Chester Disability Pride Parade

Support Chester’s Disability Pride Parade, one of the UK’s only disability pride parades. Unite with participants, charities, and businesses to raise awareness and promote positive change!

Be part of the cornerstone of Storyhouse’s week-long Kaleidoscope Festival, an annual celebration of neurodiversity, inclusion, and showcasing the remarkable talents of people living with a disability.

The festival has a rich and varied programme of events and activities including performances, workshops, film screenings, music and more.

Kaleidoscope opens with a bang when the Chester Disability Pride Parade fills the city centre with a blaze of brilliant sound and colour, as hundreds parade to raise awareness and celebrate the 14.1 million people living with a disability.

People travel from all over to take part, as well as other charitable organisations, care givers and specialist services, all to shout loud and be proud about the learning-disabled community and anyone who identifies as neurodiverse. A truly joyful day!

Chester Disability Pride Parade presents an exceptional opportunity for businesses to engage with our community.

With a prominent presence in the city centre, including road closures and lively brass band performances, the parade traverses the main thoroughfare from Northgate Street, to under the iconic Chester clock tower and back to Storyhouse.

Notably, our 2023 festival was covered by ITV News, BBC Newsround and BBC Radio Merseyside.