Benidorm Pride Festival runs from 1 to 6 September 2026, its sixteenth edition, with eighteen parties spread over the six days. The organisers expect more than 20,000 visitors, a figure they gave when they presented the programme alongside the city's events councillor. The parade is on the Saturday.
It sets off from Levante Beach at 16:30 on 5 September with eighteen floats, follows the seafront and then turns inland through the city into the Old Town, finishing at the main stage party at the Auditori Julio Iglesias in the Parc de l'Aiguera. Both the parade and that party are free.
Two nights need a ticket. The pool party at Marakka on 3 September is twenty-five euros, with a chill-out from 10:00 and the party proper from midday, food trucks and DJs through the afternoon. It sits out at Partida Els Tolls and is the one part of the week you cannot walk to: a collaborator runs a free shuttle back to the Old Town from about 18:00, seats limited, and a taxi is the fallback. Towels are not provided. The White Party at the Auditori on 4 September is fifteen euros with a white dress code, and the festival's own listings carry the rest.
Everything else costs nothing. N Divas Disco returns to the Auditori on the evening of 3 September for its second year, with Manu Show as master of ceremonies, La Prohibida and Kika Lorace as guests, and the high heels race is back on the bill. The bars and clubs of the Old Town run late every night of the week and count as part of the official programme rather than a fringe around it. The festival is twinned with Seville's Pride and joined InterPride this year.
Almost all of the scene sits in or beside the Old Town, which is what makes this Pride easy to do without a car. Bear's Bar, Spirit Bar, Brief Encounter and New People are among the bars, New Incognito and Molino among the clubs, with H2O Sauna nearby and Babylon or Casa Don Juan if you want a bed in the middle of it.
Spain scores 88.70 of 100 on ILGA-Europe's 2026 Rainbow Index, the highest of any country in Europe, and our Spain country page sets out what that covers. The dates, the location and the map are on our Benidorm Pride Festival event page.