Velvet-Club Connecting Lesbians & Bi-women around the World
Derby Pride will take place at Markeaton Park on Saturday, the 13th September 2025. We hope you are all as excited as we are and will join us in September to celebrate Pride. We will bring you more exciting announcements over the coming weeks and months, so please follow us on social media @DerbyPrideLGBT. Our free annual event celebrates LGBT+ culture and brings together the diverse communities within Derby and surrounding areas. We are a family friendly event and open to all. Theme to follow Parade The Parade starts at 11:00 from the far end of the main Markeaton Park car park (accessed via Markeaton Island/Ashbourne Road) and follows a circular route around the park before finishing at the entrance to the main Pride event. Please assemble in the car park between 10:30 & 10:45. Festival From 12:00-18:30. Live music, Large fun fair (open from 10:00 till late), Market Zone, Food and drinks, Families Area. Families Area Fun & Games, Bouncy Castle, Colouring Competition and loads more. After party to follow
Address : Markeaton Park
Derby
DE22 4AA
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- 01 Jan - Martine Rothblatt (1954–), American lawyer, author, entrepreneur, business executive, & CEO of United Therapeutics
- 02 Jan – M. Carey Thomas (1857–1935), American educator, linguist &women's suffragist
- 04 Jan – Dot Jones (1964–), American actress & arm wrestler
- 06 Jan – Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), French writer, philosopher & activist
- 06 Jan – Kate McKinnon (1984–), American actress & comedian
- 06 Jan – Nancy Ruth (1942–), Canadian Senator
- 08 Jan – Winnaretta Singer (1865–1943), American heiress
- 11 Jan – Eva Le Gallienne (1899–1991), English actress, producer & director
- 12 Jan – Edith Cooper (1862–1913), English poet
- 12 Jan – Patsy Kelly (1910–1981), American actress
- 13 Jan – Charlotte Charke (1713–1760), English actress, playwright, novelist & transvestite
- 14 Jan – Holland Taylor (1943–), American actress
- 19 Jan – Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), American novelist & short-story writer
- 19 Jan – Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American rock singer-songwriter
- 22 Jan – Elaine Noble (1944–), American politician & LGBT activist
- 23 Jan – Luisa, Marquise Casati Stampa di Soncino (1881–1957), Italian aristocrat, muse & patron of the arts
- 25 Jan – Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), English writer
- 25 Jan – Aya Kamikawa (1968–), Japanese politician & writer, first openly transgender politician in Japan
- 26 Jan – Ellen DeGeneres (1958–), American actress & stand-up comedian
- 28 Jan – Colette (1873–1954), French novelist
- 28 Jan – Marnie McBean (1968–), Canadian rower, three-time Olympic Gold Medalist
- 29 Jan – Gia Carangi (1960–1986), American model
- 29 Jan – Sara Gilbert (1975–), American actress & talk show co-host
- 31 Jan – Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968), American actress
- 31 Jan – Portia de Rossi (1973–), Australian actress
- 31 Jan – Patricia Velásquez (1971–), Venezuelan actress & model
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