Pride Blackpool 2025: parade route, dates and events

Blackpool Pride 2025 is happening from 6-8 June 2025!

Blackpool Pride is a wonderful weekend of festivities in Britain's most iconic and chaotic seaside resort to celebrate diversity, featuring a variety of entertainment and fun activities. It promises to be quite a rave-up.

Blackpool Pride 2025 Headliners

Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde Pride Festival 2025 features an electrifying camp lineup of headliners, blending nostalgic pop icons with contemporary "stars". The festival kicks off on Friday with a 90s Dance Party featuring legendary acts such as Ian Van Dahl, Baby D, Livin' Joy, Kelly Llorenna, Urban Cookie Collective, Oceanic, and Rowetta, promising a night of performances that will transport fans back to the golden era of dance music.

Saturday includes a Pride Parade through Blackpool's streets, followed by a Eurovision-themed party headlined by Remember Monday, the UK's 2025 Eurovision representatives. The day also features performances by The Fizz, Lucie Jones, Matt Terry, and RuPaul's Drag Race UK finalist La Voix. The festival concludes on Sunday with a headline performance by Liberty X, delivering their classic hits to close out the weekend on a high note.

Blackpool Pride 2025 Parade

The Blackpool Pride Parade is the heart and soul of the festival weekend. With the shimmering Irish Sea on one side and Blackpool’s famous landmarks on the other, the parade is always fun.

The Blackpool Pride Parade 2025 is set to take place on Saturday, 7th June, commencing at 11:00 AM. The parade will begin near the Sandcastle Waterpark/South Pier and proceed along the iconic Golden Mile promenade, culminating at North Pier, where participants will disperse onto Princess Parade behind the Metropole Hotel. ​

Check our list of the best hotels & guesthouses in Blackpool for gay travelers if you're planning to join.