Every year sees the festive rendezvous of the former Gay Pride, now known as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pride March, a national event that demands equal rights for heterosexuals and LGBTQI+ people. This year, the event returns to Paris this Saturday, June 28, 2025.Inter-LGBT has announced this on its website.
So, what can we expect this summer? Traditionally, the parade is preceded by a speech. The procession then takes to the streets of the capital in the early afternoon. At the finish line, the Paris Pride March gives way to the Grand Podium, a festive, free event featuring a number of musical artists. Since the 2023 edition, the famous Marche des Fiertés has been marked by theabsence of floats, in order to " pursue the eco-responsibility and decarbonization of the event ".
What about the route of this 2025 edition of the Marche des Fiertés in Paris? This year, there's a change of program, as the parade will set off from the center of the capital. Meet at 1:30pm at the Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre metro station (lines 1 and 7). As in previous years, the procession will not reach the Place de la République, but the Place de la Nation. Stay tuned for details of the route the parade will take through the streets of Paris.
Organized for the first time in France in 1981, the event attracts over half a million people to the streets of Paris. This event, now a must, is one of a kind. You need to have been there at least once to experience the excitement, the festive atmosphere and the demands of this demonstration, whose objective is simple: to obtain equality and respect.
Until 2022, the Marche des Fiertés was made up of a procession of colorful and musical floats, and was an opportunity for LGBTQI+ bars and clubs, radio stations and other associations to make themselves known to the general public, through their floats and the leaflets they distributed. Many of France's largest companies, in both the private and public sectors, also had their own floats, to celebrate the right to be different in the workplace.
Organized by associations and their volunteers, the LGBTQI+ Marche des Fiertés includes some sixty associations. They are responsible for the practical organization of the entire event.
Marche des Fiertés 2025 in Paris: here's the program for the Grand Podium at Nation
Nicky Doll, Kalika, Camion Bip Bip and Afro Queer Rising invite you to the Place de la Nation in Paris this Saturday, June 28, 2025, for the return of the Grand Podium organized as part of the Marche des Fiertés. Here's the program! [Read more]
Dates and Opening Time
On June 28, 2025
Starts at 01:30 p.m.
Official website
www.inter-lgbt.org
More information
Departure from Palais-Royal - Musée du Louvre metro station (lines 1 and 7) Arrival: Place de la Nation
Marche des Fiertés 2025 in Paris: here's the program for the Grand Podium at Nation
