Nottinghamshire Pride is a registered charity[1] in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It organises an annual LGBTQpride festival with the same name, held within the city of Nottingham. The event usually takes place during July. The charity has stated that "the purpose of Pride is to provide a safe focal point to bring together our community to celebrate our diversity and a sense of pride which for some people may be difficult in everyday life, due to prejudice and injustice."[2]
The event usually consists of a day-long celebration, including a parade, stalls, art, music and other activities.
The first pride festival in Nottingham was held on Broad Street in 1997 under the name Pink Lace, a name it retained in 1998 and 1999, when Pink Lace was held at Nottingham Castle.[3][4]
Two pride festivals, Nottingham Pride and Pink Lace, were planned in Nottingham in 2001, but neither were successful. No pride festival was laid on in Nottingham in 2002.[4]
Nottingham Pride returned in 2003 at the Arboretum,[3][4] where each subsequent Nottingham Pride festival took place until 2010,[3] by which time the number of attendants had increased to a point where the park was no longer a suitable venue.[3][5]
Pride 2011 had over 20,000 visitors, with headline act Ruth Lorenzo performing. That year, E.ON UK was the principal sponsor of Nottinghamshire Pride.
In 2018 Pride was held on Saturday 28 July in the city centre of Nottingham. The parade included many live events by various individuals, stalls, art and music, along with a pride parade that took place at 11 am. The parade began at Lister Gate and finished at Broad Street.[7]
