Kendal Pride returns this weekend with a bigger festival programme for 2024.
The event – billed as ‘pride done differently’ is on from Friday June 14 to Sunday June 16, offering a range of activities for people of all ages.
The Pride Village will be staged at Abbot Hall on Saturday (June 15) from 10am to 7pm and will feature a range of stalls, talks, entertainment, and family activities from Ragtag Arts.
Other activities include walks, cycles, climbs and open water swims.
On Friday evening there’ll be films with an LGBTQIA+ outdoor theme.
The Big Pride Party will also return to Bowness Brewery on Saturday evening, with an event headlined by Britain’s Got Talent drag queen Rugy Sinclair.
On Friday June 14, the programme will kick off with a series of short outdoor and adventure films, curated by Kendal Mountain Festival at the Brewery Arts Centre, followed by three late-night £2 entry performances.
These include a Queer Variety Show created by Lancaster-based Queer By Gum at Ye Olde Fleece Inn, a Karaoke Micro-Party hosted by drag queen Patty Dale at About Time Espresso Bar, and live music from queer indie band Tote at 98 Highgate.
On Saturday (June 15) the Pride Village will feature entertainment from 1pm, including from Kendal-based band Bossyking.
There is also a Kendal Pride Proud Pooches Dog Show in collaboration with Animal Rescue Cumbria, before a Festi-Ball – a fusion of the glamour of ballroom and the weirdness of northern festivals.
The two-hour family-friendly party will take over Abbot Hall bowling green from 5pm to 7pm and will include ceilidh band The Weirdstrings alongside performances from students from Kendal College.
In the evening, the Big Pride Party will be held at Bowness Bay Brewery’s Venue.
Kendal Pride has been funded by Arts Council England, National Lottery Awards for All, Kendal BID, Kendal Town Council, Cumbria Fire, Police and Crime Commissioner, and is sponsored by Herdy, the Westmorland Family, Douglass Grange and Anord Mardix.
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