Each year, more and more cities in France and Belgium organize Prides (or Pride marches) to celebrate diversity, inclusion and to fight the discrimination that LGBT people face. In this article, we will provide the dates and locations of all Prides in France for the current year.
What is Pride?
Pride originates from the Stonewall riots that took place in New York on June 28, 1969 and lasted 3 days. At the time, LGBTQ+ people were often persecuted and discriminated against by authorities and society in general. The Stonewall uprising was a turning point in the history of LGBTQ+ rights, marking the beginning of the LGBTQ pride movement. The first Pride march took place a year later in 1970, on the anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
Today, Pride or Pride marches are joyful and festive demonstrations, but also political, celebrating diversity and inclusion. It allows us as LGBTQIA+ people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, aromantic) to show our pride in campaigning for equal rights and to demand those still to be won, such as medically assisted procreation (MAP) for everyone and surrogacy (gestation for others). The objective is also to reclaim public space and to make ourselves visible in order to fight homophobia, lesbophobia, transphobia and more generally all the discriminations faced by the LGBTI community, whether related to sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Pride march is also a moment to gather information at the stands of activists from various LGBT associations such as SOS homophobia, Stop homophobia, Inter-LGBT… You can also inquire about joining an LGBT association to combat homophobia and LGBTphobias.
Comprehensive list of all Pride dates in France, Belgium and Switzerland in 2026
Get your rainbow flags, your rainbow make-up and your best slogans ready; SimiliQueer provides you with a city-by-city recap of the Pride calendar in France for 2026.
➜ May 9: Agen, Libourne
➜ May 16: Besançon, Blois, Brussels (BE), La Roche-sur-Yon, Valence, Vannes
➜ May 23: Poitiers, Reims
➜ May 30: Alençon, Avignon, Belfort, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Laval, Lille, Narbonne, Niort, Orléans, Rodez, Vernon
➜ June 6: Angoulême, Aubenas, Bourges, Chartres, Douarnenez, Fougères, Mulhouse, Saint-Etienne, Thionville, Toulouse, Tours, Troyes
➜ June 13: Alès, Ajaccio, Auxerre, Biarritz, Caen, Calais, Lyon, Metz, Nantes, Nevers, Périgueux, Perpignan, Saint-Brieuc, Toulon
➜ June 14: Radical Pride Paris
➜ June 20: Brest, Chalon-sur-Saône, Grenoble, Guéret, Joigny, Montpellier, Strasbourg, Rennes, Rouen, Vesoul, Zurich (Switzerland)
➜ June 27: Albi, Amiens, Carcassonne, Lorient, Paris, Lausanne (Switzerland)
➜ July 4: Dunkirk, Le Mans, Marseille, Roanne, Quimper
➜ July 25: Chenevelles (Rural Pride), Bern (Switzerland)
➜ August 8: Antwerp (BE)
➜ September 12: Clisson
➜ October 10: Chambéry
All Pride march dates are not yet available; this article will be updated as they become available.
