15/06/2026
Wow wow wow, Kendal, what a gorgeous weekend 😍
Its been chock-full of q***r joy, love and laughter and oh so many unforgettable moments that we've made happen together 🙌
Big love to all our brilliant volunteers, production team, the team at Abbot Hall, the Ragtag Arts & Community Scrapstore team who create our gorgeous Pride Village aesthetic, Animal Rescue Cumbria who put on the Proud Pooches Dog Show, our fabulous friends from just down the road in Lancaster Q***r By Gum CIC, our wonderful activities leaders including Lakes Gravel Gang, Anti Racist Cumbria, True Balance, Out MTB, Evolve Somantics, our stallholders, our celebrant who led our moving reflection on Sunday Debra Jessett, our suppliers, venues, photographer Sarah Hewitt and film maker Film On The Brain - we couldn't have done it without you! 👏
And of course a big shout out to all of our artists and performers Playedbyviola, Miss Gendered, Adam All, Aura Gasm, Eric Scutaro, Molly Warburton, Andi Blewitt, Ash Bestos, Cake Boi, Tiffany Jayy, TOTE.theband, Drum Nation, Georgia Diamond, the Weirdstrings, Sign Out Loud, Ova and Out, Emily Young, Anna Oakes-Monger, our commissioned performance artists Amy Clark and Deborah Beckett, and visual artists Miles Dyson and Mathew Parkin, our Soapbox producers Vazmanian Devil and .bestos and performers Byron, Mint Cake, Donna L’Ass, Mars T Baker, Jack of All Trades, Bufftail Carpenter, and the absolutely exceptional students from Kendal College Theatre Arts Kendal College 🥰
Massive thanks to our funders Arts Council England, National Lottery Awards for All, Kendal Town Council, and Kendal BID, sponsors Trybooking.com/UK, Herdy UK, Tebay Services, Douglass Grange, Romney's Kendal Mint Cake and Comida. And to our tech team MJW Audio and security team NGW Security Services 💪
And finally, thanks to you all for coming along and doing pride differently with us 🌈
Remember, this is home 🏡❤️
See you next year... Friday 11th to Sunday 13th June 2027 👀
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