Rotterdam Gay Pride 2024

Rotterdam Gay Pride 2024

Rotterdam Pride returns in June 2023 to celebrate its 10th anniversary featuring 10 days of parties, events and parades.

• Visiting for Rotterdam Pride? Stay in the centre close to Beurs Station and the Pink Triangle gay district.

Rotterdam Pride Schedule

• Rotterdam Gay Pride includes several conferences and talks on LGTB rights as well as workshops and live performances and the main attraction, the Pride walk.
• Each year the pride has a special theme. All of the major shows and the parade itself revolves around this theme.

Rotterdam Pride Walk

• Friday – The Rotterdam Pride Walk leaves from Rotterdam Central at 7 pm. Everyone is welcome to participate in the Pride Walk through the centre of Rotterdam. (For security reasons, the exact route of the Pride Walk is never disclosed beforehand.)
• Stay at The James Rotterdam, a “Fabulous” 3 star hotel with great amenities, large rooms and a 24 hour onsite self service store and coffee shop.

Festival at Willemsplein

• Saturday – Enjoy a one-day festival overlooking the iconic Erasmusbrug on Willemsplein, a 19th century square in the heart of Rotterdam.
• After the pride walk, enjoy an extensive daytime program full of performances by artists, dancers and DJs..

Pride After Party

• Saturday – Following the festival, head to the official After Party by  Blush X MYiD at Perron Club in Rotterdam from 23.00 to 06.00.
• Playing a mix of Afro, Caribbean, Vogue, Amapiano, Hip Hop and More.

Rotterdam Pride Festival

• The programme of the Pride Festival is a mix of Urban, Pop, Dance and Techno very diverse with different performances.
• The festival is jam-packed with events throughout the 7 days including drag dinners, rainbow brunches, bingo nights, cinema screenings, after parties and circuit events.

Gay Rotterdam

Rotterdam is home to some of the oldest gay bars in Europe. English is almost universally spoken and the scene is concentrated in the city center around Beurs station in the so-called ‘Pink Triangle’ from Churchillplein to Westblaak, and from Westblaak to Mauritsweg.

• Start on Van Oldenbarneveltstraat at wine bar Nostra, then cross the street to experience the exhilarating vibe at Strano, where a young and mixed clientele party. Next door, you will find the Regenboog party café host of the infamous drag bingo evenings.
• At the cosmopolitan FERRY on Westblaak, you can enjoy cocktails and upbeat music.
• Loge ’90 is a fixture in Rotterdam’s gay nightlife and has the feel of a neighbourhood pub where everyone knows each other.
• And when it’s getting really late, then the fun is just getting started at Keerweer, and at Bonaparte on the Nieuwe Binnenweg, just outside the pink triangle.

Pride Circuit Events & Parties

Several pop-up parties take place throughout the year including WTF and Now&Wow.

Where to stay in Gay Rotterdam

The following hotels are currently trending with our readers. All are close to the gay bars and cubs, and the pride festivities.

Urban Residences, Hilton, Marriott and the Bilderberg Parkhotel