Vienna Gay Pride 2024

Vienna Gay Pride 2024 – Magical city, magical pride – complete with a beach

Vienna Pride is one of the most colourful pride events in Europe featuring a festive gay village, huge circuit parties, camp Viennese balls, several cultural events all wrapped up with a fun, friendly and vibrant gay scene.

• Visiting for Vienna Pride, Stay close to the gay bars in the Nachmarkt district. Try the K+K Hotel Maria Theresia, rated “Fabulous”, a 4 star hotel with modern decor and delicious buffet breakfast.  

Vienna Pride

• Vienna Pride runs from the 1st of the month with a series of cultural activities and exhibitions. Events culminate on the final weekend of the 18th of June with a gay village, several circuit parties and the main parade.
• Stay close to all the pride events at the Small Luxury Hotel Altstadt Vienna, rated “Fabulous” by guests with beautifully decorated spacious rooms, highly-rated breakfasts and excellent location.

Vienna Pride Village

• Awaiting Dates – The Pride Village calls City Hall Square home, a tent city in the middle of town, offering a mix of culture, shows, food and information. Many of the city’s gay and lesbian restaurants will provide food and drink.
• Check out the top hotels closest to the gay village.

Vienna Gay Beach

• Each day, from 11.00 am to 10.00 pm, visitors  can relax on loungers, enjoy a drink, learn about the Viennese community and dance to party music in a purposely built raised sand beach, one of the many traditions of Vienna Pride.

Vienna Pride Parade 2022

• Awaiting Dates – The highlight of Vienna Pride is the Rainbow Parade or Regenbogenparade on Saturday. On trailers, motorbikes, in carriages or on foot: gays, lesbians, drag queens, leather boys, transgenders and many more celebrate at the Rainbow Parade and send out a signal against discrimination.
• Vienna’s famous Ringstrasse is closed off to traffic as  the Rainbow Parade makes its way around the entire ring road, starting at 2.00 pm (start and end: City Hall Square). More than 100,000 visitors attend the parade each year.
• The Ringstrasse is divided into different sections of road which form the ring around the city: Stubenring, Parkring, Schubertring, Kärntner Ring, Opernring, Burgring, Dr. Karl-Renner-Ring, Dr. Karl-Lueger-Ring and Schottenring.
• Stay at the Hotel Am Parkring, rated “Excellent” by guests with panoramic city views, close to all the pride events.

Vienna Pride Circuit Parties

• Those who want to continue partying afterward will also be superbly looked after: Numerous parties at different locations will turn night into day from Saturday to Sunday.
• Awaiting dates and venues for 2024.
• Circus CAGE with guest DJs in one of the city’s biggest gay clubs.
• Astronaughty presents a special pride edition.
• KEN Club hosts “Super Disco” with OMG Society.

Vienna Pride Rainbow Tours

• The traditional Rainbow tours on the history of homosexuality will be held again at the University of Vienna on Friday. The tour will be held in German at 4.00 pm and in English at 6.00 pm.

Gay Vienna

• Naschmarkt is Vienna’s gay neighbourhood on the banks of the Wien River. The district is close to the beautiful Museums Quarter.  Several gay bars and cafes are found close to Naschmarkt, a busy fresh fruit and vegetable market dating back to the 16th century. including the world famous Café Savoy
• The lion’s share of gay bars and clubs is situated near the Villa, in the district along Linke Wienzeile and Rechte Wienzeile.
• The Boutiquehotel Das Tyrol is just seconds from the gay bars and clubs and has a private spa, great staff and excellent decor.
• Just a short walk from Naschmarkt, Gumpendorferstraße (Gumpendorf Street), is home to lively gay and gay friendly restaurants and bars. Meanwhile the area around Linke Weinzeile, just down the river from Naschmarkt, is the traditional home of the historic gay district. Here you will still find many of the city’s older gay establishments.

Where to stay during Vienna Pride?

Here are the hotels we recommend that have good reviews and keep you close to all the action:

Hotel Imperial,   Steigenberger Hotel,   Austria Trend Hotel,   Hotel Maria Theresia.