Cape Town readies for the Mother City’s biggest Pride festival
26 February 2025
The Cape Town Pride Festival will come to an end this coming weekend with the annual Cape Town Pride Parade and Mardi Gras. The City of Cape Town-supported festival hosted several events over the past month.
The Cape Town Pride Parade and Mardi Gras will be the culmination of a month-long pride festival celebrating diversity, inclusion, and raising awareness of LGBTIQ+.
The pride parade, taking place this Saturday, 1 March, is an occasion where allies, family and friends come together as a community for Africa’s biggest parade, celebrating LGBTIQ+ awareness, diversity, and inclusivity.
The procession, organised by Outreach Africa, starts in De Waterkant’s Alfred Street at 11:00, making its way to the Green Point underpass via Somerset Road.
It is free for everyone to join.
‘Cape Town Pride has been shining a spotlight on LGBTIQ+ issues and promoting human rights for the last 30 years. It serves as a platform for raising awareness, educating and advocating for the rights of the LGBTIQA+ community - not only in the country but across the entire continent. The City of Cape Town’s support for Cape Town Pride is our commitment to building an inclusive city, home to a diverse group of people from different backgrounds, ethnicities, creed and sexual orientation. We are looking forward to welcoming the thousands who will be taking part in the parade this coming weekend to show support for an important cause,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith.
The parade will be followed by the Pride Mardi Gras, the final event of the 2025 Pride Festival calendar.
Taking place at Green Point A-Track, the event starts at 11:00 and runs until 21:00.
Tickets are available at Quicket.
There will be a village of stalls selling LGBTQIA+ goodies, food, and drinks, along with bars, refreshment stations, a children's area, and chill-out areas.
With an exciting lineup of local entertainers, including Jimmy Nervis, Cee Vee, 3 Tons of Fun, Craig Lucas and Jarrad Rickets hitting the stage, the Pride Mardi Gras is the perfect send off for a Pride Festival that has hosted over 30 events in the last month.
Over the past month, Outreach Africa has hosted a series of events under the Cape Town Pride Festival banner, including a seminar on Testicular Cancer, the crowning of the new Mr. and Miss Cape Town Pride 2025, and a book night aimed at encouraging literacy.
Details for the Cape Town Pride Parade:
When: Saturday, 1 March 2025
Where: Gathering from Prestwich Street Primary School, Alfred Street, De Waterkant
Time: 11:00
Residents and motorists are advised of rolling road closures along Somerset Road and Green Point Main Road from 10:30 to 13:00.
For more information on this and other events hosted in Cape Town, visit www.eventsincapetown.com
End Published by:
City of Cape Town, Media Office
