Pride week 2025

Pride week in August is the biggest and best-known of our annual calendar of events, and this year it runs from Saturday 9 August to Sunday 17 August. The full Program is published on Monday 21 July, but you can get a taste for our plans below!

If you can’t wait for Pride in August, check out the program for Pride: Out Loud! in June!

Pride Square

For eight days – from Saturday 8 August to Saturday 16 August – we transform Copenhagen’s iconic City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen) into Pride Square, the beating heart of our event. At Pride Square you will find our stage, community spaces, exhibitor and partner booths, food and drink, our volunteer hub and more.

Events at Pride Square include our concerts like Drag Night and the Closing Concert, community activities and the Big Queer Fleamarket, Children’s Pride, sports activities, entertaining events such as drag bingo, and we are developing some new ideas for 2025 – watch this space!

Pride Square is an open public space and no ticket is required. 

Rainbow Square

Rainbow Square (Regnbuepladsen) will once again be the location for our Debate Tent, the home of our human rights content over several days. 

If you want to organise an event in the Debate Tent, the open call is live now and closes on Monday 28 April. Click here for the submission form.

Rainbow Square is an open public space and no ticket is required.

Parade

The Copenhagen Pride Parade is on Saturday 16 August 2025 and starts at Frederiksberg City Hall at 13.00 and follows the usual route to Copenhagen City Hall. Expect a fabulous crowd of up to 250.000 Copenhageners!

Individuals and groups of friends don’t need to apply to be in the Parade: you can just turn up on the day but please follow the instructions of our Parade volunteers and staff.
 
If you are a community organisation or group and you want to apply to be in the Parade, please apply once Parade applications open on Tuesday 15 April. They will close on Friday 30 May, so don’t forget! 
 
The only businesses allowed in the Parade are those who’ve demonstrated their commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community by being Partners of Copenhagen Pride. To find out more about becoming a Partner, please email us and we will get back to you.
 

After Parties and Street Parties

The official Copenhagen Pride After Party will be back in 2025! Watch this space and more information will be published in the summer!

In the evening on Saturday 16 August street parties take place close to community bars and venues on Studiestræde, Lavendelstræde, Slutterigade and Farvergade. These are not managed or organised by Copenhagen Pride but are popular with Pride visitors.

External events

Our Program includes many events organised by community organisations, cultural institutions, and other partners. We aim to include the broadest possible range of events that are inclusive and representative of our diverse community.

There is no limit to the imagination for these events. In previous years events have included inclusive church services, cultural exhibitions at SMK and Glyptotek, sexual health quiz at AIDS Fondet, queer walking tours, historical exhibits at Copenhagen Museum, and of course the brilliant cAnal Tours. 

If you have an event you would like to include in the Program, please complete this form.

Accessibility

We take a range of measures to make Copenhagen Pride as accessible as possible, and we are always keen to hear ideas on how we can improve further. In 2025, you can expect:

  • Clear information in the program on venue and event accessibility
  • Accessible toilet facilities at Pride Square 
  • Accessible viewing platform at Pride Square
  • A designated quieter space at Pride Square for relaxation and calm 
  • Water and shade for Support Animals at Pride Square and Rainbow Square
  • Parade walk-through on Friday 15 August, following the route of the Parade, so that people can familiarise themselves with the route when it is quieter and with fewer stimuli
  • Sign Language Interpretation for speeches on the main stage on Saturday 16 August (and at other times, to be confirmed)

We were the first Pride in the world to adopt the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower and this continues for a fourth year. Volunteers are trained in the meaning of the Sunflower, and Sunflower lanyards can be obtained free of charge at several locations across our event.

If you have questions or suggestions about accessibility please contact us at sekretariat@copenhagenpride.dk. 

Get involved!

There are lots of ways to get involved and be a part of Copenhagen Pride!

  • Could your business or organisation support Copenhagen Pride? We have a range of opportunities available from small-scale to major partnerships. Reach out to our Head of Secretariat, Steve Taylor, to find out more.
  • Volunteer your time during Pride week – we need more than 400 volunteers to help us deliver the biggest free Pride in Scandinavia! Find out more here.
  • If you have a bit more time, why not consider becoming a year-round Super Volunteer? We have a range of roles available. Find out more here.
  • Be a part of our Human Rights Program. You can submit a debate here, or put yourself forward as a panellist here. The deadline is 28 April, so be quick!
  • Add your event to the external events program – find out more here.

Got other ideas? We’d love to hear from you. Reach out to us at sekretariat@copenhagenpride.dk!