2026 Tickets go on sale at 8am on Wednesday 28 January – we’ve made some changes this year to make our tickets simpler, clearer and to help to support Bristol Pride’s future. Click here for our full statement and why we have had to make these changes
We have a variety of options for this year which offer fantastic rewards free travel and money off the bars on Pride Day. Our Fast Track, Day+Night and Super Supporter wristbands also offer queue busting dedicated lanes for quicker entry. First 500 purchasers get a free ticket to our festival launch party at Wake The Tiger.
Pricing now show booking fees included, so there’s no surprises at the checkout. We’ve replaced our Day Supporter with a General Admission Ticket, this is £18.50 and reflects the increased challenges we face in making Pride happen. We’ve kept prices as low as we can and really feel we offer exceptional value for money and it remains important to us that no-one is excluded from Pride because they can’t afford it, so we subsidise tickets via sponsorship and donations to enable this.
As it stands tickets should be at least £52 to cover our costs and in recent years sponsorship and donations have decreased, so you will see how now offer a True Cost Ticket for those able to pay what it actually costs. We have also introduced a new concession ticket, matched to our previous Day Supporter Wristband price. It cost over £714,600 to make Pride happen in 2025 and in the face of rising costs we need your help. From toilets to stewarding the Parade March and keeping everyone safe, a huge amount of work and cost goes into making Pride happen. We’ve been working to keep costs down but have had to make small price increases to provide a safe and secure space for the community to come together in celebration and protest, to pay our performers and to continue to ensure our funding comes from ethical sources.
Bristol Pride is a not-for-profit charity, every penny goes to make Pride happen. You can see the difference your support makes as well as a breakdown of what goes into making Bristol Pride happen here.
We heavily subsidise tickets for Pride to ensure that we remain community focused and financially accessible for all that need it, however it’s incredibly important that those who can pay the true cost do so to make Pride happen.
Support Pride and save money with great rewards. We need everyone who can, to get a General admission ticket to help us to deliver two weeks of events across the city and an incredible Pride Day with 10 hours of performances, multiple stages, areas and things to do. You’re also making to possible to deliver a Parade March which is safe and open to all to march in and year round community work.
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Guaranteed anytime fast track entry using a quicker dedicated Fast Track gate lanes at the festival.
You will get all the General Admission benefits listed above plus:
Our Day+Night combo ticket which includes Pride Night afterparties gets you guaranteed anytime fast track entry to Pride Day and Fast Track entry to the official Pride After Party at O2 Academy Bristol.
You’ll also get all the Fast Track discounts and benefits, free or discounted entry to partner after parties, plus:
Access to our Super Supporter area on Pride Day which offers views of the Main Stage and Cabaret Stage, dedicated bar, toilet, seating and shade plus a separate quicker access Super Supporter Fast Track gate lane.
25% of all sales from these wristbands go straight into our Community Fund which awards grant funding to our wider community.
All the benefits of the Day+Night Plus:
A General Admission concession option for those on low or no income.
Purchase a General Admission ticket for someone else. We work with several charity partners support members of our community and we work with them to distribute your Pay It Forward tickets which offer the benefits like free travel and other benefits. We also work with a number of youth groups and charities working with LGBT+ young people to distribute these too.
Entry to the official afterparty at the O2 Academy for an incredible multi room after party featuring local and headline DJs sets and performances.
Join of for the incredible afterparty in partnership with Grrrl Crush.
2026 Tickets and info coming soon.
If you want multi club entry on Pride Night get a Pride Day+Night wristband and you will get discounted entry to Grrrl Crush as well. Or pick up a Super Supporter for free entry.
Bristol Pride is a registered not for profit charity. We are committed to ensuring the festival remains financially accessible to all, but with rising costs and increasing pressure we want to create a sustainable future for the event.
Tickets to the festival help make it happen, and every penny goes directly into making Pride happen. You also support our year-round work
Pride is our chance to connect with each other and the wider communities and it is your chance to celebrate who you are.
Please support us by buying in advance!
You will be sent an eticket for the festival. We do not post wristbands.
eTickets are exchanged for a festival wristband at the festival gates on Pride Day or at the Pride Hub once open.
Please ensure you bring ID for wristband exchange as staff may need this for verification.
You do not need to print your Eticket but please have the PDF and QR code downloaded and ready to scan on the gates as signal is patchy and this will help get you all in quicker.
NO ALCOHOL can be brought into the festival, this is to comply with police and licence conditions required to hold the event.
All bars onsite will be cashless, so please ensure you are able to pay on card or Apple / Google Pay before entering to site.
Profits from the bars go back into the Bristol Pride charity, supporting our work and allowing us to continue to produce the festival.
We have a fair pricing policy and with a Supporter Wristband you will also save 50p on bar prices.
There will be strictly enforced bag searches in place, to speed up your entry and reduce queues please do not bring a bag unless you need to.
We now offer a child ticket to the festival to support the event and to help fund our Family area at the festival including dedicated children’s performances and play activities.
Please be reminded that those under 16 need to be accompanied by an adult to comply with our event licence.
Wristband holders get free travel all day with First Bus services within the Bristol Zone and the dedicated Pride shuttle service running all day to and from The Downs.
Those without will pay the standard single fare for using the shuttle services.
We offer a Pay It Forward options where you can buy a ticket which will be distributed to local charities and youth groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.
We have introduced a new General Admission Concession which is matched to our 2025 Day Supporter Costs for those on Low or No Income and we will also have a Pay What You Can gate lane at the festival on the day.
