CSD Erlangen is on Saturday 19 September 2026. The demonstration starts at 13:00 on the Schloßplatz, goes through the city centre and returns to the square for the rally and the street festival. The motto, the three political demands and the ban on national flags are on our event page. This piece covers the practical side and the days around the march, from the programme MakeYourTownQueer has published.
At the demonstration
Stewards wear white armbands, and their instructions apply. The awareness team wears purple vests. Its base is the MakeYourTownQueer stand next to the stage, and it can also be reached by phone on 0157 73544640. Anyone can join the march at any point.
The organisers ask people to bring rain and sun protection, enough to drink in plastic bottles and their own placards, and to take their rubbish home with them. Not allowed on the march: alcohol and drugs, glass bottles, weapons, pyrotechnics, nudity and sexual acts.
The evenings around it
- Friday 18 September, 20:00 to 23:00: a queer bar evening at Zentrum Wiesengrund, hosted by the drag queens Candy Mel Cockwell and MissCee. Free entry, no registration, and a chance to meet the CSD team.
- Saturday 19 September, 11:00: a queer church service at the Neustädter Universitätskirche, two hours before the demonstration.
- Saturday 19 September, 22:00: the CSD afterparty on the club stage at E-Werk.
- Sunday 20 September, 20:00: the Neustädter Kirche screens Rosa von Praunheim's last major docudrama, about the Schlager singer Rex Gildo.
- Thursday 24 September, 20:00: Queer Kino at E-Werk shows The Beauty of Ballroom.
- Tuesday 29 September, 18:00 to 20:00: free HIV and syphilis tests, swab and urine tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea, and a PrEP check at the Queeres Zentrum Erlangen. Appointments are anonymous, made with a code word through the AIDS-Hilfe on 0911 2309035.
Going out
We list no venues in Erlangen itself. In neighbouring Nuremberg there are two bars, Bar59 and the Savoy Bar, and a men's sauna, Achilleus Men's Spa & Sauna.
Germany in brief
Germany has had same-sex marriage, with joint adoption, since 1 October 2017. It scores 69.54 out of 100 on ILGA-Europe's Rainbow Index. Our Germany page has the rest.
Other CSDs nearby
Herzogenaurach, 8 km away, holds its CSD a week later, on 26 September. The same day brings CSD Schorndorf (139 km), CSD Landshut (145 km) and CSD Gera (162 km). On 19 September itself, the nearest other CSD on our list is Offenbach, 170 km away.