Medway Pride returns this August and the Old High Street Intra will again be saluting the heritage of LGBTQ+ in our area and filling the street with Pride Fringe activities in the run up to the festival. Along with Poco Loco, The Ship pub, Sun Pier House, Konstanty Mvrzynski Atelier & Gallery, and Kalika’s Armour – we’ve put together a programme of daytime and evening fun and displays along the High Street for the LGBTQ+ community and all who wanted to celebrate it.

Our gazebo-full of badge making at the Castle Gardens will be back during Medway Pride celebrations on Sat 19th August – create badge designs with flag colours or whatever you like. This year we’ll have a second activity gazebo where you can contribute to The Cut Of Her Cloth (a project celebrating 10 female leaders of Medway) – making hand-sewn rainbows to add to the banner featuring Medway Pride’s Hilary Cooke. You’ll need Medway Pride tickets to access this event.

On ‘Shiny, Printy Pride Drinkies‘ night, we got everyone wildly screen printing textile accessories with foil screen prints and making slogan T-shirts, while drinking delicious cocktails made by a pop-up Poco Loco bar, and listening to a Pride playlist. This went down a storm, and it’s back on Thu 17th August 2023, 7pm – 10pm.
Book your place here.

Or you could drop in for an all ages Pride! Accessorize! workshop at Intra Arts on Mon 14th August between 10am – 4pm to set yourselves up with temporary tattoos, badges and jewellery to wear for the parade and festival. No need to book for this one, just come along.

Many thanks to Hilary Cooke and the whole Medway Pride team for creating such a joyful and inclusive festival.

Medway Pride Fringe Festival is funded as part of the cultural programme of Historic England and Heritage Fund UK’s HSHAZ programme in our area, supported by Medway Council.