Kaleidoscope: Disability Pride Parade

Chester's Disability Pride Parade is launching this year's Kaleidoscope Week – everyone is welcome! The parade is your chance to dance, parade, move, sing and raise awareness of the 14.1 million disabled people living in the UK. Arrival from 10.30am to say hello to friends. The parade will start to move at 11am from outside Chester Town Hall. The parade will move down Watergate Street, underneath the Eastgate Clock and start parading towards Grosvenor Park. Bring your banners, flags, whistles, drums to help make some noise! Music will be provided by Back Chat Brass an electrifying brass band from Leeds. Watch them on You Tube here. Once we arrive at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre there will be time to eat, relax, and use the toilets/changing space at the park pavilion. Bring a picnic. There will be drinks and snacks available to buy. Schedule for the day 10.30am – 11am Meet at Chester Town Hall 11am – 11.45am Back Chat Brass Band will lead the parade from Chester Town Hall to Grosvenor Park. Please note this is a 9 minute walk however we are allowing up to 45 mins. Road closures will be in place. 11.45am – 12.00pm Paul Wilshaw (Actor and Learning Disability Activist) – Poetry Performance on The Other Stage, Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre 12.00pm – 1pm Lunch 1pm – 1.45pm Back Chat Brass Band performance on The Other Stage, Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre 1.45pm – 2.30pm Choir Performances Throughout the afternoon there will also be pop up activities including a photography workshop, drumming, circus, bubbles and wheelchair basket ball. The parade kicks off Kaleidoscope at Storyhouse, a week celebrating neurodiversity and the talents of people living with a disability. Read about the first Disability Pride Parade which took place in 2019 here.