Ely Pride has secured funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to help secure the future of the charity for years to come.

🌈 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT from Ely Pride! 🌈

We’re over the moon to share that Ely Pride has been awarded a grant from The National Lottery’s Community Fund! 🎉 Thanks to National Lottery players, we’ve secured vital funding to help make this year’s Pride our biggest and boldest celebration yet and to ensure we can expand our range of activities going forwards, including outreach and educational programs! 💖🏳️‍🌈

Here’s what’s in store from 10-am to 10pm:

🎤 TWO incredible stages filled with live music, drag, cabaret, and unforgettable performances
🎡 A funfair full of rides and entertainment
🛍️ Ely’s BIGGEST EVER craft market – now with over 20 extra stalls!
💍 A live on-stage wedding ceremony
🌮 A mouth-watering street food market
🎈 A kids’ inflatable fun zone packed with activities
🎉 Plus so much more still to be announced!
🚗 On-site car parking! Priced at £3 all day and will be bookable on-line, or pay on site

And hosting this spectacular day, we have FIVE phenomenal hosts lighting up the stage:

💋 One of the East’s favourite drag hosts and co-producer of Now That’s What I Call Drag, the fierce and fabulous Knuckle Sandwich
💃 Ely’s very own burlesque darling, the glamorous Autumn OhMy Dayz
🌟 The face of Ely Pride herself, the sensational Etta Courgette
👑 Making their Fens debut, we welcome London’s favourite spouses – members of Proud Croydon and hosts of Their Majesties, Shepherds Bush & Merlin the Grey!

🎉 And our headline act? None other than RuPaul’s Drag Race UK superstar – VICKI VIVACIOUS! 💅🔥 In addition to an electric hour long set, Vicki will be doing meet and greet and photo ops beforehand so make sure to come along, get your selfie and #tag/link for your lives!

Thanks to the support of The National Lottery, we’re able to make this event more accessible, exciting, and inclusive than ever before. We can’t wait to celebrate with you all!