Brighton Pride 2020 Has Been Canceled
Brighton Pride has announced “with a heavy heart” that the festival for 2020 has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, as ‘BBC’ reports.
Brighton Pride had announced last week that they do not plan to cancel the event yet, which was to be held from July 31st to August 2nd.
But as the pandemic continues to spread Brighton Pride decided to cancel the event stating that the decision “had not been taken lightly”. A Pride spokesman said: “It is with a heavy heart that Brighton and Hove Pride have taken the difficult decision to postpone our landmark 30th-anniversary celebrations.”
Paul Kemp, director of Brighton Pride, said: “It's been inevitable.
“We are postponing the anniversary celebration to next year and [for] anyone who has got a ticket for the park we'll roll that ticket over.
“Pride is a celebration for the whole city and brings lots of people in, and of course the emergency services, the police, the NHS and all the other key workers who are often part of that parade,” he said.
“Our focus is on supporting them and supporting people who are going through tough times.”
Alan Robbins, chairman of Brighton and Hove City Council's tourism, equalities, communities and culture committee, said: “It's a great shame.
“The message is going out 'Don't come to Brighton' and we very much want to make sure when this is over everybody does come back to Brighton.
“We're doing everything we can to make sure these things go ahead next year.”
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