3. CSD Rathenow 2026

Rathenow holds its third CSD in 2026. It is organised by the town's children and youth parliament, which is an unusual arrangement and worth stating plainly: the Pride in this Havelland town is run by its under-eighteens.

A demonstration goes through the town and the day then settles on the Rideplatz with a stage programme and stands.

The 2026 edition lost the federal funding it had relied on. The money had come through a democracy programme, and the ministry now treats demonstrations as ineligible for it. The organisers decided to go ahead anyway, on the argument that visibility in rural Brandenburg is the whole point and that dropping the day would settle the question the wrong way.