Cape Town Pride Festival organises three weeks of events in a jam-packed Pride Calendar.
The festival includes a variety of cultural, sporting and social events, such as the Mr & Miss Cape Town Pride Pageant, the LGBTI Tennis Tournament, The Pride Hike, the Pets for Pride Promenade Walk and lots more – View the full Cape Town Pride 2026 calendar
The Festival ends with the Cape Town Pride Parade and Mardi Gras in Green Point.
Pride provides a platform for Cape Town’s LGBTQI+ community to raise awareness of issues and campaign for the freedoms that will allow us to live our lives on a genuinely equal footing.
Our annual Cape Town Pride Festival in February is our opportunity to be visible and speak loudly to the rest of the city about what we have achieved, how far we have come and what is still needed. It is also a Celebration of who we are.