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Save the date – Saturday 30th August 2025
We can’t wait to bring Pride to the heart of Reading

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Reading Pride 2025

Reading Pride’s annual Parade & Festival returns on Saturday 30th August 2025 at King’s Meadow.

The Festival kicks off when the Parade arrives at 12pm with a full line-up of entertainment across our stages throughout the day along with a funfair, family area, a wide range of food, drink and market stalls.

Bringing the spirit of Pride to the centre of Reading and providing opportunities for groups, organisations and individuals to show their support for both Pride and the ongoing campaign for equality.

It’s been a challenging year for Pride events nationwide, with cancellations due to funding and volunteer shortages. Reading Pride is experiencing similar difficulties and we don’t want to put up a similar announcement – but we have to face the facts. Each year, it costs over £110,000 to host the Reading Pride Parade and Festival and our dedicated volunteer committee works tirelessly to raise every single penny.

Crucially, support from local companies and organisations has halved, leaving us with a £30,000 deficit just weeks before the event. We believe in being transparent with our community, which is why we’re sharing this with you.

We need your help to ensure Reading Pride can not only happen this year but continue to thrive for years to come. Here’s how you can support us:

Let’s ensure Reading Pride continues to be a beacon of hope, celebration and visibility for our community. Your support ensures we’ll be here this year and every year

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Our Stages and performance areas

Each year to try to bring you the very best in entertainment to cater for as many people as possible. Each stage and performance area offers something very different which we're sure you'll like. Whether you're a main stage person, or Pride aLive is your bag, or maybe you like to roam around the event taking in experiences from as many areas as possible; we've got you.

To learn more about each area see below ...

Main Stage

Experience a vibrant array of live entertainment. Featuring captivating performances from choirs, drag artists, and musicians across genres. Hosted by Reading Pride’s cherished queens, this dynamic lineup ensures an unforgettable and inclusive experience for all.

Pride Alive

We're proud to welcome back our incredible Pride aLive stage. Featuring fantastic local artists and bands who are either friends, allies and supporters of, or who themselves identify as LGBTQ+.

PrideXtra Stage

PrideXtra is back for 2025!

Get ready to shine and be as EXTRA as you like, Introducing PrideXtra hosted by Miss Charley O'llocks & Grace Anatomy, Where we are showcasing rising stars, local talent, Even a familiar face or two! Shine bright from the heart at our community stage. Amplify the unity of love! Let's show diversity, vibrancy & empowerment! 

What we do

We work throughout the year to promote equality and to celebrate the very best of the LGBT+ community. Get involved with this year’s FREE-to-enter Pride Parade & Festival and share your stories of #LoveUnites.

Fundraising & Events

We are dedicated to keeping Reading Pride a free event for all. Find out how you can help support us.

Volunteering

Reading Pride is run by unpaid volunteers and we need your help to make Pride happen! It’s rewarding, exciting and important! Help make Reading Pride an event for the community and get those warm fuzzy feelings knowing you made it happen.

Meet The Team

The team at Reading Pride is formed of dedicated volunteers in a variety of roles. We are always in need of enthusiastic people to help throughout the year so if you can commit some time to help the LGBT+ community and to shape the future of your Pride please get in touch.

Why Love Unites?

In a world shrouded with hate and oppression we hope that in our little way our Love Unites message will give people the spirit and energy to rise up and defend those who are oppressed.

MyUmbrella LGBT+

MyUmbrella LGBT+ is a volunteer led project by Reading Pride to raise awareness of the lesser known identities across the sexuality, gender, romantic and fetish spectrum’s collectively known as LGBT+.

Contact Us

Please contact us with any questions that you might have.