Vienna Pride and Rainbow Parade
Vienna Pride has become not just an institution, but also a symbol of diversity and equality. From May 31 to June 15, the LGBTIQ+ community will take center stage once again. Vienna City Hall, the city’s official government building, will once again host a Vienna Pride conference on June 6. The Pride Village on Rathausplatz will also be constructed again and will be a popular meeting place for all LGBTIQ+ people: Vienna’s queer scene will be buzzing here from June 12 to 14. As is the case every year, the Rainbow Parade on June 14 will take place on the most beautiful boulevard in the world: Vienna’s Ringstrasse.
The Rainbow Parade is the largest parade in Austria and an important statement for LGBTIQ+ rights. More than 200,000 people are involved every year in campaigning for permanent equality for LGBTIQ+ people. Elaborately decorated floats, cool beats and original costumes provide the fun factor.
Pride events
As happens every year, numerous events will be held in conjunction with Vienna Pride: the Vienna Pride Beach Day, for example (June 1), the Vienna Pride Drag Beach (June 9) and the now legendary Pride Run Vienna on June 13, which, like the parade, runs along Vienna’s Ringstrasse. There will also be exciting LGBTIQ+ city tours that offer in-depth insights into Vienna’s queer history.
The musical highlight of Vienna Pride will be the “queerPassion” concert at the Wiener Konzerthaus on June 7, which is a reworking of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion. Instead of the story of Jesus’ suffering, however, the focus is on the story of the suffering of discriminated and murdered lesbian, gay and trans people. And in the brunch show “Drag Portraits” on June 8, the two Viennese drag stars Grazia Patricia and Ryta Tale will bring world-famous portraits to life at the Mirage in the Vienna Prater.
Wiener Linien, Vienna’s public transport authority, will also be making a statement in favor of diversity in 2025 – the Progress Pride Flag will once again be hoisted on every streetcar in Vienna during Pride Month in June.
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Andreas Brunner came up with the idea on a trip to New York in 1994, the 25th anniversary of the "Stonewall Riots". The fight for the equality of LGBT people began with them in 1969. This was celebrated in the Big Apple in a big way. Brunner, co-director of QWIEN, was there at the time and so enthusiastic that right away he knew: "We need something like this in Vienna, too." In 1996, the time finally arrived as the first Rainbow Parade made its way along the Ringstrasse. In the video interview, Brunner remembers and reveals how the premiere in Vienna went back then.
Vienna Pride
31.5.-15.6.2025
www.viennapride.at
Rainbow Parade
14.6.2025
www.regenbogenparade.at
