In 2026, more than a hundred countries will hold a Pride parade. Brazil’s São Paulo march will pull a crowd larger than the population of most capital cities. Sydney will paint Oxford Street in February. Reykjavík will throw the world’s highest-per-capita Pride under the August midnight sun. And in the United States alone, 150-plus parades, from Manhattan to Anchorage to Hattiesburg, will run between February and November.
This guide pulls all of it onto two interactive maps you can explore right now: one for major Pride parades around the world, and one for every notable Pride parade across the United States. Click any pin for the city, the dates, and a short description of what makes it worth showing up for.
Use the maps to plan a trip, find your nearest celebration, or just get a sense of how widely Pride is celebrated in 2026.
Pride parades around the world in 2026
The global map below covers 130-plus Pride celebrations across six continents — from headline events drawing millions to smaller marches that exist as acts of protest in places where being LGBTQ+ is still criminalized. Pan, zoom, and tap a pin for details.
A few quick orientation notes before diving into the highlights:
- Most Pride events sit in June, anchored to the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising in New York on June 28, 1969. But there are major exceptions — Sydney runs in late February/early March, São Paulo’s main parade is on the first Sunday of June, Amsterdam’s Canal Parade is the first Saturday of August, and Taiwan Pride is the last Saturday of October.
- WorldPride 2026 is in Amsterdam, July 25 to August 2. It’s the headline global LGBTQ+ event of the year, with the Canal Parade on August 1.
- A handful of pins on the map mark emerging or informal Pride events — places like Lagos, Kampala, Cairo, Marrakech — where public celebration is restricted but a community still finds ways to mark the occasion.
The biggest Pride parades in the world
If you’re traveling to one Pride this year, these are the parades that consistently land at the top of attendance, scale, and global recognition.
São Paulo Pride (Brazil) — Held the first Sunday of June along Avenida Paulista, São Paulo’s parade is widely regarded as the largest in the world, drawing crowds that have ranged from three to five million in peak years. It set a Guinness World Record back in 2006 and has only grown since.
NYC Pride March (United States) — The original. The 1970 Christopher Street Liberation Day march in New York is generally considered the world’s first Pride parade, marking the one-year anniversary of Stonewall. The modern NYC Pride March, held the last Sunday in June, regularly draws around two million attendees and remains the largest in the U.S.
Madrid Pride / MADO (Spain) — Held on the first Saturday of July, Madrid Pride is Europe’s biggest, with crowds approaching two million in standard years. The 2017 edition, when Madrid hosted WorldPride, brought roughly three and a half million people into the city — a number larger than Madrid’s own population.
Berlin CSD (Germany) — Christopher Street Day Berlin, held on a Saturday in late July, is Europe’s largest political Pride. Hundreds of thousands of people march from Kurfürstendamm to the Brandenburg Gate. Berlin’s CSD is one of dozens across Germany — the country alone hosts more than 50 Christopher Street Day events each year.
Amsterdam Pride / Canal Parade (Netherlands) — Unique in the world: a Pride parade that takes place on water. About 80 decorated boats travel through Amsterdam’s UNESCO-listed canals on the first Saturday of August, with the city itself effectively becoming the parade route. In 2026, this is also WorldPride.
Toronto Pride (Canada) — North America’s second-largest Pride after NYC, with attendance in the one to two million range during the final weekend of June. Toronto previously hosted WorldPride in 2014.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (Australia) — The largest Pride event in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the oldest in the world outside North America, dating back to 1978. Sydney’s parade runs down Oxford Street in late February or early March — opposite seasons from most Northern Hemisphere events.
Mexico City Pride / Marcha del Orgullo LGBT CDMX (Mexico) — Latin America’s second-biggest Pride after São Paulo, drawing roughly a quarter-million people along Paseo de la Reforma in late June.
London Pride / Pride in London (United Kingdom) — Held on the first Saturday of July, drawing around 1.5 million spectators along a route from Hyde Park through Trafalgar Square.
Paris Pride / Marche des Fiertés (France) — Late June or early July, with hundreds of thousands marching through the city. France additionally hosts major Pride events in Lyon, Marseille, Nice, and beyond.
Taiwan Pride (Taipei) — Held the last Saturday of October, Taiwan Pride is the largest Pride in Asia, drawing 150,000-plus marchers. It carries extra weight as the flagship Pride event in a region where LGBTQ+ rights remain heavily contested — Taiwan was the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
Tel Aviv Pride (Israel) — Mid-June, with a parade route from Meir Park to Charles Clore Park on the Mediterranean. Tel Aviv is widely regarded as the largest Pride in the Middle East and a major draw for international LGBTQ+ travelers.
Stockholm Pride (Sweden) and Copenhagen Pride (Denmark) both run in late July or early August and are considered Scandinavia’s headline events, each drawing several hundred thousand attendees.
Pride parades in Europe
Europe holds the densest concentration of Pride events anywhere in the world. Beyond the headliners above, the major map pins worth knowing:
- Brussels Pride — Mid-May, one of Europe’s earliest big-city Prides on the calendar
- Vienna Pride / Regenbogenparade — Mid-June, marching around the Ringstraße
- Cologne Pride / CSD Köln — Early July, one of Germany’s largest CSDs alongside Berlin
- Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich CSDs — Spread across July and August
- Barcelona Pride — Late June; the second-biggest in Spain after Madrid
- Rome / Roma Pride, Milan / Milano Pride, Bologna Pride, Naples / Napoli Pride — Italy’s main Prides run between mid-June and late June
- Lisbon Pride — Mid-June; Porto also hosts a major parade
- Athens Pride — Mid-June, with growing visibility
- Prague Pride — Mid-August, Eastern Europe’s largest
- Warsaw Equality Parade — Mid-June, increasingly a flashpoint event in Polish civil rights
- Budapest Pride — Often held under unusual political constraints, making it a notable act of visibility
- Zagreb Pride — June, Croatia’s flagship
- Helsinki, Oslo, Reykjavík Prides — Late June through August across the Nordics
- Brighton Pride (UK), Manchester Pride (UK), Birmingham Pride (UK), Glasgow Pride (Scotland) — Major regional Prides in the UK across May–August
- Dublin Pride (Ireland) — Late June, Ireland’s largest
Smaller but worth noting: Sitges Pride outside Barcelona in June; Maspalomas Pride in the Canary Islands in May; Mykonos has its own celebrations though no formal parade; Brighton’s weekend draws crowds that punch well above the city’s size.
Pride parades in Latin America
After São Paulo and Mexico City, the major Latin American Prides on the map:
- Buenos Aires Pride / Marcha del Orgullo (Argentina) — Held in November rather than June; runs from Plaza de Mayo to the National Congress
- Santiago Pride (Chile) — Late June; Chile’s largest LGBTQ+ event
- Bogotá Pride (Colombia) and Medellín Pride — Late June through July
- Lima Pride (Peru) — Late June or early July
- Quito Pride (Ecuador) — Late June
- Montevideo Pride (Uruguay) — September, late in the calendar; Uruguay was the first country in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage by national law
- Rio Pride (Brazil) — Late October or November, distinct from São Paulo’s June march
- Brasília, Recife, Salvador (Brazil) — Major regional Brazilian Prides
- Guatemala City, Panama City, San Juan, Santo Domingo, San José — Across Central America and the Caribbean
Pride parades in Asia and Oceania
Beyond Sydney Mardi Gras and Taiwan Pride:
- Tokyo Rainbow Pride (Japan) — Late April, one of Asia’s largest, with the parade route through Yoyogi and Shibuya
- Osaka / Kansai Rainbow Festa and Nagoya Rainbow Pride — Major regional Japanese Prides
- Hong Kong Pride Parade — November
- Bangkok Pride (Thailand) — June; Thailand legalized same-sex marriage in 2025, making this Pride era especially significant
- Chiang Mai Pride — Smaller but growing; also in northern Thailand’s tourist season
- Pink Dot SG (Singapore) — Single-day annual gathering at Hong Lim Park rather than a march, due to local restrictions on parades
- Metro Manila Pride, Cebu Pride, Davao Pride (Philippines) — Late June, with Manila’s the largest in Southeast Asia by attendance
- Seoul Queer Culture Festival (South Korea) — Late May or early June
- Mumbai Pride / Queer Azaadi March, Delhi Queer Pride, Bangalore Pride, Kolkata Pride Walk (India) — Indian Prides run mostly between November and February, off the global June cycle
- Saigon Pride / Hanoi Pride (Vietnam) — Both growing in size and visibility
- Auckland Pride, Wellington Pride, Christchurch Pride, Queenstown Winter Pride (New Zealand) — Spread across February through September
- Melbourne / Midsumma, Brisbane, Adelaide / Feast Festival, Perth, Hobart / TasPride, Canberra / SpringOUT, Darwin Pride (Australia) — Australia hosts a Pride somewhere almost every month of the year
Pride parades in Africa and the Middle East
Pride in much of Africa and the Middle East faces real legal and physical risk. The map distinguishes well-established Prides from emerging or informal ones:
- Johannesburg Pride (South Africa) — Late October, Africa’s oldest and largest Pride
- Cape Town Pride and Durban Pride — South Africa’s other major events, in February/March and July respectively
- Tel Aviv Pride and Jerusalem Pride (Israel) — Tel Aviv in mid-June, Jerusalem a few weeks earlier under heavy security
- Beirut Pride (Lebanon) — Held quietly, not always publicly publicized
- Windhoek Pride (Namibia), Gaborone Pride (Botswana), Nairobi Pride (Kenya) — Smaller but established events
- Accra, Lagos, Kampala, Lusaka, Harare — Marked on the map as emerging or informal; these are not public parades in the conventional sense, but represent communities organizing under serious legal restrictions
- Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival (Tunis, Tunisia) — Pride-adjacent, the most public LGBTQ+ event in the Maghreb
- Cairo and Marrakech — Historical and informal entries, with no current public parade
Pride parades in the United States in 2026
The U.S. map below covers 150-plus Pride parades and festivals across all 50 states — every major city plus mid-size and smaller-town celebrations that often go unlisted in national roundups.
The biggest U.S. Pride parades
NYC Pride March — Last Sunday in June. The largest Pride event in the United States, drawing roughly two million people. The march starts at 26th Street and 5th Avenue, passes the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street, and ends in the West Village.
San Francisco Pride — June 27–28, 2026, with the parade on Sunday June 28. SF Pride consistently draws around a million attendees and is one of the oldest in the country, running since 1970.
LA Pride — Second weekend in June (June 13–14, 2026), centered on Hollywood Boulevard. The Christopher Street West parade in 1970 was the first permitted gay Pride parade in the world.
Chicago Pride Parade — Sunday, June 28, 2026. One of the country’s oldest and largest Prides, with the route running through Boystown / Northalsted and Lakeview.
Capital Pride (Washington, DC) — Mid-June, with both a parade and festival across multiple days. Hosted WorldPride in 2025.
Houston Pride — Late June, the biggest Pride in Texas with a parade through Downtown.
Atlanta Pride — October, distinct from most major U.S. cities — Atlanta has held its parade in the fall since the early 2000s, anchored to National Coming Out Day.
Miami Beach Pride — Mid-April, kicking off the spring Pride season and known for its beach-and-Ocean Drive parade route.
Phoenix Pride — April 4–5, 2026 at Steele Indian School Park, drawing tens of thousands.
Denver Pride — June 27–28, 2026, with the PrideFest on the 16th Street pedestrian promenade and a parade on 17th Avenue.
Seattle Pride — Late June, with Pacific Northwest’s largest parade running through downtown.
Twin Cities Pride (Minneapolis/St. Paul) — Late June at Loring Park; the largest Pride in the Midwest after Chicago.
Pittsburgh Pride — Early June, with the parade through Downtown.
Boston Pride — Early June, returning after a multi-year reorganization.
Philadelphia Pride — Early June through Center City.
U.S. Pride parades by region
West: Beyond LA, SF, Seattle, Phoenix, and Denver — major Prides include Portland (Oregon), San Diego, Long Beach, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Salt Lake City (Utah Pride), Boise, Anchorage and Juneau. California alone hosts more than 20 distinct Prides on the map, from Sacramento and Oakland in the north to Riverside, Pomona, and Bakersfield in the south.
South: Anchored by Houston, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Nashville, Charlotte, Tampa, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Memphis, Jacksonville, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas (Festival of Rainbows), Fort Worth (Trinity Pride), Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Pensacola, Savannah, Charleston (SC Pride), Raleigh, Durham, Asheville (Blue Ridge Pride), Knoxville, Hattiesburg, Jackson (MS), Baton Rouge, Little Rock, Fayetteville (NWA Pride) and many smaller community celebrations.
Midwest: Chicago, Twin Cities, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City (both KS and MO sides), St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux Falls, Fargo-Moorhead, Wichita, Topeka, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Duluth, Rochester (MN), St. Cloud, Springfield (MO), Springfield (IL), Peoria, Rockford, Champaign-Urbana, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Evansville.
Northeast: NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Rochester (NY), Syracuse (CNY Pride), Long Island, Jersey City, Newark, Asbury Park (Jersey Pride), Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Bridgeport, Providence (Rhode Island PrideFest), Burlington (Vermont Pride), Portland (ME), Manchester, Concord, Keene and Portsmouth (NH), Worcester, Northampton, Provincetown (MA), Baltimore, Annapolis, Wilmington, Rehoboth Beach (DE).
The U.S. map also includes prides in places that often go uncovered in national lists — Sedona, Flagstaff, Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Missoula, Billings, Reno, Bakersfield, Modesto, Stockton, Vallejo, Redding, Chico, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Fresno, Tucson, Albuquerque, Tulsa, Oklahoma City (both OKC Pride and Oklahoma PrideFest), Wichita, Topeka, Lexington, Louisville, Knoxville, Mobile, Huntsville, Augusta, Columbus (GA), Myrtle Beach, Sarasota/Bradenton, Tallahassee, Key West, Jersey City, Newark, Stamford, Bridgeport, Northampton, Provincetown, Worcester and dozens more.
When does Pride happen? Pride parades by month
Pride is most visible in June, but the calendar runs almost year-round.
February — March: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (Australia), Cape Town Pride (South Africa), Auckland Pride (New Zealand), Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, the start of warm-weather Prides in tropical destinations.
April: Tokyo Rainbow Pride (Japan), Phoenix Pride, Miami Beach Pride.
May: Maspalomas Pride (Canary Islands), Brussels Pride, Long Beach Pride, Birmingham Pride (UK).
June (the global peak): São Paulo Pride, NYC Pride, LA Pride, Madrid Pride, London Pride, Paris Pride, Mexico City Pride, San Francisco Pride, Chicago Pride, Capital Pride, Boston Pride, Philadelphia Pride, Tel Aviv Pride, Bangkok Pride, Rome Pride, Athens Pride, Seoul Queer Culture Festival, Vienna Pride, Helsinki Pride, Dublin Pride — and roughly 130 of the 150+ U.S. Prides on the map.
July: Cologne CSD, Frankfurt CSD, Hamburg Pride, Stockholm Pride (often spans late July into August), Madrid’s parade weekend (which sits at the very start of July), Brighton Pride, Manchester Pride, plus EAA AirVenture and other non-Pride events that share the calendar.
Late July — August: Amsterdam Canal Parade and WorldPride 2026 (July 25 – August 2), Reykjavík Pride (Iceland), Copenhagen Pride, Berlin CSD (late July), Prague Pride, Montreal Pride, Vancouver Pride, Provincetown Carnival.
September — October: Atlanta Pride (October), Folsom Street Fair (San Francisco, late September), Las Vegas Pride (Columbus Day weekend), Sedona Pride, Taiwan Pride (last Saturday of October), Johannesburg Pride.
November: Hong Kong Pride, Buenos Aires Pride, Indian Prides in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Kolkata.
How to use these maps
The maps are searchable and filterable. Type a city or state into the search box to jump straight to a pin. Click any marker for the parade name, the 2026 dates where confirmed, and a short description.
If you’re traveling for Pride, the global map is the better starting point — you can see by glance which continents have events the week you’re flexible. If you’re looking for the closest Pride to where you live in the U.S., the Coast to Coast map is more comprehensive,C with smaller community celebrations that don’t make most national lists.
Both maps are updated as Pride organizers confirm 2026 dates.
FAQ
How many Pride parades are there in the world?
There’s no single authoritative count, but the realistic global universe is somewhere between 600 and 1,000 events when you include every city-level Pride, regional CSD in Germany, state capital march in Brazil, and community celebration. The U.S. alone has over 150 distinct Pride events. Curated lists like the IGLTA’s global calendar typically feature 100–150 of the most notable.
Which is the biggest Pride parade in the world?
São Paulo Pride is generally considered the largest, with peak attendance in the three to five million range. NYC Pride and Madrid Pride are the next-largest globally, with attendance figures sometimes overlapping São Paulo’s depending on the year.
When did Pride parades start?
The first Pride parade was the Christopher Street Liberation Day march in New York City on June 28, 1970, marking the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago held simultaneous marches that same day. Sydney followed in 1978, becoming the first major Pride outside North America.
Where is WorldPride 2026?
Amsterdam, July 25 to August 2, 2026, with the Canal Parade on Saturday August 1.
When is Pride Month?
June, in commemoration of the Stonewall uprising. That said, Pride parades happen in every month of the year somewhere in the world — Sydney runs in February/March, Atlanta in October, Buenos Aires in November.
Are all Pride parades on these maps free to attend?
Most Pride parades themselves are free to watch from the route. Some festivals and ticketed events around the parade — VIP viewing, after-parties, festival entry — carry a ticket cost. Check the official site for each Pride (linked from each map pin) for specifics.
If you’re organizing a Pride event and looking for a better way to show the route, vendors, stages, and after-parties to attendees, take a look at how organizations use Mapme to build interactive event maps. The two maps embedded above were built on the same platform.
Don’t see your local Pride on the maps? You can suggest an addition by contacting us, and it’ll be reviewed and added.