Glasgow Pride 2014

Glasgow Pride – Glasgow, Scotland

Pride Glasgow is Glasgow’s Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender Pride Festival celebrating the diversity of the LGBT community.

Glasgow Pride 2014

Pride Glasgow 2014 – a 16 Day celebration for the LGBT community. Pride Glasgow 2014 main event will take place from 12pm on the 19th of July. Formed in 1996 as Pride Scotland, then name changed to Pride Scotia Glasgow and finally to Pride Glasgow.

Funfair – This debuted in 2013 and proved to be a huge success and will be back in 2014.

Youth Zone – The youth zone has been part of Pride for the past few years and provides a safe space for young people to be who they are

Cabaret Stage – Take time out from the main stage and check out the cabaret stage a new addition for 2014 adding a few extra laughs for the day.

Community Expo – This area is the improved stall area full of community organisations providing a range of information and freebies on the day

The Marketplace – The marketplace area is the place to shop with Pride, here you will find a range of market stalls selling all sort of wonderful accessories.

Trans Safe Space – This is a new addition to the 2014 space providing a safe area for the transgender community with changing facilities and other activities

Gold Area – This is our new VIP area with tickets on sale at £35 providing its own bar, luxury toilets and seating allowing you to do Pride in Style! (note this area is over 18 only)

Much More – We are adding to the day constantly so check back nearer to the time to see what else is planned.

Pride Glasgow is Scotland’s largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Festival which will return on July 19th for a 16 day festival.

The main event takes place on July 19th. Due to the commonwealth games and the availability of free space in Glasgow during the time we have had to move the event to a new venue. The event will take place at King Street Car Park. A 3 acre site right in the heart of the City Centre which will allow us to dramatically expand the offering of the event.

The event will feature live music and entertainment, separate community expo and marketplace stall area, new zones including a transgender safe space with changing facilities. The funfair will return again and we are looking to (with the exception of the youth space and family area) licence the entire area (subject to Glasgow City Council Licensing requirements).

Unfortunately due to not being able to secure Creative Scotland Funding and with Glasgow City Council funding closed to new applications we face a financial shortfall and in order to to ensure the sustainability of the festival we have had to make the hard decision to introduce a ticket charge to the main event.

The Parade and majority of fringe festival events will remain free of charge to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to get involved.

Tickets are priced at £5 (plus booking fee) and be available online and within selected venues. As part of this move towards ticketing the event we will establish The Pride Fund which will see a minimum of £1 per ticket sold going back into the LGBT community through a community grant scheme which will launch in August 2014.

We will also be offering volunteering opportunities and by volunteering a minimum of 4 hours with Pride either on the run up to the event or on the day itself will allow you to attend the event at no charge.

We are also committed to continuing the LGBT Youth Safe Space for young people and will be putting measures into place to ensure that young people who attend LGBT Youth Youth Groups can enjoy the event without a financial barrier.

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