Dublin Pride Festival June 24-28th 2026 @ Merrion Square Dublin
24/06/2026 - 28/06/2026
24/06/2026 - 28/06/2026
Dublin Pride Festival 2026
June 24th-28th
5 amazing days and 5 wondrous nights packed with community and cultural events and activities.
Use the TFI journey Planner / TFI Live App to plan your route wwell in advance, as public transport will be particularly busy on the weekend 26-28 June with multiple festivals and large events taking place in Dublin.
Dublin Pride 2026
“ONE STORY – MANY VOICES”
Do you remember your first Pride?
If you are young, perhaps it was a celebration on a grand scale. The city comes alive with colour, noise and joy. Streets closed, crowds swelling, glitter catching the light, a sense of being part of something vast and visible, undeniable and unashamed. It breaks something inside you. There’s a moment where the feeling lands: you are not alone. That feeling stays with you.
Of course, it wasn’t always like this. Some of us remember a different Pride. Smaller. Quieter. Making our way through the city with a little more caution, a little less certainty. For many people, across Ireland and around the world, that reality hasn’t changed. Even so, there is always that same, unmistakable truth. We are not alone. This is why this year’s theme matters.
“One Story – Many Voices” is about the thread that connects us across time, across borders, across very different lived experiences. We share a story that shifts with the narrator, and while no single voice can represent us all, every voice counts.
Our community has never been just one thing. It is shaped by different identities and histories, by many ways of moving through the world: through race, gender, trans and non-binary experience, culture, faith, migration, through all the ways a life can be lived openly, or carefully, or somewhere in between.
Some stories are loud and luminous. Some are quieter, hard-won, still unfolding. Some are celebrated. Some are still fighting to be heard. All of them matter.
This theme is not about flattening those differences into a single narrative. It’s about holding them together and recognising that what connects us is not sameness, but solidarity. That we can stand alongside one another without needing our experiences to be identical.
We stand on stories that came before us, and alongside those still being written. Pride has always been about visibility, but visibility is not a single spotlight. It’s a constellation, brightened by every voice that joins it, strengthened by every story that’s told. However you show up, in full colour, in quiet courage, in celebration, in defiance, in reflection or in joy, you are part of it.
Your voice matters. Our story matters. Together, we create something none of us could hold alone.
One Story. Many Voices.
The Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride Festival takes place from June 24th – 28th, The Dublin LGBTQ+ Pride March and Parade takes place on Saturday June 27th.
The Dublin Pride festival culminates with the Pride March and Parade on Saturday, June 27th.
It goes from O’Connell Street to Merrion Street Lower.
The parade starts at 12.30 and lasts approximately 2 hours.
The parade finishes at Pride Village, at Merrion Square, where there is a festival of activites arranged – including live music, cultural performances, food vendors, and community booths
For more information including maps and other events, please see below:
Visit our special Pride Parade event page for transport and road closure details.
Please note – to be confirmed for 2026 – thee were the arrangements for 2025: the Luas Green and Red Line tram services may have service changes on Sat 27th Jun to accommodate the Dublin Pride Parade taking place in the city centre.
Green Line– service may be impacted between St. Stephen’s Green and Dominick from 9:40 AM to 5 PM.
Red Line– service may be impacted between Smithfield and Connolly/The Point from approx. 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
Further information is available at Luas | Luas is proud to support Pride
Irish Rail provide great links to Dublin city from all over the country.
And there are great Bus and LUAS links from both Heuston and Connolly train stations.
To plan your journey, visit the Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail website for timetables and routes.
Use the TFI journey Planner / TFI Live App to plan your route.
Book well in advance, as there are many festivals and events on at this time. Public transport will be very busy.
