EuroPride Vienna 2019

EuroPride 2019

Together & Proud

EuroPride is the big joint Pride event of the European LGBTIQ community. It takes place in a different European city every year and attracts visitors from every corner of the continent. Vienna was chosen to host the EuroPride 2019: The Homosexual Initiative (HOSI) Vienna was awarded the contract to host the annual EPOA (European Pride Organiser Association) conference in Montpellier in October 2016.

The aim of the EuroPride 2019 motto “together & proud” is to invite everyone to participate, get involved and realise their own visions at this major event.

Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which started the modern LGBTIQ movement, and for the 40th birthday of the HOSI Vienna, we expect around one million visitors to join us in this multi-week event in June 2019, bringing colour and diversity to everyday life, taking to the streets and celebrating together.

When the EuroPride 2001 took place in Vienna for the first time, the Viennese Rainbow Parade (Gay Pride) had only been around for five years, i.e. since 1996. Since then, it has attracted more and more visitors each year, now more than 200,000. Vienna Pride has existed since 2007 – as an umbrella and framework for all events that are carried out around the parade. Since 2010, Pride Village lasting several days is usually organised at the Rathausplatz (town hall square).

For EuroPride 2019, the non-profit company Stonewall GmbH was founded. It’s purpose is to organise various larger events in addition to the Pride Parade and the Pride Village as well as to strengthen existing and build new partnerships within and beyond the LGBTIQ community.

EuroPride 2019 will take Pride to new heights and it will be the biggest and most international Pride that Vienna has ever seen!