This month marks the 57th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York which was a landmark moment in modern LGBTQ+ Rights movements. It is a time when people celebrate and reflect on the progress that has been made to help increase equality whilst recognising that discrimination and inequality still remain in modern society. There will be a number of events taking place across the world which usually take the form of marches, festivals, cultural activities, educational programmes and community outreach.
Cultural groups sometimes use the month to promote inclusion, diversity and workplace equality initiatives. In the UK, many of the largest Pride festivals take place during the summer months rather than in June itself.
Background
Police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City on 28th June 1969 and this is widely regarded as the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ+ Rights movement. There were a series of violent confrontations between the two groups which eventually led to the modern gay rights movement being born. During the period, the solicitation of homosexual relations was illegal in New York and other urban centres. There were many gay bars around where gay men and lesbians could socialise in relative safety from public harassment. However, these were subject to regular police harassment.
On that day, nine policemen entered the Stonewall Inn, arrested the employees for selling alcohol without a license, roughed up many of its patrons, cleared the bar, and—in accordance with a New York criminal statute that authorized the arrest of anyone not wearing at least three articles of gender-appropriate clothing—took several people into custody.
There were many people gathered outside the bar who didn’t retreat when they say what was happening. They began to show their displeasure and jeer and jostle the police. They also threw bottle and debris. There was a huge riot and the police barricade was repeatedly breached. The riots outside the Stonewall Inn waxed and waned for the next five days.
There have been a number of events and festivals planned around the country to help mark Pride. These include:
June 2026 Pride Events
Leighton Buzzard Pride 2026 5 June 2026
Barry Pride / Vale Of Glamorgan 2026 6 June 2026
Blackpool Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Bridgend Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Bridgnorth Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Bury St Edmunds Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Canterbury Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Dumfries Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Harworth & Bircotes Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Hereford Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Highland Pride 2026 / Inverness 6 June 2026
Knaresborough Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Oxford Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Portobello (Porty) Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Portsmouth Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Tamworth Pride 2026 6-7 June 2026
Taunton Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Waterford Pride 2026 / Pride Of The Deise 6 June 2026
Wolverhampton Pride 2026 6 June 2026
Monmouth Pride 2026 7 June 2026
Paisley Pride 2026 10 June 2026
Wotton under Edge Pride 2026 12-13 June 2026
Alton Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Belper Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Cambridge Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Cardiff / Pride Cymru 2026 13-14 June 2026
Chesterfield Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Chippenham Pride 2026 13-14 June 2026
Cirencester Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Cleckheaton Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Corby Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Crewe Pride 2026 / Pride In The Park 13 June 2026
Ellesmere Port Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Hartlepool Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Hay Pride 2026 13 June 2026
High Wycombe Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Kendal Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Luton Pride 2026 Cancelled
Omagh Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Redruth Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Salford Pride 2026 / Pink Picnic 13 June 2026
Shetland Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Stranraer Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Thetford Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Torbay Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Warrington Pride 2026 13 June 2026
Lancaster Pride 2026 14 June 2026
Sefton Pride South (Bootle) 2026 14 June 2026
Blackburn Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Caithness Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Edinburgh Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Essex Pride 2026 / Chelmsford 20 June 2026
Exmouth Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Helensburgh Pride 2026 20-27 June 2026
Herne Bay Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Martock Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Mid & East Antrim Pride 2026 (Ballymena) 20 June 2026
Trans Pride Nottingham 2026 20 June 2026
Sheffield Pride 2026 / Kelham 20 June 2026
Stoke On Trent Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Thame Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Trans Pride Plymouth 2026 20 June 2026
Watford Pride 2026 20 June 2026
Forest Gayte Pride 2026 / East London 26-28 June 2026
Sparkle Weekend 2026 / Manchester 26-28 June 2026
Abergavenny Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Bodmin Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Clacton Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Coventry Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Dartmouth Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Dublin Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Dundee Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Grassington Pride 2026 (Pride In The Dales) 27 June 2026
Halton Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Ilkley Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Oswestry Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Silloth Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Southwick Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Sunderland Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Weston-Super-Mare Pride 2026 27 June 2026
Batley Pride 2026 28 June 2026
Lochaber Pride 2026 28 June 2026
Sefton Pride North (Southport) 2026 28 June 2026
Sherborne Pride 2026 28 June 2026
