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The Gooise Pride Walk Leaves Hilversum's Oude Haven at 15:00 on 10 October

By Gaycation.eu Team · 24 Sep 2026, 00:05

Gooise Pride Month runs through October 2026 in the Gooi and Vechtstreek, the area between Amsterdam and Utrecht, with Hilversum at its centre. Stichting Gooise Pride has published its agenda: 21 events over the month, in Hilversum, Bussum, Naarden, Loosdrecht, 's-Graveland and Huizen. Our event page covers what the month is. Below is when things happen.

The Pride Walk, Saturday 10 October

The Gooise Pride Walk gathers at the Oude Haven in Hilversum and runs from 15:00 to 17:00 through the town centre. The organisers invite people to walk or to stand along the route. They have not published the streets. At 17:00 the Rainbow Bar in Hilversum has a drag show, so the afternoon carries on in town.

The rest of the month

  • 1 October, 19:00: a Pokémon trading card tournament at Wijkcentrum Uit-Wijk in Bussum.
  • 4 October, 15:00: a drinks boat from the marina in Naarden.
  • 6 October, 19:30: the Silver Rainbow Award evening in the library at Loosdrecht.
  • 7 October, 11:00: the town carillonneur plays an hour of pop songs on the 51 bells of Hilversum's town hall tower, among them "True Colors" and "Born This Way". It can be heard anywhere around the Dudokpark. At 15:00 the same day, a drag reading afternoon in the library at Naarden.
  • 8 October, 18:45: rainbow bowling in Loosdrecht.
  • 11 October, 14:30: a cha-cha workshop at a dance studio in Hilversum.
  • Films: F.L.Y. on 5 October and Youri on 12 October at Filmtheater Hilversum, Downtown on 14 October at Filmhuis Bussum, and the documentary Gewoon Renée on 13 October at Hilversum library.
  • 17 October: a collage workshop at the Fotomuseum Hilversum at 13:30, and a Miss and Mister contest at the Rainbow Bar at 20:00.
  • 18 October, 10:30: a rainbow walk through the Natuurmonumenten estates at 's-Graveland. Bingo at De Vorstin in Hilversum follows at 14:00.
  • 22 October, 19:00: a queer bouldering night at Monk in Hilversum.
  • 24 October, 19:30: a Latin dance workshop in Huizen.

The closing party, 30 October

The month ends at De Vorstin on the Koninginneweg in Hilversum from 19:30. Diva Mayday hosts and plays, with live sets from 45ACIDBABIES and the queer pop and soul singer Stemin, and house and disco from DJ Glamourgirl. Tickets go through De Vorstin. The afterparty moves to the Rainbow Bar at 22:30.

Hilversum for a visitor

We do not list any venues in Hilversum yet. The Rainbow Bar hosts three of the month's evenings and is the place the programme itself keeps returning to.

The Netherlands

Same-sex couples have been able to marry in the Netherlands since April 2001. The country scores 63.82 on ILGA-Europe's Rainbow Index. More on our Netherlands page.

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