Brighton Pride 2017
This year's annual Brighton Pride event is underway with a parade, stalls and entertainment. Up to 300,000 people are expected to attend the celebrations in Brighton & Hove this weekend.
Revellers descend on Brighton for Pride
An estimated 300,000 people are expected to descend on Brighton this weekend for one of the UK's biggest annual summer Pride celebrations.
The Pet Shop Boys will headline the event in Brighton and Hove in what will be the duo's first Pride performance in 20 years, organisers said.
Other acts include Years & Years, Louisa Johnson and David Morales. Saturday is the main day of celebrations, with a carnival parade starting at Hove Lawns followed by a ticketed event in Preston Park.
The streets of Brighton will be a rainbow of colours this weekend as the city prepares to celebrate Pride.
The first ever LGBT event took place in the city in 1973.
300,000 people are expected to attend but this year's party will have special significance as it's been 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in England.
Sangeeta spoke to the Managing Director of Brighton Pride, Paul Kemp, earlier today.
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