PRIDE ROCK FESTIVAL 2024
BRIGHTON
AUGUST 3
Following the successful launch of last year’s show, organiser White Lightning PR is proud to announce the return of Brighton & Hove Pride’s first Pride Rock Festival.
Pride Rock Festival originated from a desire to represent musical diversity at Brighton Pride, and showcase Rock/alt talents to support the LGBTQ+ community. This is the second consecutive year of the rock event to run alongside Brighton & Hove Pride’s Weekend. Headlining the event is SNAYX with support The Virginmarys, Stone Angels, HAWXX, Queen Cult, Izzy T, Monakis & MuddiBrooke.
Hosting the event is Kerrang/Gaydio DJ Paris Munro, “I’m buzzing to be part of this. Putting LGBTQ+ artists and bands in the spotlight is super important and people in the alt scene need to be seen and heard. Pride is only focused around pop and dance music, but people in the LGBTQ+ community don’t just listen to that, there’s a wide variety of genres and it’s great to have rock and metal at the forefront! So excited to host on the day!”
A taster of some of the bands playing:
SNAYX is fresh off their UK & European tour supporting Kid Kapichi and will be hitting the road as support for Royal Blood in the summer. Pride Rock is their only headline Brighton show of 2024. Known to be an explosive live band, this rapidly rising Alt-Punk-Rock band is one that is not to be missed! The Virginmarys formed as a trio in Macclesfield in 2009. The band spent much of their early years touring extensively; they first played the Download Festival in 2010, and have toured as support act to Slash, Shinedown, Terrorvis
Stone Angels are a band that is on the rise. Having recently celebrated the success of their single “Can You?” hitting a million streams on Spotify. Their critically acclaimed second album “Up In Smoke” was recently released March 22 garnered rave reviews from Classic Rock Magazine & Powerplay to name a few. After a triumphant set at Station 18 Festival, the band is gearing up for a busy second half of 2024 with a UK tour in the works and another upcoming festival performance Monsterfest. Hawxx are taking no prisoners following on from their amazing performance at last year’s Download Festival, this feminist metal band are building up a reputation as one of the best live acts on the scene.
This special event is being held at The Old Market, Brighton Saturday the 3rd of August, running from 1:15 pm till 11 pm. Tickets are on sale now via https://www.theoldmarket.com/