Tuusula to be the main organiser of Central Uusimaa Pride in 2026 – Pride Week will be celebrated from 24 to 28 August

Central Uusimaa Pride invites you to celebrate diversity and equality during the last week of August. This year marks the sixth time the event has been held.

Pride is a joint celebration organised by the municipalities of Tuusula, Kerava, Hyvinkää, Järvenpää and Nurmijärvi, which take turns hosting the event. This year, Tuusula is hosting the event, and the week will culminate in the main celebration on Saturday, 29th August 2026. The venue for the celebration is the Monio Cultural Centre in Hyrylä.

Now we are looking for a Pride pre-party programme for the Tuusula area!

In addition to the main event, Pride will be celebrated throughout the week. During the pre-Pride week, workshops, cultural programmes and discussion events will be organised to get participants in the Pride spirit.

We are looking for a pre-party programme for the week of 24 to 28 August in the Tuusula municipality. The pre-party events will focus on the northern municipal centres of Tuusula, Jokela and Kellokoski, as well as the villages of Tuusula.

Send your offer by email to osallisuus@tuusula.fi by 31 March. The maximum price for the performance is €1,500. All offers for the pre-event programme will be reviewed, and we will contact the bidders after the application period has ended.

Please indicate in your offer the space requirements for the performance or whether it can be staged outdoors, for example. If you already have a specific location in mind in Tuusula where the performance could be staged, please let us know. We hope that you will also provide your own equipment and technician for the performance.

Please also send photos of the performance with your offer, preferably video footage. Please let us know if the performance uses bright lights, loud sounds, smoke machines or strong language, or anything else that should be taken into account.

Further information and questions:

Participation worker Tiia Sunila, tiia.sunila@tuusula.fi, +358 40 314 2962.
Cultural producer Lotta Mikkonen, lotta.mikkonen@tuusula.fi, +358 40 314 3437.

Pride events are human rights and cultural events that celebrate the work done to promote the visibility and equal rights of sexual and gender minorities. The message of Pride is that everyone should be proud to be themselves.

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