Kirklees Pride 2022 England

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Kirklees Pride takes place on Saturday the 9th July 2022.

A Pride event representing our entire district, accessible to everyone, and meeting the needs of everybody. Activities for everybody.
Head to the Lawrence Batley Theatre at 12:30pm. Kirklees Pride 2022 will be opened with speeches from the event organisers and elected members.

From 12:30, King Street in Huddersfield Town Centre will be a hive of activity! There will be stallholders, an interactive police car and fire engine. As well as, all-day live entertainment.

The fun continues into the Courtyard of the Lawrence Batley Theatre (LBT). There will be Children’s face painting, children’s entertainment and stallholders. There will also be live entertainment hour-by-hour from The Rain Queens, Slaithwaite Brass Band and other local artists.

In the Attic Theatre of the LBT there will be art workshops, and free HIV testing from the Brunswick Centre.

Head over to the LBT Cellar, where you’ll find an LGBTQ+ poetry workshop. You can expect a live poetry reading by James Nash, and LGBTQ+ Story time.

From 5:30pm, enjoy an evening of Pride in Kirklees with special guest star Stephanie hirst in Believe Achieve. Book your free tickets for this event at the LBT’s box office, as limited spaces will be available on the day.

You will also get the first sneak peek at Kirklees Museum and Galleries’ new exhibition on The Day the World Came to Huddersfield. The exhibition looks back to 1981 when London Pride came all the way up to Huddersfield to stand with the LBTQ+ community at the time.

Kirklees Pride 2022 will finish in a bang with the official after-part being held at Rain Bar in Huddersfield from 8:30pm.