It is a protest and a celebration, a call for equality, a stand for solidarity and a celebration of the lives of LGBT+ people in Belfast and beyond. The Parade: The Belfast Pride Parade is the main event in the LGBT+ calendar, a major city event and the biggest cross community parade in Belfast. The festival runs from Friday 22 nd July to Sunday, July 31 st with Pride Day and the centrepiece Pride Parade on Saturday 30 th July. The Festival: Belfast Pride Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Belfast and runs over 150 events across 10 days. When: Saturday, July 30 th at 1.00 pm with the parade build-up starting from 11.30 am. In 2019, we had over 60,000 people attend and this year we hope to break that record to celebrate our 30 th Pride parade – we get to celebrate the anniversary we had to miss! We want to bring our community and our city together again to celebrate LGBT+ lives and continue to protest for full equality. Here is everything you need to know about taking part in the parade as a community group, organisation, union, political group or business group. We’re Back! Belfast Pride is the biggest event of the year for LGBT+ people of Belfast and we were last on the streets in 2019 but we’re finally back for 2022 and we hope to have the biggest parade since we were founded back in 1991.
