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Bourne Free is back in Meyrick Park on the 5th and 6th July 2024. 

After the Bourne Free Pride Parade, head to Meyrick Park for a day of fabulousness hosted By Lady Alan & Layla Zee Susan.

Wednesday, 19 June 2024 10:46

Bourne Free 2024 Parade Route

The Bourne Free Pride Parade will take place on 6 July in Bournemouth. The parade starts at 11am and lasts about an hour.

Poole’s first ever Pride event, hosted by Lighthouse, has made ‘a positive, lasting impact’ on the town and the wider community.

A celebration of identity in all its forms, the day-long Poole Pride event on Saturday (8 June 2024) featured a variety showcase hosted by CBeebies star Chris Jarvis, storytelling with Pop ‘n’ Olly, the Proud Pooches dog show, OutSpoken poetry slam and Writing Out Loud spoken word performance, as well as two shows of the Come On Out Cabaret, with local Queer performers, and self-styled dark cabaret drag darling Joe Black in session.

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 13:08

Poole Pride 2024 Update

Lighthouse is incredibly proud to host the first ever Poole Pride on Saturday 8 June 2024 in celebration of our community and its many beautiful identities.

Wednesday, 01 May 2024 09:19

Chris Jarvis to host Poole Pride: Outside

A joyful celebration of the beautiful identities of our LGBTQ+ community, the first ever Poole Pride will bring a splash of rainbow colour to Lighthouse on Saturday 8 June 2024 with an open invitation to come as you are and embrace a full day and night of inclusive entertainment. With performances and exhibitions in various venues throughout Lighthouse, a stellar ticketed evening concert and after-show party in the Concert Hall are preceded by free activities and entertainment in the Gallery – Pop’n’Olly’s Storytime and Crafts – as well as Life’s a Cabaret in the Sherling Studio with Outspoken, the Pride Slam, Dorsetborn’s Writing Out Loud, and two houses of the Come On Out Cabaret, one suitable for all the family, the other not.