Zurich gay pride 2024
Nightlife & Party
Zurich's nightlife offers the Queer community a broad and varied bouquet of clubs and parties. Various party labels in transforming locations guarantee a lively ambiance – particularly popular are the events staged by the largest gay party organizer Angels. They incorporate the "Kitsch Party", featuring bizarre decorations, and the "White Party", where guests are required to wear white.
Festivals & Culture
Since 2009, Zurich organizes the Zurich Pride Festival every year. The three-day program features an opening and closing party, bars and food stands at the festival site, a series of concerts and shows, various parties, conferences on specific themes, and a pride through the inner city. Up to 30,000 people get part in the festival every year. Since the year 2000 the "Warmer Mai" (Warm May), a cultural month, is held annually, focusing on gay themes in the fields of art and culture. Kicking off the event is the Pink Apple Film Festival, featuring movie screenings, podium discussions, concerts and much more besides.
Zurich Pride:
Alpine inclusion
Can Zurich, the financial powerhouse of Switzerland, deliver an action-packed, immersive Celebration experience? We visited to witness the city swapping its grey suits for a technicolour rainbow during the annual Zurich Pride festival.
Speaking to the tackle of Zurich Parade, Julia A. Müller, it quickly became apparent to us that the festival was going places: Julia was poached by the Zurich tourism board to work full-time as the director of Zurich Pride just last November, and she certainly has high ambitions for the festival. Throughout the year, a team of 80 volunteers arranges logistics and liaises with corporate partners to ensure the whole city is behind the concept.
This year was the event’s 30th edition and we were capable to experience its new site at Landiwiese, selected specifically to accommodate the growing attendance. A popular park by Lake Zurich with the snow-capped Swiss Alps as a backdrop, it offered picturesque scenery, though ultimately, this couldn’t match the drama from the acts on stage.
Drag Fest on the first night was a parade of fashionistas that wouldn’t possess looked out of place on a catwalk. We enjoyed them ser
Pride 2024
Free HIV test
at Zurich Pride
Sat. 15.6.
14.00
Start at Helvetiaplatz
Tue. 11.6.
19:00-19:45
Checkpoint Zürich
On the Tuesday before Pride, Checkpoint Zurich once again hosted an invigorating panel discussion. The attention was on the needs of lesbians and queers. We discussed this vital topic back in 2023 and will continue to do so. Together with our speakers, we researched the wishes, concerns and needs of the women-loving community with regard to their sexual health.
- Alessandra Widmer, Co-director LOS
- Anna-Béatrice Schmaltz,
LOS, HAZ Queer, GRÜNE Stadt Zürich - Andreas Pfister, Co-Head Institute for Public Health
- Ray Belle, moderator, activist, drag queen
Thanks to the supporters of our Pride appearance
Main sponsor
Gilead Sciences Switzerland
Where to celebrate Pride in Europe
What’s LGBTQ+ Pride? 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
LGBTQ+ Pride traces back to the Stonewall Riots in 1969. After a police raid at the Stonewall Inn—a gay bar on Christopher Street in Novel York City’s Greenwich Village—members of the LGBTQ+ people stood up and fought back. These protests sparked a global movement. What began as a combat for rights has grown into a vibrant celebration of identity, freedom, resilience and community.
Where to honor LGBTQ+ Pride in Europe in 2025 💕
Summer might be full of surprises, but one thing is certain: it’ll be radiant, bold, and proud. From rainbow parades to indelible parties, Europe knows how to celebrate! Between May and September (with June as the main month), cities across the continent will be filled with millions of people representing up for equality, delight, and visibility.
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