Pride Canterbury

Pride Canterbury is returning on Saturday 7th June 2025 with a new city-centre celebration.

Centred around Westgate Gardens, near to the Westgate Towers, the day will begin with a parade starting and ending at Westgate Towers, through Canterbury High Street, leading into an afternoon of LGBTQ+ visibility, community stalls, food vendors, and celebration in one of Canterbury’s most historic areas.

This one-off change is in response to the temporary unavailability of our traditional home in the Dane John Gardens, due to the Levelling Up Fund works. With the council’s decision to close Dane John Gardens to events this year, it was important to find a way of ensuring Pride will still happen in the city in 2025 — even if it looks a little different. The Pride Canterbury team have been working tirelessly all year to ensure the city continues to celebrate Pride in a meaningful way.

Plans are already underway to return to Dane John Gardens in 2026 with the full-scale Pride event that is loved by all — but for this year, Pride Canterbury will be something special, inclusive and local for you to enjoy.

As always, Pride Canterbury will be free to attend and open to all.

Pride Canterbury is a spectacular celebration of LGBTQ+ identity for the whole family. Featuring a parade through Canterbury High Street, followed by a diverse artist line-up (full line-up returning in 2026), entertainment, marketplace, food, drink + much more! Join tens of thousands in Canterbury for Kent’s biggest Pride event. Together we celebrate diversity, equality + progress at Canterbury’s most fabulous event!

Our usual huge artist line-up will return in 2026— but for this year, Pride Canterbury will be something special, inclusive and local for you to enjoy. We will be centred around Westgate Gardens, near to the Westgate Towers. This one-off change is in response to the temporary unavailability of our traditional home in the Dane John Gardens,

This year we are joined by a host of chart-topping performers who will get down with some of their greatest hits, some of the UK’s favourite tribute acts and Kent’s best talent for a festival of music, DJs + fun.

We have loads of info to ensure you have the most fabulous Pride ever! This includes our festival map, accessibility info, opening times, what to bring, how to get here + much more!

Discover how Pride Canterbury can help you achieve great results, great ROI + great brand exposure, all while supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Find out how you can get involved at Pride, including sponsorship, marketplace, and parade groups.

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