Welcome to Pride Saltire

About Us

Graphic of the Pride Saltire signature which consists of the words Pride Saltire above a rainbow saltire and East Lothian below it

We’re a vibrant new pride for East Lothian’s LGBTI community and our straight allies. If you haven’t heard of us before, we launched in February 2018 and are based at the beautiful Cockenzie House and Gardens – a venue where some of our events take place.

Our mission is simple. As there hasn’t been any LGBTI events in our area for a few years, we decided it was time to do something about that. We believe there is real value in creating community events. We want to bring a wider outreach and engagement to the people of East Lothian in a warm, friendly environment. 

Our name and our branding both reflect the fact that East Lothian is the home of Scotland’s Saltire flag.

Events

LGBT History Month

Representatives from Pride Saltire were at the launch of LGBT History Month, which took place at the Scottish Parliament – and was hosted by Jenny Gilruth MSP and organised by the team at Pink Saltire.

Then throughout February, and working with The Brunton in Musselburgh, we went on to celebrate LGBT History Month with a diverse programme of live comedy and films, which attracted audiences from both East Lothian, and its surrounding areas.

 

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Pride Saltire Festival

Our aim is for the Pride Saltire Festival to take place during the month of May, at a location somewhere in East Lothian.

Our first Pride Saltire Festival was held on Saturday 11 May 2019 at Cockenzie House & Gardens in East Lothian. This free event was like a big garden fete, and the sunny weather encouraged members of the East Lothain communities to come and join us. We were like one big rainbow family.

The Brunton in Musselburgh also help us again, by launching our Festival Weekend with a comedy and movie double-bill featuring Jan Irvine and the film Pride.


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Partners

Pride Saltire is extremely grateful for the generous support given to us by our East Lothian partners:

The Brunton Theatre logo with the words The Brunton and The Place To B to the right of it
Cockenzie House and Gardens logo with the words below an illustration of the building
East Lothian Council logo of a bird in flight about its name

If you want to keep up to date with what is going on with Pride Saltire, we suggest you come back and visit our site from time to time, and connect with us on Twitter and Facebook – using the links below: