Ticket Types & Pricing 2026
Salford Pride is excited to welcome back The Pink Picnic for 2026!
Every year, the costs of creating this special event continue to grow. In 2025, we made the difficult decision to introduce ticket charges to help keep The Pink Picnic sustainable for the future. Thanks to your amazing support, ticket sales in 2025 covered 45% of the event’s total costs, allowing us to continue bringing the community together.
This year, with the change in policy allowing guests to bring a small amount of alcohol back into the event, there are additional costs we need to cover, including extra security, police presence, waste collection, and more bins to keep the space clean and safe for everyone.
To balance these new costs while keeping the event accessible, we’ve introduced a three-tier ticket pricing system. Our goal remains clear: to keep ticket prices affordable and ensure everyone in our community can join in the fun.
Early Bird: £5.00 + booking fee
Standard: £7.00 + booking fee
On The Day: £10.00 + booking fee
(Please note: the booking fee is platform-based and not charged by Salford Pride. We do not receive this fee.)
For those wanting a little extra, you can upgrade to our PinkPASS or PinkPLUS tickets, which come with special VIP benefits.
And don’t worry, children under 16 will continue to attend for free, because this event is for all ages!
We understand that changes like these aren’t always easy to hear, and we truly appreciate your understanding. Across the country, many Pride events are facing cancellations due to funding challenges and a decline in sponsorship support.
As our event continues to grow, so too do the financial responsibilities that come with it. That’s why we’re working hard to find the right balance between the practical side of securing funding through ticket fees and sponsorship, and the heart of what truly makes our event special, Salford’s community spirit.
We know that in recent years, that community spirit may have felt a little lost, and we want to bring it back stronger than ever. Salford Pride is refocusing its efforts to ensure that while sponsorship plays an important role in keeping our event sustainable for the future, our community’s warmth, inclusivity, and togetherness remain at the very core of everything we do.
We often get questions about where the money goes, so we want to be open with you. Delivering The Pink Picnic now costs around £100,000 each year, and every penny raised from tickets and fundraising goes directly into making the event happen.
Any extra funds are used to cover our organisation’s core costs or saved to help fund next year’s event. Our amazing team and board are made up entirely of volunteers, and less than 2% of our annual income goes towards covering volunteering expenses.
To keep our organisation strong and financially secure, so we can continue delivering The Pink Picnic year after year, we’ve made the decision to update our ticketing structure. This will help us raise the necessary funds to ensure the event continues to grow, thrive, and bring our community together for many more years to come, whilst providing affordable ticketing options for all.
Thank you for your ongoing support and understanding as we work to make The Pink Picnic bigger, better, and more inclusive each year.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you in 2026!
