More than 300 groups and floats will travel from Portland Place to Whitehall, going through Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square, “where there’s a party, music, theatre performances and more camp fun”, says Time Out. The 2019 Pride in London parade will start at 12pm on Saturday 6 July and last for around four hours. So, when is the big parade and how can you get involved? When is it?įor most people, the highlight of the month-long Pride festival remains the main parade, which takes place through the centre of London on the final day of the festival. The month-long celebration has been a staple of London’s LGBT calendar since 1972 and is one of the world’s largest festivals of its kind. The series of demonstrations, which were carried out by members of the gay community in 1969 in response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York, are seen as the foundation of the modern LGBT+ movement. Pride 2019 has added significance as it marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. LGBT icon Billy Porter will be headlining on the Trafalgar Square stage and will be joined by 100 other performers.