Bedford Pride 2026

Bedford Pride runs across the Harpur Suite and the square outside it, in the middle of the town. It is an indoor and outdoor day at once: stalls and a community stage inside, performances out on the square.

The organisation behind it is Rainbow Bedfordshire, a county-wide LGBTQ+ group that runs weekly and monthly activities the rest of the year, among them a trans social, a singing group, film nights and asylum claim support. Pride is the one day of the year it puts all of that in one place.

The programme leans on local and regional performers rather than touring names, and there is a chill out space for anyone who needs to step out of the noise.