Birmingham Pride 2021: Map, road closures and bus service changes

Birmingham Pride returns bigger and brighter than ever this weekend - following its cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic last year.

The festival takes place on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 September, with a free community event held on Friday 24 in the gay village between 7.30pm and 10.30pm.

The Pride Parade then gets underway at midday on Saturday from Victoria Square in the city centre at 11am.

There’s a spectacular line up including Bree Runway and Sophie Ellis Bextor performing on Saturday and Sister Sledge, Clean Bandit and Jax Jones playing on Sunday.

Road closures and crowd barriers will be in place to facilitate the safe progression of the parade as it passes through the city. Vehicles will not be able to access frontages on the parade route whilst the procession is passing through.

See the Birmingham Pride Festival map here:

Parade road closures

The following roads will be closed on a rolling basis as the parade moves past on Saturday:

Carrs Lane,

High Street,

Lower Bull Street,

Dale End,

Albert Street,

Moor Street Queensway,

St Martins Tunnel,

Smallbrook Queensway,

Hurst Street,

Wrottesley Street and

Ladywell Walk.

Street party and festival site road closures and access

The village street party and festival site road closures will be in place between 6pm on Friday and 6am on Monday.

The roads listed below will be closed during that period:

Hurst Street, Inge Street, Bromsgrove Street, Lower Essex Street, Claybrook Street Gooch Street, Skinner Lane, Henstead Street and Pershore Street.

Southside and Latitude apartment residents will have road access to their car parking facilities throughout the weekend.

Businesses within the festival site will only have vehicular access until approximately 8am on both Saturday and Sunday. The streets affected are:

Bromsgrove Street,

Hurst Street,

Kent Street,

Lower Essex Street, and

Gooch Street North will only have Access to the Arcadian Centre will be available all weekend through a diversion route via Dean Street.

Bus services

The following bus services will be affected by the road closures on Saturday.

2, 3, 4, 4A, 5 & 6 - Toward the city centre services will run via Moat Lane and terminate at the unload only stop at the Bullring Markets. From the City Centre services will pick up from stop DS1 on Digbeth High Street then use the normal line of route. Stops on Carrs Lane and Park Street will not be served.

16 - Toward the city centre services will run via Snow Hill Queensway, Colmore Circus, Priory Queensway, Old Square and terminate at stop BS11 on Priory Queensway. From the city centre services will start at stop BS11 on Priory Queensway. Moor Street Queensway, Smallbrook Queensway, Station Street, Hurst Street, Upper Dean Street and Moat Lane will not be served.

17, 50, 60, 97, X1 & X2 - Towards the city centre services will run via Moat Lane, High Street and then terminate at stop DS3 on Digbeth High Street. From the city centre services will start from stop DS3 on Digbeth High Street and then follow normal lines of route. Stops on Moor Street and Park Street will not be served.

23 & 24 - Towards the city centre services will run via Holloway Head, Suffolk Street, Queensway Tunnel, St Chads, Snow Hill Queensway and Colmore Row. From the city centre services will run the normal line of route.

33, 51, 907, 934, 935, 937, 997, X3, X4, X5, X14 & X51 - Towards the city centre services will terminate on Priory Queensway. From the city centre services will start from stops CS1 or CS1A on Corporation Street. Stops on Moor Street, High Street and Carrs Lane will not be served.

35, 45 & 47 - Towards the city centre services will run via Sherlock Street, Barford Street, Bradford Street, Moat Lane, Park Street, High Street and terminate at stop DS3 on Digbeth High Street. From the city centre services will start from stop DS3 on Digbeth High Street and run via Bus Gate, Bradford Street, Barford Street, Sherlock Street and then on to normal lines of route.

61 & 63 - Towards the city centre services will run via Bristol Street, Queensway Tunnel, Great Charles Street, St Chads, Snow Hill Queensway, Colmore Circus, Old Square and terminate at stop BS8 on Priory Queensway. From the city centre services will start at stop BS8 on Priory Queensway and run via Priory Queensway, Moor Street Queensway, James Watt Queensway, St Chads Queensway, Queensway Tunnel, Bristol Road and back to the normal line of route.

80 - Towards the city centre services will terminate at Holloway Head stop HH2. From the city centre services will start at Holloway Head stop HH1.

X21 & X22 - Towards the city centre services will run via Holloway Head, Suffolk Street Queensway, Queensway Tunnel, Great Charles Street Queensway, Snow Hill Queensway, Colmore Circus Queensway, Old Square and Priory Queensway. From the city centre services will run via Priory Queensway, Moor Street Queensway, James Watt Queensway, St Chads Queensway, Queensway Tunnel, Suffolk Street Queensway, Holloway Head and then the normal line of route. Stops in Smallbrook Queensway and Moor Street will not be served.