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Poole Pride is back – bright, beautiful, and bursting with creativity in a joyful celebration of the beautiful identities that make up our community – on Saturday 6 June 2026.

Join us from midday for a day of family friendly entertainment celebrating LGBTQ+ culture in the arts. Everyone is welcome – come as you are and dive into a day filled with colour, connection, and inclusive fun.

Alongside a vibrant lineup of cabaret, live music and drag performances, talks, a poetry slam, creative workshops, a silent disco and more, there are stalls to explore and fantastic local organisations championing and supporting the LGBTQ+ community. The programme in the outdoor theatre includes Jasmin Circus, Sing People Sing and Teddy Talks.

In the runup to Poole Pride, Lighthouse is to host a special screening of a new feature film by writer/producer/director Rachel Dax alongside two internationally celebrated short films from the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

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.

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 with an open invitation to come as you are and embrace a full day and night of inclusive entertainment.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor will headline the first ever Poole Pride on Saturday 8 June 2024. Planned in consultation with a community steering group that includes members of the LGBTQ+ community, Poole Pride will include performances and activities throughout Lighthouse, including the outdoor theatre. A Queer film festival will run in the week leading up to Pride as well as a month-long exhibition, presented in partnership with AUB, honouring influential gay activist John Chesterman who was closely involved in the formation of the Gay Liberation Front in 1970 and whose ideas underpin the modern Pride movement. 

Following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak many local Pride festivals, including Bourne Free, Bournemouth's Pride Festival, have been postponed or cancelled.

Celebrate the Bounremouth Pride weekend with an afternoon of al fresco entertainment at Kingston Lacy.

Bourne Free Pride Festival is not far off.  The dates for your diary are 12th to the 14th July 2019.

Bourne Free, Bournemouth's Pride Festival, is back for 2018 and the dates for your dairy are 13th to 15th July.