Exeter Pride is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ communities and diversity within Exeter and the surrounding area. We are delighted that Exeter Pride is returning for its 8th year and this year will be bigger and brighter than ever before!
The parade starts at 12noon from St Sidwell’s Centre, Sidwell Street and will feature favourites and new acts for this year, such as; Street Heat, a fire engine, a pink double decker bus, circus performers and many more! We will of course, see the return of our infamous 50m rainbow flag. Gather from 11:30am at St Sidwell’s Centre to be a part of it...
THE biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in the county, it will take place on Saturday, May 7.
The eighth annual event will include a rainbow flag parade from the St Sidwell Centre down Exeter High Street to Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Library and Rougemont Gardens, where a packed programme of activities will await.
Last year more than 2,000 people attended Exeter Pride and those taking part in the parade included community groups, firefighters, police, students, trade union and business LGBT groups plus individuals.
Councillors, staff and representatives from voluntary and public sectors attended a flag flying ceremony at County Hall to mark Exeter Pride, which takes place today (16 May).
The ‘rainbow flag’ was raised by Devon County Council’s Chief Executive, Phil Norrey.
Mr Norrey said: “The county council is delighted to mark the 7th Exeter Pride event by flying the rainbow flag outside our Exeter Headquarters. We have come a long way over the past few years but there is still much to do ensure that to ensure that members of the LGBT feel safe in being ‘out’.”
Next Saturday, 16 May, Exeter Pride will kick off the Pride season in the UK - and it has just received National Lottery funding to help stage the event.
This will be the seventh Exeter Pride and it will be the biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities the county has seen to date.
In addition to receiving more than £4,000 thanks to a National Lottery Awards for All grant, Exeter Pride has recently also become a registered charity.
On Saturday Exeter Pride will begin at 12 noon with a parade from the St Sidwell Centre...
Exeter City Football Club will be making clear its opposition to homophobia in football at its home game with Cambridge United next week. (Tuesday 10 February). The match has been designated as the Club’s annual ‘Football v Homophobia’ fixture – a move welcomed by the Exeter City Supporters’ Trust and its One Game One Community (OGOC) Group and the Club’s Football in the Community scheme. The OGOC Group is organising a series of initiatives at the match and is delighted to be welcoming guests from Exeter Pride,University of Exeter LGBTQ+ Society and the Devon Lions, the local gay friendly...
The Lord Mayor of Exeter will sound an air horn to start the South West's biggest free celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in the region.
Councillor Rachel Lyons will, at noon, start the largest rainbow flag parade the city has seen as part of Exeter Pride on Saturday 10 May.
Preparations are well in hand for what will be the sixth Exeter Pride.
It promises to be the biggest, most colourful event to date with more than 2,000 people expected to take part in the parade down Exeter's High Street and attend a full programme of...
After the torrential rain of the previous two days, Saturday 23 March was fortuitously dry for the Exeter Pride 2013 parade down Exeter High Street, which kicked off all manner of Pride events in celebration of the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community.
At first gathering at the St Sidwell's Centre on Sidwell Street, an excited buzz built up from 12pm ahead of the 1pm parade down Exeter High Street. Led from the front by the ever-cheerful Chair Alan Quick, a most colourful procession made its way down the High Street brandishing a 50-metre long rainbow flag. Incorporating...
Exeter will host the largest rainbow flag parade the city has ever seen as part of the biggest lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) celebration in the South West.
A 50-metre-long rainbow flag will be part of the Exeter Pride parade down Exeter High Street to Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 23 March.
The Lord Mayor of Exeter, Cllr Rob Newby, will start the parade, which will gather at 12 noon and then leave the St Sidwell Centre at 1pm.
The parade will be lead by two fire engines provided by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. Firefighters will also be marching...
Exeter Pride Ceilidh will be held at The Lemongrove on Thursday 28 February from 8pm-11.30pm with with the band Going Steady and the caller, Martin Hodge.
Please come along and encourage as many people as possible to help make it a great night out.
No previous experience necessary! It is just £3 to get in, there will be a bar and profits will go Exeter Pride.
