitch Disco and DJ TeTe Bang. The after party begins at 10pm, with Tulisa hitting the stage plus DJ sets from Bimini and Bestley. As well keeping the Pride party vibes going until 3am, Clapham Grand will also be raising money for the Good Law Project through its glitter make-up booth.
Sat 5th July 2025
21-25 St John’s Hl, London SW11 1TT
claphamgrand.com
Pride in London Pop-Up Shop
Pride in London has opened an official pop-up shop in Soho, where you can stock up on tees, badges and other merch ahead of the parade. Other Pride items designed by LGBTQ+ makers are available to shop too, there’s drinks and ice cream in-store to help you beat the heat, and there’s also a pledge wall where you can leave a motivational message for the community.
Until Mon 7th July 2025
7 Walker’s Ct, London W1F 0BT
prideinlondon.org
Photo credit: Soho Estates
Pride in London Parade
2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the first Pride in London parade and in honour of the milestone, that parade traced the event’s original route, passing by locations key to the LGBT+ movement in this country. It started at Hyde Park Corner, (where the first post-march picnic happened in 1972 and where the miners stood in solidarity with the LGBT+ community in 1985) before going down Piccadilly, turning onto Haymarket, going through Trafalgar Square (where the 1972 march ended) and finishing at Whitehall Place. The same route was used for the parade last year, and the 2025 Pride parade will also follow that route, which you can see here. There’ll be two grandstands – one on Piccadilly and one on Cockspur Street – where you can get a ticket for a seat to watch the parade in all its glory.
Sat 5th July 2025
Central London
prideinlondon.org
Aesop Queer Library
The Queer Library is returning to the Soho branch of Aesop for a fifth year this Pride. The books on the shelves will represent the literary history of the LGBTQ+ community and the store will be offering complimentary books by LGBTQIA+ writers.
Thurs 3rd – Sun 6th July 2025
41 Lexington St, London W1F 9AJ
aesop.com
Pride Shake at Shake Shack
Shake Shack is back with another limited-edition shake to raise money for local LGBTQIA+ charities. Made with vanilla frozen custard, crushed shortbread, rainbow sprinkles, whipped cream and strawberry glaze, £1 from every Pride Shake sold will be donated to a range of charities, including Not A Phase, Oxford Pride, Pride Cymru, The Kite Trust, and Birmingham LGBT.
Fri 23rd May – Mon 7th July 2025
All Shake Shack locations
shakeshack.co.uk
London Trans+ Pride
London Trans+ Pride, which was established in response to the daily injustices trans+ people face and to create an event where all trans+ people can freely express themselves, is coming back for 2025. LT+P continues the legacy of Pride being a protest, so the march will serve as a way to protest for justice and liberation, with this year’s theme being Existence & Resistance. Following the recent Supreme Court ruling on biological sex, which excludes trans women from single-sex services, this year’s London Trans+ Pride is more important than ever. The march will also be used to demand a ban on all forms of conversion therapy, advocate for access to trans healthcare and legal reform, and to push back against the rising tide of global fascism.
Sat 26th July 2025
Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DS
@londontranspride
UK Black Pride
The world’s largest celebration for LGBTQI+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern descent, UK Black Pride, is returning to London on 10th August. This year will mark the 20th anniversary edition of UK Black Pride, which was co-founded by Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah and a group of black lesbians, and the fourth year that the event has been hosted in the Olympic Park. On the day itself you can expect plenty of music and performances on the main stage, a community area hosting talks and workshops, stalls run by various charities and small businesses, and plenty of street food.
Sun 10th August 2025
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London, London E20 1GQ
ukblackpride.org.uk
Rowdy & Proud at Thirteen
Thirteen at Chateau Denmark is hosting an all-star cabaret evening for Pride, featuring Marnie Scarlet, Lizard Lady Lolo Brow, hand balancer and circus performer Aaron Marshall, Miss Giddy Heights, and international hula performer, Amazi, with DJ Jamie Moon on the decks. Entry is free, or you can book a package that guarantees you a spot plus a welcome drink.
Sat 5th July 2025
1-3 Denmark Street, London, WC2H 8LP
chateaudenmark.com
Rainbow Streets: Then and Next at Union Chapel
Union Chapel is celebrating London’s LGBTQIA+ trailblazers and communities with an exhibition of student artworks inspired by Islington’s queer history alongside a soundtrack submitted by the local community. ‘Rainbow Streets: Then and Next’ has been curated in partnership with the Estorick Collection and features work by local students that draws from flyers, posters and stories documenting gay rights activism in the Islington Local History Centre’s Pride archive.
Weds 11th – Mon 30th June 2025
Union Chapel bar, 19b Compton Terrace, London N1 2UN
unionchapel.org.uk
Briefs at HERE at Outernet
Award-winning Aussie performance collective Briefs Factory is taking over HERE at Outernet this Pride. Following a run at the Southbank Centre, Briefs will be back in town blending circus, drag, burlesque and comedy – expect acrobatics, striptease, queer creativity and high camp fun.
Weds 2nd – Sun 20th July 2025
Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 8LH
briefs.com
20 Years of UK Black Pride Exhibition
Queer Britain, the UK’s first and only LGBTQ+ museum, is hosting an exhibition celebrating 20 years of UK Black Pride. Curated in collaboration with the event’s founder Lady Phyll, the display chronicles UK Black Pride’s evolution from a small event in Southend-on-Sea to the world’s largest celebration for Global Majority LGBTQI+ people.
Until Sun 31st August 2025
2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH
queerbritain.org.uk
Pride Brunch at The London EDITION
The annual Pride brunch is back at Berners Tavern for 2025 and this year it’s being hosted by Henry Holland and Jean Paul Gaultier. Drag superstar Gigi Goode will be performing and you’ll be able to tuck into a two-course brunch, including dishes like smoked salmon & scrambled eggs and peach & vanilla ice cream rainbow roly poly. There’ll also be a charity raffle to raise money for Pink Noise, a community-led fund and CIC supporting the most vulnerable members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Sun 6th July 2025
10 Berners Street, London, W1T 3NP
bernerstavern.com
Ministry of Pride
Head to Ministry of Sound after the parade for a party full of love. DJ Fat Tony is leading a line-up of LGBTQ+ artists, including Catz ‘N Dogz, FAFF, Princess Julia, ad TeTe Bang.
Sat 5th July 2025
103 Gaunt Street, London, SE1 6DP
ministryofsound.com
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