Press must have registered in advance with Pride Canterbury to receive a press + media pass (see below). If you have not registered, please visit Pride HQ at the Pride Festival (NOT the Parade) on event-day to enquire further.

Passes (in the form of a wristband) can be collected from Pride HQ in the Pride Festival. These must be collected before being able to access the Parade Staging Area or to photograph the parade.

When accessing the Pride Festival both before and after event opens, please access via the advertised VFP + VIP Fast Track Entrance and show proof of being on the press list to whoever is at the door to gain access. If there are any issues with this or the gate is closed, there will be staff at the Main Entrance to assist. Please then navigate to Pride HQ.

Click here for our site map to see the location of all these points.

Press are asked that when taking close up pictures of individuals or groups that verbal permission is gained. When photos are crowd shots, this doesn't need to apply.

Any photos taken may be used in Pride Canterbury material, credit will be given to the photographer. Pride Canterbury will also take our own pictures for publication during and after the event, including general crowd pictures. If an individual consents to having a photo taken, they also accept that photos of them may be used.

Where possible, please send Pride Canterbury CIC the photos after if you would like them considered for upload to our website and social media (with credits)! Please note that we may not always be able to tag you on social media, but we will provide credits. See below to upload.

Main Stage Pit access is provided to support photographers that are providing Pride Canterbury with a large album of photos for publishing. If you have a pass for any other reason (i.e. news outlet), you may still access the Main Stage Pit but we ask that you support Pride Canterbury by allowing those taking our photo albums to have priority access.

You may only spend 15 minutes in the Main Stage Pit before you must exit to allow other photographers access – you may immediately join the queue to re-enter. In the unlikely case there is no queue, you may remain until the next photographer arrives to enter the Main Stage Pit (please double-check that a nearby photographer isn’t catching a few quick photos while they wait!). In addition, only four photographers may be in the Main Stage Pit at a time.

You must self-manage these 15 minutes windows + four photographer limit. If you exceed these limits you will be asked to leave the Main Stage Pit and may not be able to return. If you are unsure on these limits or have lost track of time, security is positioned here and will be very happy to assist – please speak to them!

These limits may be changed on event-day by a combination of our Security Team, Main Stage Manager, and Pride Management. If there is a change, security will advise you as you enter the Main Stage Pit.

Please be courteous to your media colleagues by grabbing your shot and then making room for the next person. These guidelines are strictly outlined to ensure all pass holders have a fair opportunity to photograph from this area. We ask all photographers to still gain a wide breadth of imagery from all areas of the park as those aspects are hugely important.

Please note, no access is available to artist or other backstage areas.

To see timings for all of our events, click here.

Occasionally, we may provide some visibility of artist performance times across our stages. This must NOT be shared or photographed. We do not release any artist / stage timings to the public for the safety of both the artists + attendees.

We recommend looking at our site map for all areas of the park. Where possible, we hope that all photographers can spend time in every area of the event to gain a full variety of photos. If you see multiple other photographers in the same location, please continue moving to a different area to ensure full coverage of the event.

Some particular focal points for us are:

• The Parade departing from Westgate Gardens at 11:00am.

• The amazing community spaces and activities across the event.

• The atmosphere and energy of the crowd itself.