The Pride Village Party (PVP) returns on August 1 for two days of community festivities in the heart of the city.
Pride organisers have frozen Early Bird PVP wristbands at last years price of £5 (£2 per day + £1 donation to Rainbow Fund).
Online availability is limited and then wristbands will cost £10 for the weekend.
THE PVP in 2014 was considered a successful community event, with many people reporting a safer and more relaxed atmosphere for locals and visitors to the city than the year before.
Each ticket sold for the PVP includes a ring fenced £1 a head donation to the Rainbow Fund, who received £65,000 from Pride’s fundraising activities in 2014.
The Rainbow Fund make grants to LGBT+/HIV organisations providing front line services to LGBT+ people in Brighton and Hove.
To benefit local residents, £5 weekend wristbands will also be available for a limited time exclusively through local venues from, July 1.
Joint tickets for the main Pride Festival on Preston Park and PVP are also available online.
£5 Sunday only wristbands will also be available at on-site box offices on the day.
Residents, businesses and hotel guests within the PVP zone will once again receive free passes and can make a donation if they wish to the new Social Impact Fund which will benefit local generic community initiatives in areas impacted by both the main Pride event on Preston Park and the PVP footprint.
The capacity for this years PVP has been restricted so it is advisable to purchase wristbands in advance, when they are cheaper, to avoid being disappointed.
Any wristbands remaining unsold will cost more on the day.
This year’s PVP ticket price reflects increased operational costs to stage a safe PVP, such as street cleaning, traffic management and costs that have traditionally been picked up by the City Council and Sussex Police.
With many cuts in public services Pride organisers understand the PVP needs to move towards eventually covering all its costs to ensure a sustainable future for the event.
Extra anticipated costs this year include £40,000 for security, £25,000 for policing, £15,000 for street cleaning and £15,000 for St Johns Ambulance cover that will now have to be paid by income from the PVP wristbands.
Pride director Paul Kemp, said: “As a ‘not for profit organisation’ Pride are unable to underwrite the anticipated increase in costs to operate the Pride Village Party. Increasing the ticket prices is the only way to ensure the costs of producing a safe and sustainable PVP for the future and to meet our community fundraising objectives.
“We are committed to our ongoing fundraising for the Rainbow Fund who make grants to local organisations providing front line services to the LGBT Community in Brighton and Hove. With the help of local venues and city-wide businesses who benefit from the Pride weekend, Pride are also committed to additional fundraising contributions to a new Social Impact Fund, a new community fund that we hope will benefit local projects”
Pride Village Party weekend tickets work out at £4.50 per day (cost of a bus pass or a pint of beer) plus a £1 Rainbow Fund donation.
No one is excluded from attending Brighton Pride. You can get a free pass for the weekend by volunteering just two hours of your time to help Pride. If you are unable to volunteer you can also apply to the Rainbow Fund for a free pass.
For more information to volunteer at Pride, click here:
Event: Pride Village Party 2015
Where: St James Street area, Brighton
When: Saturday 1 and Sunday, August 2, 2015
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