London Pride 2024 start time, date, parade route, schedule, stage lineups and parking

Pride in London is upon us once more and with it of course of the flamboyant showcase of all things rainbow-coloured and LGTBQ+. On Saturday, June 29 Central London will be the setting of a huge parade as well as several stage performances and public events in various famous squares.

We've managed to round up all the vital information for the big weekend so you don't miss out on any of the festivities, or avoid the likely disruptions to traffic they'll inevitably bring - your call. Let's start with the parade which is returning to its heritage route for 2024.

It will begin at 12pm on Saturday where everyone will assemble on Park Lane. The procession will then travel down Piccadilly, crossing Piccadilly Circus, travelling down Haymarket, turning left towards Trafalgar Square and dispersing on Whitehall Place. The parade will be over by 6pm that day.

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The whole route of the parade will be closed for the day, which will affect vehicular access for businesses and residents. All feeder roads into the closed roads will also be affected and as a result, normal deliveries and waste collections may be affected on Saturday 29th June 2024.

Along Piccadilly, there will be facilitated vehicle access to travel from South around St James’s Street and heading North in the morning of the event. This is one-directional however (see Road Closures Map below). There are also pedestrian crossing points across Piccadilly at several points which go in both directions. There are also many along Haymarket and a couple on Whitehall so it won't be too difficult to navigate on foot, by car it is a different story however.

Event areas

The event areas are shown on the map above in coloured squares. The event areas for 2024 are:

• Trafalgar Square -> Main Stage

• Golden Square -> The World Stage

• Leicester Square -> LGBTQIA+ Women

• Dean Street -> The Cabaret Stage

• Victoria Embankment -> The Family Area

• Soho Square -> Trans and Non-Binary Stage, with Pride in London Community Market

All areas run from 12pm to 8pm with the exception of the Family Area which will run from 12pm to 6pm. The locations where the events are being held will be disrupted on other days for set up and clear up of the festivities. This means they will have altered opening hours and may have sections closed for public access due to the set-up of the event:

Leicester Square Gardens

• Friday, June 28 - East side of the Gardens will be closed

• 12pm to 8pm Saturday, June 29 - Gardens will be open to the public for the event

• 10am Sunday, June 30 - Gardens reopen

Soho Square Gardens

• 12pm to 8pm Saturday, June 29 - Gardens will be open to the public for the event. The majority of event activities are located on street and outside the Gardens

• 11am Sunday, June 30 - Gardens reopen

Golden Square Gardens

• Friday, June 28 - West side of the Gardens will be closed

• 12am to 8pm Saturday, June 29 - Gardens will be open to the public for the event

• 11am Sunday, June 30 - Gardens reopen

St Anne’s Church Garden

• Saturday, June 29 - Gardens will be closed to the public

• 10am Sunday, June 30 - Gardens reopen

Bebe Rexha is headliner this year. Rexha, 34, will take centre stage at Trafalgar Square, where she will be joined by House Gospel Choir, drag royalty Ginger Johnson, the cast of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, VINCINT, Matt Terry and others. The stage, hosted by Will Njobvu and Asifa Lahore, will also include talks from the likes of Hallie Clarke, Jake & Hannah Graf, Nancy Kelley and Switchboard.

Stage line-ups

Leicester Square

The Leicester Square stage celebrates LGBTQIA+ women & non-binary communities.

Hosts: Thanyia Moore & Char Bailey

Speakers and performers will include:

• BLUSHER

• charlieeeee

• Delilah Bon

• Ella Morgan (Married at First Sight UK)

• Faye Meana

• JAGUAR

• LYVIA

• MIRI

• Nancy Kelley

• Queer Edge

• STORRY

• The Big Queer Poetry Show

• The Bitten Peach

• The Majorettes

• Vickilicious (DJ)

• Yasmin Benoit

Soho Square

Soho Square will be celebrating the trans and non-binary community through performances and speeches from:

• Aiden Shaw

• Asad Zafar

• Ash Palmisciano / Eva Echo

• Asifa Lahore / Para Pride

• Bitten Peach

• Bobbi @ Trans in the City

• Darkwah

• Divas

• Ebony vs Ebbonknee

• HÄUS OF DONS

• Kim

• Lady Phyll, Black Pride & Timon, Black Pride

• Mark

• Michael Gunning & James Barr

• Mzz Kimberley

• Para Pride

• Pippa Dale

• Princess Julia

• Tasty Tim

• The Divine

• Vean Ima

• Vogue Rites

Dean Street

A lineup of cabaret artists & performers will take on the Cabaret Stage in Dean Street with their unique talent:

Co-hosts: Crip Ladywood, Adam All

Speakers and performers will include:

• Adam All & Apple Derrieres

• Alex Gibbon is Fat, Femme And Crippled

• Andrea Di Giovanni

• Cat Wheels

• Diva's Delight

• Drag Idol winners (winners will be announced this Friday)

• Ginger Johnson

• HÄUS OF DONS

• Little Peaches

• Lucky Roy Singh Presents the Queer Asian Takeover

• Petite Lame

• Symoné

• Viola

Golden Square

A host of performers and speakers will take on the World Stage in Golden Square:

Co-hosts: Sandro Farmhouse (Great British Bake Off) and Tash T

Speakers and performers will include:

• Club Kali

• Cocoa Butter Club

• Donnie Sunshine

• Faggamuffin Bloc Party

• Faye Meana

• HeHymn

• Janice Robinson

• Keiynan

• Love Itoya

• Michael Gunning

• Mista Strange

• Reptile B

• TrYb (DJ)

• VINCINT

Trafalgar Square

This year’s line-up of Trafalgar Square will embody the spirit of Pride through musical performances & speeches from some incredible talent:

Hosts: Will Njovbu & Asifa Lahore

Speakers: Hallie Clarke, Jake & Hannah Graf, Nancy Kelley, Switchboard

Performers will include:

• Bebe Rexha

• Drag Syndrome

• Ginger Johnson

• JAGUAR

• Janice Robinson

• Joel Mignott

• Matt Terry

• Moulin Rouge

• Poppy Ajudha

• The Bitten Peach

• Tré Mitchel

• VINCINT

Parking

Parking and vehicle access will be affected along the Parade route. Parking suspensions will also be in place across the footprint. Zone G Permit holders will be able to park in Resident Parking Bays in E (Mayfair) & F (north of Oxford Street) zones during the event parking suspensions. This will be from 6.30pm on Friday, June 28 to 8.30am on Monday, July 1. Please find a link here for further information on Westminster Permit Zones.

Drop-in session for residents

The Pride in London team had set up drop-in sessions for residents along the Pride footprint to give them the opportunity to meet the team, ask any questions, share any queries or just say hello.

The session dates have now passed.

If you have questions, you can email rbl@prideinlondon.org

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