Pride in London is set to take place this weekend with event organisers promising it will be “bigger than ever before”.
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00:00Pride decorations are already up in Soho as London prepares for Pride celebrations this weekend.
00:10Pride is a chance to celebrate what it means to be part of the LGBT plus community and remember those who paved the way.
00:20Pride month takes place every June with parades, parties and protests to mark the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots.
00:34This year's London Pride parade will take place on Saturday June 29th.
00:39This year the parade will run from Hyde Park Corner through Piccadilly Circus down Haymarket and along Pall Mall to Trafalgar Square, culminating at Whitehall Place.
00:51Attendees are invited to watch from any of the designated public spaces along the route.
00:59The parade will see around 500 groups made up of LGBT plus community groups, LGBT plus businesses and partners with over 32,000 participants expected.
01:11Ginger Johnson, the winner of series 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK as well as the cast of West End's Moulin Rouge are set to perform on the Trafalgar Square stage.
01:21Married at First Sight UK's Ellen Morgan will appear at Leicester Square stage and Great British Bake Off finalist Sandro Farmhouse will co-host on the Golden Square stage as well.
01:35The parade is free to attend but tickets for the grandstand on Haymarket can be purchased online.
01:42For more on London Pride head to Londonworld.com