Rainbow Parade on Vienna's Ringstrasse boulevard

Rainbow Parade & Rainbow Park

The Rainbow Parade is the highlight of the gay and lesbian year in Vienna. It will make its way along the Ringstrasse boulevard again on 18 June 2016. The Rainbow Park in front of the Votive Church will be filled with entertainment, food and music.

The setting is unrivaled worldwide: On 18 June 2016, Vienna's Ringstrasse boulevard belongs to gays, lesbians, transgenders and many others engaged in the fight for equality and against the discrimination of LGBTs. Souped-up semitrailers (with sound systems a village disco can only dream of), motorcycles, horse-drawn carriages and marching bands at the Rainbow Parade send a clear (and loud) signal for greater tolerance. Around 100,000 people will be there. The parade makes its way along the Ringstrasse boulevard. It starts at 3.00 pm at Schottentor. The lap of the Ring takes about four hours.

Rainbow Park

The Rainbow Park in the Sigmund Freud Park in front of the Votive Church is open from 16 to 18 June and offers an extensive program of activities. Trendy restaurants provide refreshments. There’s live music on a big stage. The warm-up to the parade starts here at 10.00 am on the Saturday and the big closing rally takes place at about 7.00 pm in the Rainbow Park.

Visitors who want to carry on partying afterward will be superbly rewarded with dozens of parties at various clubs from Saturday night until the sun comes up again on Sunday.

Rainbow tours

Again this year guided tours on the history of homosexuality at the University of Vienna will take place in English and German.
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