Italy's Pride calendar does not end with June. The national Onda Pride list, which the LGBTQIA+ association Arcigay coordinates with local committees, still carried thirteen dates after the middle of August 2026, and the last of them falls on 4 October. Most are in smaller cities, which is where a visitor is least likely to expect one. Below is what is left, with the caveats that matter and the sources for each date.
August
- 22 August, Potenza. The Power Pride appears on the national calendar for this date. We found no published programme and no confirmation from the organising committee, so treat it as a date to check rather than a fixture.
- 29 August, Agrigento. Listed as the city's first Pride. On 7 August the local press reported that neither the date nor the route had been confirmed by the organising group, and that accounts differ over whether the comune has granted its patronage. Worth following before you plan around it.
September
- 5 September, Brescia. The organisers give the date on their own site. About an hour by train east of Milan.
- 5 September, Savona. On the national calendar. Liguria, roughly 40 minutes west of Genoa by train.
- 5 September, Portici. The Vesuvio Pride, in the Naples conurbation. It was moved out of July because of the heat, with the organisers citing the health of the participants.
- 12 September, Cologno Monzese and Brugherio. The Brianza Pride, on the calendar, crossing from the Milan metropolitan area into the province of Monza e Brianza.
- 12 September, Messina. The Stretto Pride, under the slogan Sulla rotta dei diritti. It was moved out of its usual spring slot because of the municipal elections in May and June.
- 13 September, Legnano. On the calendar. North west of Milan, on the Milan to Varese line.
- 19 September, Vercelli. The organisers, Arcigay Rainbow Vercelli-Valsesia, give the date on their own site. Between Turin and Milan.
- 26 September, Aosta. The parade closes a Pride Week running 19 to 25 September, announced in March.
- 26 September, Giugliano in Campania. On the calendar. North of Naples.
October
- 3 October, Udine. The regional FVG Pride, sixth edition, under the theme Affrontando il clima ostile. The organisers' own site carries the date and the theme.
- 4 October, Gravellona Toce. The VCO Pride, on the calendar, in Piedmont near Lake Maggiore.
If you are based in one of the bigger cities
Almost none of these Prides is in a city with much of a scene of its own, which is the point of them and also the practical problem of going. Most work as a day out from somewhere larger.
- From Milan, three of them: Brescia on 5 September, the Brianza Pride on 12 September and Legnano on 13 September, all inside an hour or so by train. Milan is where our Italian listings are thickest, from LeccoMilano to Afterline.
- From Naples, Portici on 5 September and Giugliano on 26 September, both on the local rail network. Our Naples listings include FreeID and Depot Napoli.
- From Turin, Vercelli on 19 September and Aosta on 26 September. See Centralino Club and Senzafronzoli.
- From Genoa, Savona on 5 September, a short trip along the coast. Our one Genoa listing is Aqua Club.
- In Sicily, Messina on 12 September is about two and a half hours from Palermo by train.
Udine and Gravellona Toce have no equivalent hub in our listings, so both mean an overnight stay if you are coming from far.
None of these dates falls in Versilia, which is where a good part of Italy's queer summer actually happens. The season at Torre del Lago runs through August around Mamamia and the Mama Beach lido, and it is a resort programme rather than a march. The dates for this year are in our piece on Torre del Lago's summer season.
Dates move, so check before you book
Three of the dates above are not the ones originally announced. Portici moved out of July over the heat, Messina out of the spring over the elections, and Udine was set for October rather than late September. The national calendar itself carries an instruction to confirm each date on the individual Pride's own channels, which is worth doing in the week before you travel. Committees in small towns announce their route and timings late, sometimes only days ahead.
What a Pride outside the big cities looks like
On 8 August 2026 two of them ran on the same afternoon: one through Cammarata and San Giovanni Gemini, towns in the province of Agrigento with fewer than 15,000 residents between them, and one along the seafront in Catanzaro, which Arcigay described as the only Pride in Calabria this year. Marches on this scale are closer to a street procession than to the events in Rome or Milan, and they are usually free, walkable and over by the evening.
For the legal picture behind all of this, and what it means day to day, see our Italy country page.