Pride Cymru 2023: Live updates as crowds gather to celebrate in colourful parade before heading to Cardiff Castle

It's that time of year again. Cardiff city centre is set to be filled with colour, joy and celebration for the LGBT+ community throughout the weekend as Pride Cymru 2023 brings people from all walks of life together. The event has been moved forward from its usual August date to June with the main events taking place at Cardiff Castle this year instead of outside the Civic Centre.

This year the parade will start at 11am outside the castle on Saturday and travel down St Mary Street back up the Hayes, along Queen Street, around Park Place and back towards the castle along Greyfriars Road. The feast of colour and music is expected to last up to two hours, with the festival then to follow from 12pm at Cardiff Castle, with last entry at 9.30pm. The festival continues at the same times on Sunday.

The parade is free to attend and walk in, but the afternoon and evening's entertainment - featuring some big names in the world of pop, TV and drag including Sophie Ellis-Bextor - is ticketed, you can find out everything you need to know including the line-up here.

This year the parade's roots are also in protest, at a time where the event's chair Gian Molinu says "we have seen the rights of our trans and non-binary communities attacked". He added: "We hope that by coming together at this year’s Pride, we can show solidarity and support for the marginalised and underrepresented parts of our LGBTQ+ communities...We have been working our socks off this year to make sure that we’re back with an inclusive, safe and joyful event."

To co-incide with Pride, you can see our celebration of the LGBT+ people making a difference in Wales and beyond with our ninth annual Pinc List here.

Follow our live updates from throughout the weekend below: