NATIONAL STUDENT PRIDE 2025
FRIDAY DAYTIME
UpSkill Careers Afternoon and Researching the Rainbow Showcase
FRIDAY NIGHT
Our welcome party with drag performances, the #STUDENTPRIDE Awards topped off by the G-A-Y Heaven afterparty
SATURDAY DAY & NIGHT
The main Festival event, hosting the UK’s largest LGBTQIA+ student event, including celebrity stage panels, the community marketplace and so much more! We’re closing off with LGBTQIA+ club nights in Soho.
CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS
CAREERS FAIR
CLUB NIGHTS
BOTTOMLESS DRAG BRUNCH
THERAPY PUPPIES
SOHO DRINKS DEALS
#STUDENTPRIDE AWARDS
CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS CAREERS FAIR CLUB NIGHTS BOTTOMLESS DRAG BRUNCH THERAPY PUPPIES SOHO DRINKS DEALS #STUDENTPRIDE AWARDS
35 Marylebone Road
12:30pm / Registration Opens
1pm / Panel discussion:
Queer futures: thriving in the workplace with authenticity.
2pm / Assessment Masterclass Introduction
2:30pm / Masterclass: Confidence
3pm / Masterclass: Presenting
3:30pm / Masterclass: Interview Skills
4pm / Networking drinks with representatives from
Clifford Chance, Deloitte, Aon, Unite Students & L’Oreal
5pm / Daytime Event Concludes
UpSkill
Opening Party + Awards
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Opening Party + Awards *
35 Marylebone Road
7:00pm -10.30pm
Free entry drink then £3.50 / £1.50 drinks all night
Performances from Paige Three
National Student Pride Awards with Juno Dawson and Charley Marlowe
Perfomance closing set and DJ Sets
G-A-Y HEAVEN - Embankment
10.30pm / Opening night with queue jump, free entry and £3.50 drink deals
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
DAYTIME FESTIVAL
35 Marylebone Road
12:30pm -5.30pm
Free Goody Bags for the first 500 students through our doors
Main Stage and Bar
Music Stage and Quiet Zone
Therapy Puppy Hub
Careers Fair with a plethora of brands and companies
Community Marketplace with 40+ creators and charities
EXCLUSIVE PINK CARPET INTERVIEWS
AMY SPALDING AND TIARA SKYE
The UK’s Largest LGBTQ+ Inclusive Student Recruitment Fair and Community Marketplace
Hosted by Drag Race winner Tia Kofi and Trans activist & author Charlie Craggs
Queer Question Time
discussing the future of pride
with LBC Natasha Devon, Juno Dawson (Best selling Author and screenwriter), Misia Butler (actor), Benjy Kusi + more TBA
Access Denied?
Exporing Queer Healthcare
with Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (YouTuber, Deaf & Disabled Activist), Ali Bromley (Big Brother winner & Psychologist), Char Bailey (neurodiversity advocate, Big Queer Poetry Show, Lesbian Visbility Week, and UK Black Pride), Stephanie Lynnette (Ask Awareness)
Pink Table Talk interview
Fra Free and Carl Mullaney
Star of BBC’s Lost Boys and Fairies & Apple TV’s Prime Target will be interviewed by West End Actor and Host Carl Mullaney
ICONIC EXLUSIVE PERFORMANCE:
CATTY
THE LIP SYNC BATTLE
Team 1 Captain: Freida Slaves with Ula Lah & Miss Leigh Ding
Team 2: Captain: Rileasa Slaves with Don One & Sophia Stardust
MAIN STAGE & BAR
MAIN STAGE & BAR
Charlie Craggs
Tia Kofi
STUDENT PRIDE CLUB NIGHTS
STUDENT PRIDE CLUB NIGHTS
CLUBBING AT
G-A-Y HEAVEN
at G-A-Y HEAVEN, EMBANKMENT
With a weekend wristband get:
Free Entry on the door
Queue Jump until 00:00
£3.50 Drinks deals all night
CLUBBING AT
SHE BAR
JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST EVER SHE BAR NIGHT ON SATURDAY!
Entry fee on the door
£4 Pravha all night
Member benefits via the app