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10 cool things to do in Paris during Pride Month

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June means Pride Month! It’s the perfect time to remember all the struggles for LGBTQIA+ rights, as well as to come together and share joyful moments with books, meetups, parties, and protests. Looking for some great outing ideas to celebrate this month with fellow queers and allies? Here’s a (non-exhaustive) list of 10 awesome things to do in Paris to feel proud and engaged!


We're parading at the Pride of the Suburbs 

On June 7th, it's time for the march that stands up for the rights of LGBTQIA+ people in popular neighborhoods. The Pride of the Suburbs is back on the streets of La Courneuve! Join us at 1 PM at the La Courneuve-Aubervilliers train station, with the parade set to kick off at 2 PM on Boulevard Pasteur. For this special occasion, a community village will welcome you from 4 PM to 7:30 PM at Liberté Park, plus there's an after party at Dock B that'll go on until the wee hours. The cherry on top? You can also support the association in organizing the march by making a small donation in the donation pot !

Pride of the Suburbs 
Courneuve-Aubervilliers Station (93)
Saturday, June 7, 2025, starting at 1 PM
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We’re filling up on glitter at the Drag & Queer Market

Ghost Elecktra and Replicant Events present the 6th edition of the Drag & Queer Market, back this year at Kilowatt on June 7 and 8. This event is perfect for all glitter lovers, hair spray enthusiasts, and high heel aficionados, featuring vendors of all kinds, round tables, creative workshops, queer art, drag shows, and a bunch of DJ sets. All this accompanied by an amazing lineup of super talented drag queens, including Ruby on the Nail, Magnetica, and Lula Strega, all featured on Drag Race France, as well as the British duo Kyran Thrax and Lill seen on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. 

Drag & Queer Market
Le Kilowatt
18, rue des Fusillés – Vitry-sur-Seine (94)
Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8, 2025
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Let's grab a drink at the Bunker

Opened last April, Le Bunker is a bar designed for and by the queer and racially diverse youth of Paris and beyond. Rio and Mya, the co-founders, offer perfectly shaken cocktails and a menu of Philippine-Caribbean street food to satisfy your cravings. Plus, there's a huge terrace to enjoy the sunny days and a dancing vibe with the beats of afrobeat, bouyon, shatta, and pop classics. In short, the queer and racially diverse youth of Paris finally have a safe space in the capital. Allies are warmly welcomed!

Bunker
54, rue Guy-Moquet – 17th
Open from Wed. to Sun. from 4 PM to 2 AM


Discover queer comedians at the Flèche d’Or stand-up night

With the world going completely nuts, we all need a good laugh! Join us at the Flèche d’Or on June 12 for a Pride special stand-up night to relax, enjoy some fresh jokes, and discover the talents shaping queer comedy today. For this edition, the unstoppable Tahnee invites four amazing guests who are sure to crack you up: Noam Sinseau, Laury Madel, Hétonque, and Ameziane. It’s also a great chance to support the Flèche d’Or, a legendary and committed space in Paris.

Stand-up special Pride
La Flèche d’Or
102 bis, rue de Bagnolet – 20th
Thursday, June 12, 2025, from 8 PM to midnight
More info and tickets


We’re running against discrimination at the Pride Run

This year, Inter-LGBT is celebrating its 25th anniversary! To celebrate this milestone, the organization has decided to host its "very first Pride Week." A whole week of events that will pulse through Paris and its surroundings leading up to the famous Pride March. And to warm up properly, Inter-LGBT is inviting us on Sunday, June 22 for the first Pride Run in Pantin. What's on the agenda? A sporty, festive, and especially committed moment, to remind us that sports are for everyone, without exception. The run will cover a distance of 6.28 km.Exactly, a tribute to the Stonewall riots (June 28, 1969), a cornerstone event for LGBTQIA+ rights! For the most courageous, you can do two laps of the course, either solo or as a duo !

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Pride Run
Place de la Pointe – Pantin (93)
Sunday, June 22, 2025
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We're going to see the urban exhibition 25 years of resistance at Maurice Gardette Square

Still as part of Pride Week, through the initiative of the...Inter-LGBT has dressed up the Maurice Gardette square in the colors of LGBTQIA+ struggles with a urban exhibition featuring 25 contemporary artists who reinterpret the last 25 posters of the Pride March. It's a vibrant mural, blending archives and creativity, to celebrate memory and reinvention! 

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25 years of resistance
Square Maurice Gardette – 11th arrondissement
From June 20 to June 28, 2025
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We support our local LGBTQIA+ bookstores

Violette and Co, a feminist, lesbian, and LGBTQIA+ bookstore and café, reopened its doors at the end of 2023 on rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud, providing Parisians with a welcoming space featuring nearly 6,000 titles that promote openness, diversity, inclusivity, and tolerance. The cherry on top? This charming little spot dressed in pink also hosts meetings, readings, and workshops of all kinds throughout the year. 

Violette and Co
52, rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud – 11th
More info and schedule


We’re going to see Extravaganza at Hasard Ludique

An edgy evening to celebrate Pride Month. Extravaganza is back for one last performance at Hasard Ludique, inviting everyone to come together for Pride. To mark this occasion, the House of Flowers brings together amazing drag queens and artists from diverse backgrounds, celebrating queer art and activism in all its forms. We will see Diva Beirut, Tahnee, Mona la Doll, La Précieuse, and Joh Lala, with the ultra-charismatic Manly B as our MC.

Extravaganza Special Edition #4
Le Hasard Ludique 
128 Avenue de Saint-Ouen – 18th
Friday, June 27, 2025, at 8:30 PM
More info and tickets


Let's join the traditional Pride March

When it's Pride Month, it's time for Prides to bloom in all the major cities across France! It's the perfect chance to come together, show off our brightest colors, sing, dance, and celebrate love and the LGBTQIA+ community. For this new edition, we’ll gather on Saturday, June 28, starting at 1:30 PM at the Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre metro station, for a route that leads to the Place de la Nation for a welcoming and inclusive party.

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Pride March 2025
Saturday, June 28, 2025, starting at 1:30 PM
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We're having an after party at Virage with Wet For Me

After the Pride, what’s better than a fantastic night of celebration to keep the party going? Well, Virage, the open-air club under the overpass, is ready to make us happy by inviting Wet For Me by Barbi(e)turix for two days of raised fist partying. Get ready for: 15 artists, two live performances, a Dramagouine market, and some incredible shows!

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Wet For Me Pride Edition
Virage Paris
26, rue Hélène-et-François-Missoffe – 17th
Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 6 PM to 6 AM
Sunday, June 29, 2025, from 4 PM to 1 AM
More info and ticketing