NATIONAL STUDENT PRIDE 2026
FRIDAY DAYTIME
UpSkill Careers Afternoon - panel discussion, skills workshops, professional headshots & networking
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, 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
A careers focussed afternoon for your future
LSE, 1 Sheffield St, WC2A 2AP
12:30pm / Registration opens
1pm / Panel discussion
2pm / Assessment Masterclass introduction
2:30pm - 4pm / Masterclass Sessions
4pm / Networking drinks & professional headshots
5pm / Daytime event concludes
UpSkill
Opening Party + Awards
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Opening Party + Awards *
G-A-Y Heaven - Embankment
7:00pm -10.30pm
£3.50 drinks all night
Performances
National Student Pride Awards with special guest hosts TBA
Performance closing set and DJ Sets
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
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
The UK’s Largest LGBTQ+ Inclusive Student Recruitment Fair and Community Marketplace
Hosted by award winning author Charlie Craggs
Queer Dating
Love, Lust & Labels
hosted by LBC’s Natasha Devon, Max Hovey (writer, creator & activist) + more TBA
Trans 2030
Beyond the Culture War
with host Juno Dawson (bestselling author & screenwriter), Munroe Bergdorf (model & activist), Lars Fellows (BBC’s I Kissed A Boy), and more TBA
Pink Table Talk interview
Headline guest:live
previous interviewees include Sir Ian McKellen, Emeli Sande, Joe Lycett & Suzi Ruffell, Courtney Act, Lady Phyll & Dustin Lance Black, Fra Fee & many more
DRAGSTRAVAGANZA
a finale full of drag & queer chaos, with live performances, interactive games and more fun than you can shake a stick at.
MAIN STAGE & BAR
MAIN STAGE & BAR
Charlie Craggs
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