The contents on this page are considered the terms and conditions of press + media passes at Pride Canterbury. In addition to this page, you 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.

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 before the event opens, please access via advertised Main Entrance. After the event opens please enter via the Fast Track Entrance / Day Time Trader Entrance and show proof of being on the press list to whoever is at the door to gain access. 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.

Only a highly limited number of passes are available for the main stage. There is a limit to the number of photographers in the stage pit at any one time; this is managed by a combination of our Security Team, Main Stage Manager, and Pride Management. Please be courteous to your media colleagues by grabbing your shot and then making room for the next person.

No photographer is to be on the main stage without prior agreement, which is not ordinarily provided. We ask those with stage access to still gain a wide breadth of imagery from all areas of the park.

If you are provided with a pass that does not have main stage privileges (you will be advised), then you may photograph the stage from the spectator 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.