UK BLACK PRIDE 2021 IS HERE!! with this year’s theme of Love and Rage!
Europe’s largest celebration for African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American, and Caribbean-heritage LGBTQI+ people is kicking off today in spectacular fashion, with a HUGE list of live-streamed events. Due to covid restrictions, this year’s celebration is an online event only, but that hasn’t slowed the huge amount of events that are on, over the next few days. Starting today, Friday 2nd July.
UK Black Pride produces an annual celebration during pride month, as well as a variety of activities throughout the year in and around the UK, which also promotes and advocates for the spiritual, emotional, and intellectual health and wellbeing of the communities they represent.
UK Black Pride is a safe space to celebrate diverse sexualities, gender identities, cultures, gender expressions, and backgrounds, they foster, represent, and celebrate Black LGBTQI+ and QTIPOC culture through education, the arts, cultural events, and advocacy.
Importantly, UK Black Pride promotes unity and cooperation among LGBTQI+ people of diasporic communities in the UK, as well as their friends and families.
A Statement from The UK Black Pride Team and Lady Phyll
Building on the success of our 15th birthday digital celebration in August 2020, which attracted 30,000 viewers, UK Black Pride’s 2021 event will extend to three days, recorded live at an as-yet-unannounced venue in east London.
We are acutely aware that our communities will be looking forward to an in-person event this year, but we can’t yet say with confidence that we could put on a physical celebration and keep our communities safe. The safety of our communities is our responsibility – and one we take very seriously – and so we have taken the decision to err on the side of utmost caution.
To honour what has been a tremendously difficult year for so many in our communities, UK Black Pride’s 2021 theme is “Love and Rage”.
We’ve seen firsthand over the past year our communities’ persistent commitment to each other; the ways we show up, in big and small ways, is nothing short of inspiring. We continue to show what it means to love, to love hard and to love against the odds.
We are also raging, disappointed and tired. Our communities continue to be overlooked and undervalued, tokenised and discarded. From constant gaslighting to this country’s steadfast refusal to address and redress structural and institutional racism, we have a lot to be mad about.
Our anger is righteous. Our love is righteous.
Our 2021 theme claps back against the many ways we are told who we are allowed to be, and how to grieve, love and rage. We will not be quiet, we will not be meek. We will be heard, and we will be loud.
UK Black Pride is the space where each of you can show up as all of who you are, with your rage and disappointment, with your unyielding love and capacity for joy. We can’t wait to celebrate and rage with you. Let us show what is possible when we show up in our fury, committed to loving each other and changing the world.
The UK Black Pride Team and Lady Phyll.
This year there is a HUGE amount of events happening across three fantastic days.
Here’s what’s on:
3pm Panel Talks with host, Missa.
3.05pm Poet – Lauren-Michelle
3.15pm Opening Doors London – Marc Thompson in discussion
3.45pm Host, Missa.
3.50pm Terry Logan
4.00pm A word from our sponsors
4.05pm Host, Missa.
4.10pm Prepster Sexual Health Discussion with Phil Samba
4.40pm Host, Missa.
4.45pm A word from our sponsors
4.50pm Interview with Jeffrey Pickering with Josh Rivers
5.10pm Host, Josh Rivers.
5.15pm David Kam – Movement Workshop with Lululemon.
6.00pm Host, Josh Rivers.
6.05pm Busy Being Black – Live, in conversation with Ted Brown.
6.55pm Host, Josh Rivers.
7.00pm The Cocoa Butter Club
20.30pm Closing
2.25pm Host, Char Bailey
12.30pm LGBT Switchboard
12.35pm Kush
12.40pm Unison
13.05pm Host, Char Bailey
13.10pm A word from our sponsors
13.15pm Host, Char Bailey
13.20pm Just Like US
13.30pm Akiliah
13.35pm Host, Char Bailey
14.00pm Rico Jacob Chace
14.10pm Jamie Chi – Queer China
14.40pm Schools OUT UK
14.45pm Victim Support Chuks
14.55pm Aamir
15.00pm Host, Elsa
15.05pm Shakira
15.20pm Host, Elsa
15.25pm Closing
Times and acts are subject to change
12.15pm Host, Ajay Pabial
12.20pm The Naked Pianist
12.25pm Minara ‘El Waters
12.30pm Host, Ajay Pabial
12.35pm Aditya Sinha
12.42pm A word from our sponsors
12.45pm Host, Ajay Pabial
12.50pm Teenasai Belamu
13.05pm L.iberty Human Rights
14.05pm Host, Ajay Pabial
14.10pm Laks
14.15pm Speaker Slot
15.00pm Host, Ajay
15.05pm DJ Aisha Mirza
15.50pm Host, Ajay Pabial
Times and acts are subject to change
Curated by Moonlight Experiences
12.15pm Host, Ria Scott
12.20pm Shivum Sharma
12.25pm Inclusive Tamil Arts
12.55pm Host, Ria Scott
13.00pm Bee Jamming
13.05pm A word from our sponsors
13.10pm Host, Ria Scott
13.15pm Stonewall
13.40pm NEO 10Y – music video premiere
13.50pm Mr & S1sta
14.35pm A word from our sponsors
14.40pm Host, Ria Scott
14.45pm O.D.C
14.50pm Host, Ria Scott
14.55pm QPOC Project
15.25pm Coco Couture
15.30pm Host, Ria Scott
15.35pm Salute
15.40pm DJ MiMi
16.25pm Host, Ria Scott closing
Times and acts are subject to change
Brought to you by the UK Black Pride Team
12.00pm UK Black Pride
12.05pm Host, Kemah Bob
12.10pm Lady Bushra
12.15pm Afroswagg
12.20pm Host, Kemah Bob
12.25pm A word from our sponsors
12.30pm DJ Stan
13.15pm Host, Keham Bob
13.20pm Jamaal Monarch
13.30pm YSHEE BLACK
13.45pm A word from our sponsors
13.50pm Special announcement
13.55pm Host, Kemah Bob
14.00pm Desta French
14.05pm Ebony Rose Dark
14.10pm DJ Kisces
14.55pm Host, Rikki Beadle-Blair
15.00pm YENA
15.05pm Tyreece
15.10pm Emmavie
15.15pm NEO 10Y
15.20pm Host, Rikki Beadle-Blair
15.25pm Special announcement
15.35pm Host, Rikki Beadle-Blair
15.40pm Haus of Melanin
15.50pm Host, Rikki Beadle-Blair
15.55pm Daniel Molyneaux
16.05pm A word from our sponsors
16.10pm Host, Rikki Beadle-Blair
16.25pm Beyoncé Experience
16.50pm Host, Rikki Beadle-Blair
17.00pm HEADLINER: Darkoo
17.25pm DJ Big John
18.20pm Lady Phyll and the UK Black Pride team
Times and acts are subject to change
Curated by DJ Biggy C
12.05pm Host, DJ Biggy C
12.05pm Basmati
12.50pm Host, DJ Biggy C
12.55pm SHEGOTSOUL
13.40pm Host, DJ Biggy C
13.45pm Toya Delazy
13.50pm DJ Kaspa
14.40pm Host, DJ Biggy C
14.45pm TBA
15.30pm Host, DJ Biggy C
15.35pm Mark Ashley Duppe
15.40pm Speaker Slot
15.45pm Host, DJ Biggy C
15.50pm DJ Chillz
16.35pm Host, DJ Biggy C
16.40pm DJ Biggy C
17.30pm Closing
Times and acts are subject to change
UK Black Pride will be steaming across three fantastic days. As you can see there is so much to watch over those three days, make sure you check it out. you can view all the rooms and streams HERE.
