Pride London Festival will go on despite protest threats [Video]

Pride London Festival organizers confirm extra security and alternate planning are in place should protesters disrupt events this weekend.

The annual event held at Victoria Park, celebrates inclusion and diversity in the LGBT2QSIA community.

“Pride is all about embracing everyone. This weekend we have a fantastic festival lineup. Everybody has worked so hard,” stated Mark Beacock, a Pride London Festival board member.

Part of the hard work is preparing for possible protests from multiple groups. 

There is concern one may impact the much-anticipated parade through Old East Village and downtown — it features 122 entries.

Earlier this month, Pro-Palestinian protesters halted Toronto’s Pride Parade. They demanded the event organizers divest from corporations with ties to Israel.

Beacock said efforts have been made to reach out to those concerned locally.

“If the protest happens to happen, and stops the parade, well, unfortunately, we will have to stop the parade, just like Toronto did. There’s nothing we …