{"id":745,"date":"2024-05-11T09:15:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T09:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/?page_id=745"},"modified":"2026-02-01T20:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:10:46","slug":"durham-pride-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/durham-pride-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham Pride 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEW DATE FOR DURHAM PRIDE 2026 <\/strong><strong>&#x1f3f3;&#xfe0f;&#x200d;&#x1f308;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Durham Pride 2026 has officially been moved to&nbsp;<strong>Saturday 30 May 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision follows the announcement that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/mediacentre\/2025\/radio-1-big-weekend-2026-sunderland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend 2026<\/a>&nbsp;will take place in nearby Sunderland on the same May Bank Holiday weekend the Pride event is held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why the date had to change:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Operational Viability:<\/strong> Organisers believe that hosting two major regional events simultaneously would not be &#8220;operationally or economically viable&#8221;. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Resource Pressures:<\/strong>\u00a0With over 80,000 music fans expected in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysunderland.co.uk\/article\/36768\/BBC-Radio-1-s-Big-Weekend-coming-to-Sunderland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Herrington Country Park<\/a>, regional policing, medical services, and security personnel would be stretched too thin to safely cover both events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transport Gridlock:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.efestivals.co.uk\/festivals\/radioone\/2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC Big Weekend<\/a>\u00a0will cause significant pressure on North East transport links; moving Pride ensures attendees can actually travel to and from Durham without extreme delays.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Economic Impact:<\/strong>\u00a0Organisers want to ensure local businesses and Pride vendors benefit from the full attention of the community, rather than competing for footfall with a national festival just 10 miles away.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Providing Options:<\/strong> Attendees can now experience the UK&#8217;s largest music festival in Sunderland and still attend Durham Pride the next week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Event Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New Dates:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday 30 May 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisdurham.com\/whats-on\/durham-pride-2026-p1155841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sands<\/a>, Durham.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Main Event:<\/strong>\u00a0The traditional parade from Durham Cathedral will now take place on\u00a0<strong>Saturday 30 May<\/strong>\u00a0at 11.00 AM. The Sands will open to the public at 11.00am.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchase your tickets now at this amazing price; existing tickets remain valid for the new date. Gate prices will be higher and subject to availability due to capacity limits. If you can&#8217;t make it because of the date change you can get a full refund on Eventbrite and please know we are very sorry for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/new-date-durham-pride-2026-tickets-1647766186019?aff=oddtdtcreator\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/new-date-durham-pride-2026-tickets-1647766186019?aff=oddtdtcreato<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-853\" style=\"width:215px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image.png 206w, https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-105x105.png 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DATE FOR DURHAM PRIDE 2026 &#x1f3f3;&#xfe0f;&#x200d;&#x1f308; Durham Pride 2026 has officially been moved to&nbsp;Saturday 30 May 2026. This decision follows the announcement that&nbsp;BBC Radio 1\u2019s Big Weekend 2026&nbsp;will take place in nearby Sunderland on the same May Bank Holiday weekend the Pride event is held. Why the date had to change: New Event Details<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/durham-pride-2024\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/745\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamprideuk.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}