CHANNEL Islands Pride will return to Jersey for 2023, it has been announced.
The festival, which alternates between Jersey and Guernsey every year, will kick off with the Pride Parade on Saturday 16 September at the Weighbridge. It will make its way through St Helier to the Pride Village in the People’s Park and Victoria Park.
CI Pride director Christian May said the parade was ‘always a highlight’, and this year’s event ‘promises to be bigger and better than ever before’, with a host of new features and activities.
These will include a bigger main stage, a new cabaret stage, headline UK and local acts including drag and music performers, a silent disco dance tent, an art exhibition space, and much more.
There will be a series of pre-Pride events, including a dance party and Pride Icons night.
Mr May added: ‘Channel Islands Pride remains the only completely free festival in Jersey, thanks to the generous support of Island businesses and the Government of Jersey.
‘We hope that alongside our local LGBTQ+ community, their friends and allies, that Pride attracts a new audience to Jersey, and that they will recognise what makes the Island so special.
‘We’ll be working with Visit Jersey, travel operators and hoteliers to ensure that visitors from Guernsey, the UK and further afield return home with wonderful reports of our festival, our Island and our community.
‘After a challenging year for the LGBTQ+ community globally, we can’t wait to come together once again to celebrate our diverse and vibrant Island community.’
lFor further information about the event, visit channelislandspride.org.
