Wolverhampton Pride 2025 will be held at Market Square. This will host the Pride Plaza and Pride Village. Pride Parade will start from Victoria Street and travel through the City Centre.

Pride has been in several locations over the years from School Street to St Peter’s Car Park.

In 2023, Wolverhampton Pride was held in its new home at Market Square. Market Square was used successfully for the Festival Site for the Commonwealth Games Cycling Time Trials. Being on Market Square gives us additional space to provide an accessible platform, an increased number of community stalls and other activities.

Our ambition for Wolverhampton Pride is for it to be bigger and better than before with the opportunity to develop over the next few years becoming a staple in the City Events and LGBTQ+ Calendar. The overall aim being Wolverhampton Pride to truly be a “festival for everyone”.

We have worked with the local LGBTQ+ venues such as Wolverhampton LGBTQ+, X2Y, Gorgeous and White Hart to showcase venues and services that they provide for the LGBTQ+ Community. Market Square is located in between the White Hart, Gorgeous and Pride House. There will be signage and dressing around Pride Plaza that will celebrate and signpost to the venues who are Proud Partners of Wolverhampton Pride.

Yes, all our toilets will be Gender Neutral.

No. Patrons will be responsible for coats, bags etc. We will not have a cloakroom or storage facilities on site. Any items that are found left unattended or discarded will be disposed of for security and safety purposes.

We will not have Wi-Fi on site.

Yes. Tickets will be available online and in person (subject to availability).

On the gate: The Box Office will be located on School Street on the corner of Fold Street and will accept card/contactless payments only.

The Wolverhampton Art Gallery Box Office will be open between 10.30am - 4.30pm on Saturday 7 June and can take cash payments.

Capacity is limited so we recommend you purchase tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.

You will exchange your ticket for a wristband on the day. Please make sure you have your ticket ready for scanning.

Applications are now open! If you’d like to march with us, apply here

Deadline to apply: Friday 9 May 2025 at 6pm

The Parade Route will be published on our website closer to the event.

Yes, there will be an accessible route, and this will be published on the website.

No, all visitors to Pride Plaza will need to buy a ticket for entry into the main event site.

The Pride Plaza is the main heart of the festival for Wolverhampton Pride 2025. It is where you will find Plaza Stage, food, drinks, fun fair rides and face painting. It is located on Market Square and sits between The White Hart, Gorgeous Nightclub and Pride House.

Last entry into Wolverhampton Pride will be at 7pm.

Yes, there will be a pass out system using your wristband. You will require a bag search upon re-entry to the site.

Making Pride Plaza as accessible as possible is one of the main priorities to ensure that Pride is open to all. We will be having a raised platform for those with accessibility needs to use that will be by the stage. The stage will also host British Sign Language interpreters for performances. There will be accessible toilets and a baby change facility available onsite.

No. This event is a very crowded and noisy environment. These conditions are uncomfortable and potentially frightening for most animals.

Assistance dogs are welcome. Please email boxoffice@wolverhampton.gov.uk in advance to let us know you will be attending with an assistance dog.

Smoking and/or vaping are not prohibited in the Pride Plaza.

For the safety and enjoyment of all guests please drink responsibly prior to and during the event. We employ the ’Challenge 25’ scheme. If you are lucky enough to look under 25 you will be asked to provide photographic identification.

If you need to bring a bag, it needs to be 30 cm x 42 cm (that’s roughly the size of an A3 sheet of paper) or smaller. Larger bags will be permitted in special circumstances e.g for parents with young children. This will be at the discretion of the Pride Management team. All bags will be searched on entry.

Small snack bags (crisps or biscuits etc), baby food, baby milk and formula will be permitted.

No hot food (e.g. takeaway meals, fast food etc) will be permitted to be brought in. We do not have facilities to warm baby food and formula within Pride Plaza.

If you have a specific medical, religious or dietary requirement which mean that you must bring food or medication (including injections or other medical equipment) with you then please email details to pride@wolverhampton.gov.uk with the subject “Specific Requirements” where and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Plastic reusable drinks bottle up to 750ml will be allowed in. No metal cans or metal reusable bottles will be permitted. No glass bottles will be permitted. Stanley/Meoky Cups etc will not be permitted. Alcohol will not be permitted.

We reserve the right to ask you to present the contents as per our search policy. Any refusal for drinks and food will be down to the discretion of the Security Team and Management Team.

It is not possible to take alcoholic drinks out of the Pride Plaza due to regulations in place on street drinking. There are bins provided at the exits to dispose of alcoholic drinks prior to leaving the site.

In the interests of safety and security, a bag search will take place. Please allow additional time for this process. The security bag search process is a condition of entry. Any refusal or the use of abusive, threatening, or discriminatory remarks, including comments relating to weapons or explosives will result in entry to the event being refused.

Those who are wearing a Kirpan will be allowed entry if the Kirpan does not exceed the stipulated size of 4 inches, is worn alongside at least one other Article of Faith and concealed underneath clothes. All Sikhs wearing Kirpans are encouraged to declare the Kirpan to staff upon entry and undergo security searches along with all other attendees. Anyone that does not adhere to these regulations will be refused entry into the Pride Plaza.

Please do NOT bring the following items to the Pride Plaza site. They will be confiscated, and you may be refused entry or ejected from the site if you are found to have them in your possession:

• Camping Chairs
• Chinese lanterns
• Candles
• Sound systems
• Generators
• Animals, with the exception of assistance dogs
• Glass items (including bottles, makeup containers and perfume)
• Golf umbrellas (small handbag sized umbrellas as permitted)
• Weapons
• Face coverings (Religious face coverings and medical masks will be accepted)
• Alcohol
• Large bottles of hand sanitiser (bottles under 50ml will be accepted)
• Drones, quadcopters, or any remote-controlled flying device
• Portable laser equipment and pens
• Unofficial high vis jackets or tabards
• Illegal substances, psychoactive substances, nitrous oxide, and legal highs
• Fireworks, sparklers, or flares
• Megaphones, airhorns, compressed air
• Aerosols (including but not restricted to deodorants, antiperspirants, hairspray, dry shampoo, spray paint)
• Portable or disposable barbeques/gas/paraffin lamps or any fire/gas related cooking equipment
• Smoke bombs, flag sticks or banners
• Signs or materials displaying political, religious, offensive or race-related messages, slogans or images
• Anything that could be reasonably considered for use as a weapon
• Professional camera or video recording equipment (including SLRs and anything with a detachable lens)
• Any objects bearing trademarks or other kinds of promotional signs and messages (of whatever nature) which we or any authorised person believes are for promotional purposes (and any Prohibited Items may be removed, confiscated and/or destroyed even if the item itself is not illegal without compensation at the discretion of any authorised person);
• Anyone found in possession of drugs or weapons will be reported to the police and may face arrest.

Due to the prospect of hot weather, sun protection spray/cream will be permitted.