The Marche des Fiertés of Paris and Île-de-France takes place on Saturday 3 October 2026. Inter-LGBT, which organises it, has set the timings: speeches at Place d'Italie from 13:30, departure at 14:00.
Timings and route
The 13:30 time on most listings is the start of the speeches, not of the march. To walk near the front, be at Place d'Italie by then.
The route runs down avenue des Gobelins, rue Monge and boulevard Saint-Germain, over the pont de Sully and up boulevard Henri IV to Place de la Bastille. Inter-LGBT says it took close to two months of negotiation to get it, and that it is shorter than usual because of how many other demonstrations are already booked into the city in the weeks after the summer. The City of Paris listing gives the event as running until 23:00 and free of charge.
A concert follows at Bastille. The line-up had not been published by the organisers when this was written. The march website carries the route map and the registration for the float for people with reduced mobility.
After the march
Boulevard Henri IV, the last stretch before Bastille, is in the 4th arrondissement, and so are the three Marais bars we list: Cox on rue des Archives, Freedj on rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie and Le Raidd on rue du Temple.
For later in the night there is Le Tango (La Boite a Frissons), and the saunas we list include Les Bains d'Odessa, Key West, Le Riad and Sun City. If you are staying over, Chambre d'Amis is the guest house we carry in the city.
France in brief
Same-sex couples in France have been able to marry and adopt since 2013. ILGA-Europe's Rainbow Index scores France at 60 of 100; our France country page has the detail. This edition's slogan, "2027 : Solidarité, diversité, LGBT+ et allié·es", looks ahead to the presidential election in spring 2027.