June is Pride month. It's when we commemorate and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Pride Month is about acceptance, equality and celebrating the work of LGBTQ+ people.
This year we're building on the fun of our 2023 Pride Walk with West London Queer Project and packing H&F full of events. Including charity fundraisers, live music, author readings and more. Everyone is welcome to get involved.
If you're hosting a Pride month event, let us know. Email tickets@lbhf.gov.uk
The River Sessions Pride Edition
Wednesday 19 June
Riverside Studios, Queen Caroline Street, W6 9BN
Visit Riverside Studios for an intimate evening of live music from up-and-coming talent. Artists performing include Jas Ratchford, Jenny Scoones and Jahmale.
Book your ticket on the Riverside website.
North End Road Summer Festival
Saturday 22 June
North End Road, Fulham
Our Fulham market will be full of food, live music, stalls from local businesses, and attended by one RuPaul's Drag Race's, season three, top five contestants, Scarlett Harlett.
Writing Proud
Tuesday 25 June, 6pm
Hammersmith Library, Shepherds Bush Road, W6 7AT
Come along and meet the Gay Authors' Workshop, a supportive self-help group of LGBTQ+ writers, over tea and biscuits. Members of the group will also be performing readings of their work.
Book your free spot through Eventbrite.
Author talk: Lessons in Love and Other Crimes by Elizabeth Chakrabarty
Wednesday 26 June, 6pm
Shepherds Bush Library, Wood Lane, W12 7BF
Join interdisciplinary writer Elizabeth Chakrabarty for a reading and Q&A from her debut novel Lessons in Love and Other Crimes, (longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2022, shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2022).
The novel explores queer love, loneliness and the insidious nature of hate. Perfect for fans of Louise Doughty, Bernardine Evaristo, Claudia Rankine and Sophie Ward.
A story you won't be able to get out of your head."
– Cosmopolitan
Please book your free place by emailing ShepherdsBushLibrary@lbhf.gov.uk
Past events
Earlier this month we celebrated Pride with:
Hammersmith Summer Street Fest, Saturday 1 June
More than 150 stalls, live entertainment from acts including ABBA tribute band the ABBA stars, and visits from local drag queens. Find photos from the day here.
Hammersmith BID guided walk: A Cavalcade of Queer, Saturday 1 June
Uncovering some of Hammersmith's LGBTQ+ history, told through the lives and experiences of artists, writers, campaigners, athletes, medics and more.
West London Queer Project's 10km Pride Walk, Saturday 6 June
West London Queer Project's 10km charity walk in aid of motor neurone disease, looping through Wandsworth and returning to H&F to finish at the Black Lion, Hammersmith.
Poetry reading: Joy//Us, Poems of Queer Joy, Thursday 13 June
Talented poets performed readings from LGBTQ+ poetry anthology Joy//Us, Poems of Queer Joy.