All events in Patras
Pride in
Patras Pride began in 2016 and is the only Pride in the Peloponnese: a mid-sized city that mounts its own event rather than sending people to Athens.
Nothing on right now
Pride events cluster in the summer, but every city sets its own dates - Patras often runs its march and its parties a month apart from the next city on this list.
LGBTQ+ Friendly in other cities
Can't find what you're after?
Browse by genre
Pride in Patras
Greece holds four Prides a year - Athens since 2005, Heraklion since 2015, Patras since 2016 and Thessaloniki since 2017. Patras is the third chronologically and the only one south of Athens. The event combines a march and a programme of events in the centre, with speeches, talks and music, and its scale is that of a city where the demonstration passes through streets everyone recognises - which makes it more visible, not less.
Patras already has a strong culture of the street and of costume: its carnival is the largest in the country, running from January to Clean Monday, with floats, crowds and groups that prepare for months. That familiarity with public celebration gives Pride a grounding that not every city of its size has. The student population - the university is among the largest in Greece - also sustains a nightlife that runs from October through May. The list here shows the city's LGBTQ+ friendly events as a whole and not only the days of the event itself; out of season it thins, and what remains are the standing nights at the city's venues, which carry on through the winter.
Common questions
When did Patras Pride start?+
In 2016. It is the third chronologically of Greece's four Prides - after Athens (2005) and Heraklion (2015), before Thessaloniki (2017) - and the only one in the Peloponnese.
Which Greek cities hold a Pride?+
Four: Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras and Heraklion. Each keeps its own dates, so the season is not the same across the country.