{"id":17080,"date":"2026-07-16T09:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/?p=17080"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:56:33","slug":"huge-turnout-for-annual-pride-caerffili-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/huge-turnout-for-annual-pride-caerffili-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge turnout for annual Pride Caerffili event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\t<section id=\"\" class=\"block text-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Thousands visited Caerphilly Town Centre on Saturday 4th July to celebrate this year\u2019s Pride Caerffili.<\/p>\n<p>The family-friendly event, hosted by the much-loved Miss Tina Sparkle, recognised and celebrated the contributions made by LGBTQ+ people in our community with an iconic Pride Parade and plenty of live music and entertainment to keep the festivities going all day.<\/p>\n<p>Footfall counters recorded over 2,300 visitors in the town centre across the day as it came alive with colour. Local businesses, community organisations, food, drink and market stalls also helped to create a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere whilst joining in the fun.<\/p>\n<p>Joanne Galazka, Women\u2019s and Equalities Officer at Unite Wales, said \u201cSaturday was the best pride to date. Bigger and better than previous years and the atmosphere was really positive and vibrant. The need for us to come together is more important than ever to support our communities and LGBTQ+ members. The number of conversations we had with young people and all generations on Saturday highlighted the impact our presence has on communities like Caerphilly. It was so many people\u2019s first experience of Pride, and we are proud to play a small part in that. People also expressing they felt safe and supported to be their authentic selves.<\/p>\n<p>Unite Wales are so proud to work in partnership with the council to make it happen as they always make it community focused as it should be. Pride is a protest and positive visibility on our streets is essential at a time of division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Jamie Pritchard, Leader of Council, commented \u201cPossibly the biggest and best Pride Caerffili we have ever had. Absolutely buzzing and positive atmosphere, as ever. We will be starting preparations for Pride 2027 very soon. Onwards and upwards!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We would like to thank our sponsors, volunteers and partner organisations for their ongoing support for the event.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":17081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[910],"tags":[],"tc_location":[938],"class_list":["post-17080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tc_location-caerphilly"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Huge turnout for annual Pride Caerffili event | Visit Caerphilly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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