For the fourth year running, Barcelona is well into the preparations to welcome you to the most important LGBT pride festival in the Mediterranean – Pride Barcelona’12. The main celebrations will be on the weekend of the 29th and 30th of June and 1st of July, but entire festival includes a program that runs from the 22th of June to the 1st of July!

We will enjoy the city of Barcelona and all the diversity that Catalonia offers at an event which is preparing all sorts of activities, including film, culture, entertainment, sport and debates. It will end with a parade full of color and a great free party.

Pride Barcelona will host a cultural program lasting over a week, including artists, musicians, filmmakers and public figures from all fields. For nine days, you will be able to see the latest in LGBT cinema, attend high level conferences, see art exhibitions, and enjoy sports, social events and music.

This year, Barcelona will host the Gay Pride parade for the first time, filling the streets in the city centre with people from all over the world, floats and artists, celebrating this new LGBT festival, which is the largest in the Mediterranean.

The start point for the route is in Plaça Universitat, followed by a parade along Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes towards Plaça d’Espanya. The floats will finally park in Avinguda Maria Cristina, where the Institutions display and the party area will be open. The event starts in Plaça Universitat is scheduled for 17:00, and the parade will leave the square at 18:00.

After the parade has finished, at around eight o'clock in the evening, the floats will park in Avinguda Maria Cristina, next to the village with the display by institutions and collaborators.

After the Pride parade on the Sunday, at eight o'clock in the evening, we will park the floats in Avinguda Maria Cristina, where there will be a village with the display by institutions and collaborators, a large bar area and the Pride Barcelona main stage.

Accommodation

Barcelona Urbany is in a vibrant and trendy hostel Barcelona with privates and dorms. There’s a huge common area, free wi-fi and offers hotel-like facilities and services that will delight you and make your stay in the city even better. Dorms start from €8.90ppppn.

Come and experience Pride Barcelona 2012. See for yourself why this new event is now among the greatest pride celebrations in the world!