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The contents on this page are considered the terms and conditions of attending the parade at Pride Canterbury. In addition to this page, all organisations + attendees are required to adhere to our General T&Cs.

If you have any issues at the event, you should not attempt to resolve this yourself + should instead contact our team.

No objects can be given to spectators or other parade participants in the parade staging area or during the parade route, without prior permission. No parade participants can accept anything from spectators (incl. donations).

All participants are required to maintain a continuous forward motion during the parade. No stopping unless we direct you otherwise. All performances must be “on the move”. No large gaps between parade units of more than 3 metres. Please aim to keep a small sensible gap between groups wherever possible (in both the parade staging area and on the parade route).

All parade groups, except the ‘Independent Participants’ section, have assigned group organisers who have ultimate responsibility for your group, and you should be aware of who this is.

Attendees of the ‘Independent Participants’ section of the parade should not display any branding to advertise businesses or organisations, without prior permission.

We reserve the right to dismiss any individual or group that has entered under a false name or given false information. If you need to make any changes to your application, please contact us urgently.

Only those who are registered may walk in the parade. No one is to be pulled in from the crowds to join.

Parade Group Organisers have accepted responsibility on behalf of the entire group and are responsible for behaviour within your group. Please ensure your group is keeping the orderly flow of the parade. All groups are expected to follow the parade route according to their allocated position in the parade. Each group is expected to stay in order. Any group who tries to overtake another group will be removed from the parade. If anyone in your group does anything that is against the Terms and Conditions, all your group may be immediately withdrawn from the parade. We also reserve the right to deny the entry of your whole group into the festival site if our terms and conditions are not followed.

In an emergency, please follow all instructions provided by security. If you have or witness a medical issue during the parade, please notify the nearest member of security. We have a medical vehicle at the rear of the parade, and walking medics, which can provide medical attention. If for any reason you need to leave the parade while it is in motion, then please step clearly out of the parade procession and seek advise – you will not be able to re-join.

If you have any questions, our information point is in the centre of the Parade Staging Area (see the map below).

Toilets are available in the Canterbury Umbrella Centre, but please ensure you are back in your section by 10:00.

No parking is available. The car park is for pre-authorised parade vehicles only. Click here for travel info.

Press must have a press + media wristband to photograph the parade. These are not available to collect at the Parade Staging Area. We recommend arriving at 09:45 to photograph parade groups. The parade is expected to reach the high street at 11:00. Contact us for more information.

If you have been invited to the official pre-pride sponsors networking event, you may arrive together with the remainder of the event. If you have been invited to this, you will also have been advised how to collect the relevant wristband.

Only pre-approved vehicles may participate in the parade; a list will be provided to security and vehicles not on the list will not be able to enter. Pedestrians walking with a vehicle must have a parade group and will be positioned in the Parade Staging Area — only the vehicle + driver(s) are staged separately.

Vehicles should arrive by 09:25, and please line-up in the car park as per the parade order (see below). The only exception to this is Kent Fire Rescue Service who should arrive by 10:30 and must wait on the road to be directed by our Security Team.

After the parade, all vehicles must turn left at the Watling Street roundabout and follow Watling Street to the ring road. Vehicles entering the Dane John Gardens will be given additional advice by the marketplace team.

Click here to review our Vehicle Terms & Conditions.

Independent participants may not bring amplified music under any circumstances. Parade groups may request to have amplified music – this will not be unnecessary withheld. Any group bringing speakers without explicit permission will be removed from the parade. Music may only be played when the parade is on the high-street and at a sensible volume, not the in Parade Staging Area. Speakers will not be permitted into the Dane John Gardens so please organise storage. Security and the pride team reserve the right to ask any groups to stop or reduce the volume of music, at any time.

Parade groups cannot request permission for handouts in the parade. We are moving to being more environmentally friendly and we find that flyers, leaflets, business cards, stickers, and branded handouts, result in an increase in litter + waste at the event, so we no-longer allow these. If you wish to handout materials, you may book a place in our marketplace.

It’s important to us to ensure the parade remains accessible for all. The parade route itself over the high street can be the most difficult part to navigate. The parade staging area is grassy but should be mostly flat. In the unlikely case that a wheelchair cannot navigate this area, then please advise security + staff at the event as there is some paved areas seperate from the parade groups that can be used for the wheelchair, with one or two other people. Please speak to us at the event if you have any concerns and we will be happy to help.

A huge thank you to Civil Service LGBTQ+ for supporting us in 2024 with volunteering help. They will be on-site from 09:15 (where participants are arriving from 09:30) and will be swapping Eventbrite registrations for Parade Independent wristbands.

After the parade, anyone with a parade wristband or registration will enter Pride Canterbury in the Dane John Gardens through a dedicated entrance. Spectators will be directed to join the main entrance. There will be another security checkpoint when everyone enters the Dane John Gardens to continue the celebrations.

If you are not joining us in the Dane John Gardens, you may leave the parade immediately prior to passing under the bridge that joins Primark and Whitefriars/Tesco. This is before the Watling Street Roundabout, and takes you directly into Whitefriars and continue through to the High Street, Bus Station or stay in Whitefriars. This is the same route that non-parade participants will also take if they followed behind the parade to the Pride Festival. This may still be busy, but it will be quieter than passing through the Pride Festival in the Dane John Gardens.