Pride March

Edinburgh Pride will take place on Saturday 22nd of June - the day before the conference.

The Pride starts at 11:30 in the open space around Horse Wynd (outside parliament).

However, a group of us will be meeting in the Omni Centre nearby between 10:30 and 11 and walking down together, if you would like to join us then ^^ We will be meeting inside the Southern entrance (the one closest to Waverley) - we'll have ace stuff out, so you can't miss us.

We will leave at 11 to head to the Pride start. We will try to end up near Horse Wynd, so you should be able to find us from about 11:30 - look for the ace flags. This depends on the crowds though. If you can't see us, try posting on the AVEN thread (AVEN account required to view) and we will keep you in the loop.

The Pride itself starts with speeches outside parliament starting at 12. The march begins at 12:30 and goes West through Canongate/High Street, then South down the George IV Bridge and Potterow before finishing around Bisto Square/Crichton Street. The march will take about an hour.

We have about 50 people signed up to the march via the conference registration and a lot of maybes, so expect a big group. You don't need to have signed up to join us - just come along on the day. This is organised as a separate event to the conference.

We will have a banner reading Ace Pride with a purple background and the AVEN logo on it. Feel free to bring your own banners too. After the event there is the "Pride Edinburgh 2019: This Is Me Festival", which hasn't had details released yet by the Pride Edinburgh group, but will likely be live music and LGBT+ stands.

Bringing snacks and water is recommended.

Any questions? Fire away You can send them to our email (ukacecon2019@gmail.com), reply to the thread, or PM nameinagame on AVEN.

We look forward to seeing you there!