Towns and cities all around Ireland will be celebrating the LGBTQ+ community as well as their friends and familiesDominica Ahmed takes part in the 2025 Pride parade in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Fri Jun 26 2026 - 06:00 • 3 MIN READPride season is officially upon us with marches, family picnics, club nights and more, running in locations all around the country this month and late into the summer. While some counties have been celebrating since late May, here is a guide to some of the big Pride events happening around the country for the rest of the summer. Many counties will add smaller, more specific events and timings in the weeks leading up to their celebrations, so it’s worth keeping an eye on local Pride groups and social media for the latest updates. JuneDublinBlessing Ayigbe (left) and Lilian Njoroge at the Dublin Pride Parade in Dublin city centre in 2025. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien The Dublin Pride parade takes place on Saturday, June 27th. This is the biggest annual Pride celebration in Ireland, with more than 100,000 people taking part each year. The parade will depart from O’Connell Street at noon, continuing through Eden Quay, Custom House Quay, Talbot Memorial Bridge, City Quay, Lombard Street, Westland Row and concluding at Merrion Street Lower. Dublin Pride has a list of events happening across the county on its website. In addition to ticketed events, the information includes free, unticketed events run by Dublin City Council and various Pride sponsors. See dublinpride.ie.The annual Mother Pride Bloc Party, set across multiple stages on the grounds of the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street takes place on Saturday, June 27th, from 4pm until 11pm, with thousands expected to attend the party. The event is 18+ and this year’s line-up includes Sofi Tukker, Jinkx Monsoon, Jodie Harsh, Cakes Da Killa, Hause of Wig, Sing Along Social, Mother DJs and more. Preceding the official Dublin Pride Parade on Saturday, the Dublin Dyke March will take place for the second year in a row on Friday, June 26th. The Dublin Dyke March is a grassroots LGBTQ+ protest event specifically for lesbians, queer women and non-binary people, with a theme this year of “resist and persist”.The march departs from the Garden of Remembrance at 6.45pm, with the charity Dublin Lesbian Line’s annual “Dyke Night” party taking place later that evening in Opium from 11pm, featuring DJs and performances. Another grassroots pride event takes place in Dublin in a couple of weeks time when Trans and Intersex Pride hosts a march on Saturday, July 11th, departing at 2pm from Dublin City Hall.WicklowWicklow is hosting a festival from Sunday, June 28th until Saturday, July 4th, concluding with a parade on July 4th at 2.30pm. JULYLimerickLimerick’s Pride parade is scheduled for Saturday, July 11th. Belfast The Pride festival runs from Friday, July 16th, until Sunday, July 26th, with the parade taking place on Saturday July 25th from 1pm. The parade is expected to see thousands marching through Belfast, as it regularly exceeds 80,000 people annually. KerryDon't rain on my parade: Participants brave the downpours during the Kingdom Pride parade in Killarney in 2023. Photograph: Valerie O'Sullivan Kerry’s Pride festival is “a celebration of inclusion and acceptance of all” and runs over the weekend of July 17th to 19th, with a parade on Saturday 18th, in Killarney. A number of other events, such as a party in Pearse Park, Tralee, will also take place. KilkennyThe Pride festival in Kilkenny takes place the following week from Thursday, July 23rd until Sunday, July 26th. The parade itself takes place on Saturday and the rest of the day includes a line-up of family fun, nightlife and performances such as comedy and late night music. AugustCork Cork will host a family picnic on Saturday, August 1st and a Pride parade on Sunday, August 2nd. Cork’s pride festival is being organised by community volunteers across both the city and county. As Pride in Cork is taking place later in the summer, some events have yet to be announced, but it’s expected that there will music, arts and culture events taking place, similar to previous years, which can be accessed on social platforms later in the summer.GalwayGalway Pride festival. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy Galway Pride Festival is Ireland’s longest running continual Pride event, with a weeklong celebration including panel talks, performances and mental health workshops. The parade takes place in Galway on Saturday, August 8th. Longford The Pride parade in Longford is scheduled for Saturday, August 8th. Eddie McGuinness of the Labour Party will be the parade’s grand marshall this year, and a range of related events will place in the week leading up to the parade. Details can be found on Longford Pride’s Instagram account. RoscommonRoscommon Pride, which celebrates the LGBTQ+ community in rural Ireland, features a three-day weekend festival running from Friday, August 21st to Sunday, August 23rd, with the parade taking place on Saturday 22nd.IN THIS SECTION