Gay Village 2008:
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 26 June – 20 September.
Annual open-air gay summer event with movies, shops, music, performances, parties and more.
Entrance free 20:00 – 21:30, after: on Thursdays 7 € (incl. 1 drink), on Fridays and Saturdays 13 € (incl. 1 drink).
@ Parco del Ninfeo, Via delle 3 Fontane allEur (Metro B: Magliana)
Cologne Pride weekend:
CSD parade on Sunday, 6 July, starting at 12:00.
Street festival 4 – 6 July in the Old Town of Cologne between Alter Markt and Heumarkt
Pride London:
Saturday, 5 July.
The parade with this years theme ›Fairytales, Myths and Legends‹ departs at 13:00 in Orchard Street, makes its way down Oxford Street and Regent Street to arrive at Trafalgar Square with its main stage for speeches and show program.
COLOUR – huge party at the Gay Pride weekend (CSD):
Saturday, 5 July 2008.
More than 10.000 guests expected! For the very first time the Kölnarena (Germanys biggest concert and event hall) opens its doors for a gay & lesbian mega-event, presented by Colognes leading party organizers.
Bears retreat in the Madrid mountains:
›From the 11th to 13th July MAD.BEAR will hold its annual week-end combining nature, bears and furry fun in a small rural hotel Los Castaños in Cercedilla in Madrids Northern Sierra.‹ (About 50 km north west of Madrid.)
Kölner Lichter:
Huge fireworks with synchronised music along the Rhine river (from a pontoon between the bridges Hohenzollernbrücke and Deutzer Brücke). The spectacle happens on Saturday, 12th of July 2008, from 23:30 to midnight, but it is advisable to go to the left or right bank of the river much earlier to catch a good place.
Gay Circus Barcelona:
masculine acrobatics for a gay-friendly public, ›a spectacle directed to all people without prejudices‹. There are already gay themed works in literature, cinema, theater and ballet, but the first gay themed circus will be shown in Barcelona this summer at the weekend of the gay EuroGames sports event.
The story of the show is ›like a dialogue between angels and devils, the eternal conflict between the Good and the Evil‹, and has numerous references to literature, painting, dance, sculpture, photography and cinema.
Each show can be seen by up to 1000 visitors and is 25–55 € per ticket.
25, 26 and 27 July @ Moll of Barceloneta (Passeig de Joan de Borbó)
EuroPride 2008 in Stockholm:
After the sensational EuroPride 2007 in Madrid the next EuroPride will take place from 25th July till 3rd of August 2008 in Swedens capital Stockholm.
Naked Zoo:
Trade & DTPM join forces again and present this new party on Sunday, 24 August (Bank Holiday weekend). The party starts at the early time of 18:00, so that you can enjoy the sunshine in the garden area of the club.
@ Egg Club (Kings Cross, 200 York Way)
Brussels Games 2008:
17th international tournament for Badminton, Volleyball, Fitness, Swimming and Tennis. From Friday, 12 September, till Sunday, 14 September. Organized by the ›Brussels Gay Sports‹ club.
Festival of Lights:
For two weeks, famous sights in Berlin such as the TV tower and the Brandenburg Gate will be on stage by means of light, projections, fireworks, and events. Complementary there will be several cultural events dealing with the subject ›light‹.