The Cape Town Pride Parade is usually held at midday on the final Saturday of pride. The biggest events not to miss are, of course, the main pride parade, the pride Mardi Gras Festival and the official after party, all of which culminate on the final weekend.
Over the course of two weeks there are events for everyone, including different faith communities, pride pageants, fun runs in fancy dress, men’s/women’s nights, pool parties, poetry evenings, drag shows, bingo nights, comedy nights, professional networking mixers, parties-the list goes on! Keep an eye out for next year’s dates to be released! Cape Town Pride Events Events are held throughout two weeks, leading up to the Pride Parade and the main Mardi Gras Festival.
We spoke with the Festival Director of Pride, Matthew Van As, who said there is a common misconception that Cape Town Pride is just a festival full of the stereotypical white male crowd the reality is completely different and as a result Cape Town Pride had a very diverse and local feel to it! There is an even spread across gender, age, sexuality and race-everyone is well represented, which of course is what pride is about. We have never seen such a diverse and inclusive crowd at a pride festival! Most pride festivals we have been to were 95% men (which of course is nice for us!), however this is not the case for Cape Town at all. We found Cape Town Pride to be so unique because of the people. Gay Pride in Cape Town was not what we expected at all! It really is quite unique compared to many of the other gay pride events we have been to and we highly recommend you add it to your pride bucket list. Categories: Travel Blog Gay Pride Cape Town: Everything you need to know