On 10 August 2025, UK Black Pride will unite the community for a celebration and protest at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. UK Black Pride will feature a variety of performances, discussions, community stalls, and workshops. The occasion serves as a safe space to celebrate diverse sexualities, gender identities, gender expressions, and cultures.
UK Black Pride organises an annual celebration during Pride month, along with various activities throughout the year that promote and advocate for the spiritual, emotional, and intellectual health and well-being of the communities they represent.
This year’s UK Black Pride theme: Becoming
UK Black Pride celebrates twenty years of growth, resistance, love, and self-definition. As it continues to create safe and vibrant spaces for LGBTQI+ individuals of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, and Middle Eastern descent, the 2025 event will reflect on the journey thus far while looking confidently toward the future.
UK Black Pride CEO Phyll Opoku-Gyimah told QX, “It is with incredible pride and gratitude that we return to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the fourth year running to celebrate our milestone 20th Anniversary event. Our theme for this year, ‘Becoming’, celebrates UK Black Pride coming of age and our community’s resilience through challenging times. It’s no secret that this year has been challenging for the community with political rollbacks and DEI cuts. We’ve resisted and thrived to become bigger, better, bolder and braver through the years. And we are proudly sustained and built by our community. As we reflect on our journey since 2005 and look forward to the next decade, I’m excited about what we will become and how we will continue to grow, learn and deepen our connection as a community”
Durand Bernarr aka DJ TBD (aka Bra Coley) as Headliner
Durand Bernarr, the powerhouse Grammy-nominated vocalist and genre-bending artist, will headline this year’s celebration under his electrifying DJ alias, DJ TBD, also known as Bra Coley. Bernarr offers a unique fusion of soul, funk, and groundbreaking vocals. As DJ TBD, he channels that same fearless creativity into dynamic DJ sets that pulse with energy and span multiple genres.
“We are so excited to have Durand perform his electrifying hybrid-DJ set. For anyone who has seen his Club 1BD set, you know it’s going to be full of spirit, love, and it’s going to be unapologetically Black”
UK Black Pride CEO, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah
For a complete lineup visit UK Black Pride at https://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/uk-black-pride-2025
UK Black Pride 2025 is on Sunday, 10 August, 2025, 12 noon – 9pm, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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