Pride March 2026: Paris's LGBT+ parade route this Saturday

As every year, the festive gathering of the former Gay Pride continues, now named the Marche des fiertés lesbiennes, gays, bis, trans, queers, intersexes (LGBTQI+), a national event advocating equal rights for heterosexual people and LGBTQI+ individuals. This year, the event returns to Paris on Saturday, June 27, 2026. This is according to Inter-LGBT on its website.

So what can we expect this summer? Traditionally, the parade is preceded by a speech starting at 12:30 p.m. The procession then sets off in the early afternoon through the streets of the capital. On arrival, the Paris Pride March gives way to the Grand Podium; a festive, free event bringing together several musical acts from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. It’s also worth noting that the famous Pride March, since the 2023 edition, has been marked by the absence of floats, in order to “continue a work of eco-responsibility and decarbonization of the event.”

What about the route for this 2026 edition of the Paris Pride March? This year, the parade will kick off at 1:30 PM from the place d'Italie in the 13th arrondissement, heading toward the avenue des Gobelins, rue Monge, Boulevard Saint-Germain, and Boulevard Henri IV via Pont Sully. The Pride March will then pass through Place de la Bastille and continue along Boulevard Beaumarchais and Boulevard du Temple, with an arrival planned at the Place de la République.

Pride March 2026: the route through Paris

• Start: Place d’Italie
• Avenue de Gobelins
• Rue Monge
• Boulevard Saint-Germain
• Pont de Sully
• Boulevard Henri IV
• Place de la Bastille
• Boulevard Beaumarchais
• Boulevard du Temple
• End: Place de la République

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This demonstration, held for the first time in France in 1981, brings together more than half a million people in the streets of Paris. This event, now a fixture on the calendar, is uniquely its own. It has to be experienced at least once to feel the buzz, the festive yet defiant atmosphere, and the simple objective at its heart: equality and respect.

Organized by the associations and their volunteers, the LGBTQI+ Pride March brings together around sixty associations. They handle the practical side of the entire event. Note that, once again this year, Inter-LGBT is launching the pride fortnight ahead of the March. So join us from June 12 to 27, 2026 to discover a series of events that are both activist, festive and cultural.

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