Pride 2025 in Italy: dates and cities confirmed to date
Italy is preparing to host Pride 2025 to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride and diversity from north to south. From large parades in metropolises to emerging prides in smaller cities, each date represents an important opportunity for visibility, inclusion, and fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Here is an overview of the dates already confirmed for 2025.
Calendar of Pride in Italy 2025 (updated February)
- Saturday, April 5, 2025: San Remo Pride
- Saturday, May 24: Piacenza Pride | Cream Pride
- Saturday, May 31: Alexandria Pride | Enna Pride | Savona Pride | Caserta Pride
- Saturday June 7: Turin Pride | Tuscia Pride (Viterbo)
- Saturday, June 14: Rome Pride | Lecco Pride | Liguria Pride (Genoa)
- Sunday, June 15: Irpinia Pride (Avellino)
- Saturday June 21: Bergamo Pride | Palermo Pride | Salerno Pride
- Saturday, June 28: Milan Pride | South Tyrol Pride (Bolzano) | Ragusa Pride
- Saturday, July 5: Lodi Pride | Naples Pride | Catania Pride | Tortona Pride | Varese Pride
- Saturday, July 26: Termoli Molise Pride
- Saturday September 20 – Sondrio Pride Valtellina | Vesuvius Pride (Castellammare di Stabia)
- Saturday Sept. 27 – Brianza Pride (Arcore)
Pride 2025 in Italy Awaiting Confirmation
Many other cities, including Parma, Terni, Modena, Taranto, Perugia, Padua, Savona, Ferrara, Pavia, Cuneo, Enna, Genoa, and Syracuse, have hosted Pride events in previous years, but the dates for 2025 are not yet official. Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated.
What does it mean to participate in Gay Pride?
The gay pride is an annual event celebrating LGBTQ+ diversity and pride with very deep roots dating back to 1969 when a series of riots and protests, known as the Stonewall Riots, against frequent police raids on venues frequented by LGBTQ+ people. These riots, which lasted for several days, marked the beginning of gay people’s rights claims that helped mobilize and unite the community in a struggle for equality and civil rights.
Since then, Gay Pride has spread around the world, becoming an annual event of celebration, commemoration and vindication for the LGBTQ+ community. The streets and venues of cities fill with rainbow flags in a festive atmosphere that culminates in the gay pride parade, the signature march of all gay pride parades.
In addition to the celebration, gay pride is, above all, an opportunity to organize educational moments and to renew or promote commitment in the fight against homophobia, transphobia and towards all kinds of discrimination. It is a time to raise awareness by society about the issues and problems that LGBTQ+ people still experience nowadays and is an opportunity to promote a more inclusive world where everyone can feel free to live their sexual orientation or gender identity without experiencing discrimination.
