Margate Pride envisions a world where

all LGBTQIA+ people live safely,

joyfully, and openly as their whole selves in

the communities they call home.

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About Us

Margate Pride is a community-led celebration of LGBTQIA+ life, creativity, and activism. We bring people together through diverse events—from parades and art trails to social gatherings and advocacy platforms—championing inclusivity and fostering meaningful connections. Proudly grassroots and non-profit, we rely on community support to create free, accessible events that inspire and empower all.

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  • Discover Margate Pride's history and help shape our legacy by sharing your stories, photos, and videos to preserve our journey for future generations.

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View fullsize The team wants to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who’s been able to contribute to our Crowdfunder, helping to keep this year’s Margate Pride Festival free, inclusive and accessible. Reaching the goal of £20,000 is a huge achiev
View fullsize ** A REMINDER ABOUT OUR ** PERFORMANCE RESIDENCY ** This year Margate Pride is excited to announce its first performance residency. Facilitated by performance duo Pink Suits @pinksuitsband and hosted at The Margate Arts Club @margateartsclub it wi
View fullsize ⏰ MARGATE PRIDE CROWDFUNDER - FINAL DAY! 5PM FINISH! ⏰ Margate Pride is more than a day — it’s a movement. We’re raising £20,000 to keep Pride Day and our summer festival free, accessible and community-led. From workshops to
View fullsize Finding it hard to discover your community after leaving school or college? Wanting to make more queer friends and find your people? Margate Pride is thrilled to announce our next monthly 18-24 LGBTQ+ Young Adults Group. 📅 Monday 14th July ⏰ 6-7:30
View fullsize Disability Pride Month, celebrated every July, honours the achievements, resilience, and diversity of the disability community. It’s a time to challenge ableism, uplift disabled voices, and advocate for accessibility and inclusion. This month a
View fullsize As another Pride Month draws to a close, we’ve been reflecting on how rapidly things are changing for our community and why Pride’s political and radical roots feel more important to us than ever. Please continue reading through the slid
View fullsize ✏️POSTCARDS FROM MARGATE WRITING WORKSHOPS✏️ Two writing workshops from @margatequeerwriters and @margatepride leading up to the Postcards from Margate event at the @turnercontemporary in August. Individual booking links for each workshop on our Ou
View fullsize 🩷 UPDATE as of 27/06 🩷 A HUGE thank you to everyone who has donated to our Crowdfunder so far. We’re crowdfunding to keep Margate Pride Festival & Pride Day free, inclusive, and accessible to the thousands of people who participate. Th
View fullsize Margate Pride presents.. POSTCARDS FROM MARGATE Friday 8th August. 8pm. [Doors - 7:30pm] Turner Contemporary. TICKET LINK IN BIO 🔗 Folk share their queer stories from Margate. Love stories. Heartbreak stories. Leaving stories. Coming back stor
View fullsize Margate Pride is running a Crowdfunder to keep the main event free to attend, inclusive and accessible for all. It costs roughly £12 per person to put on Margate Pride — can you help cover someone’s place this year? CROWDFUNDER L
View fullsize TRIGGER WARNING: The following slides contain homophobic language & hate speech. Please only continue reading if you feel able. On the 22nd may, we boosted a post on facebook, hoping for it to reach a wider audience. this was a post about our c
View fullsize Hi Margate Pride community! Are you organising an event during the pride festival in August? We are putting together our listings for the month so do give us a heads up if you have anything going on that you'd like to add. Please do get in touch as
View fullsize 🩷🩵!CALL OUT FOR PRIZES!🩷🩵 Calling our Thanet community! We are looking for donations of prizes for our quiz and raffle. If you own a business, offer a service, or have something you think will make a good prize - please do get in touch by 1st
View fullsize Margate Pride is more than a day — it’s a movement. We’re raising £20,000 to keep Pride Day and our summer festival free, accessible and community-led. From workshops to exhibitions, youth projects to elder socials, we work y
View fullsize PAM OPEN CALL WINNER 2025 We are very pleased to introduce you to the Pride Art Map Open Call Gallery Exhibition winner. Lady Kitt. @lady.kitt1 Disabled sculptor and drag king Lady Kitt does ‘Mess Making As Social Glue’. Kitt works on
View fullsize MARGATE PRIDES SUMMER QUIZ & RAFFLE 2025! 📅 Wednesday 16th July ⏰ Doors 6pm / Start 6:30pm 📍 Cliftonville Community Centre 🎟 LINK IN BIO It's the one you've all been waiting for! Margate Pride's legendary Quiz & Raffle fundraiser returns
View fullsize A HUGE thank you to everyone who has donated to our Crowdfunder so far. We’re crowdfunding to keep Margate Pride Festival & Pride Day free, inclusive, and accessible to the thousands of people who participate. There’s still time to
View fullsize We are shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Fiongal and Jamie Greenlaw-Meek. We know they meant so much to so many in our community and will be deeply missed. Sending all our love to family, friends and everyone impacted by this