Pride Month is important in Vauxhall. As a BID, we are stanch supporters of our local LGBTQ+ venues and community all year round – but in June each year we support a number of additional Pride events, including the Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s Pride in the Tunnel and Sports Day, LDN Queer Mart and Pride at the Farm.
BIDs like Vauxhall One often don’t have big budgets to fully fund large-scale events, but we do have in-house expertise, event experience and a network of essential connections and partnerships.
For the Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s Pride Night Parties, hosted in a railway arch under Vauxhall station, Vauxhall One helps by:
- Securing the required permissions from TfL and Lambeth Council
- Jet washing the tunnel to help it look its best for party-goers
- Concealing the Santander Cycles
- Providing fencing and signage to divert traffic and ensure safety
- Building a stage
- Cleaning up after the party’s 4am finish so that the tunnel can reopen as a cycle lane by 9am
- Removing litter from the surrounding streets (as we do every morning!)
- Bringing partners and stakeholders together to ensure the event is a success. For Pride parties, this includes the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Transport for London, Lambeth Council Network Management, and our own team of Vauxhall One engineers, technicians and event specialists.
If you’re a Vauxhall business interested in putting on an event but you need some help with things like this, get in touch – we’d love to hear your ideas.
