Pattaya International Gay Pride Festival June 2026

[Kiwi306]

I wonder whether anyone on this forum has attended Pattaya Gay Pride before or is planning to attend this year's event on 26-8 June.

[bkkmfj2648]

Hi Kiwi306,

I have attended both the Pattaya City and also Jomtien Complex (Supertown) Gay Pride events in year 2024.

There were 2 distinct events on 2 different weekends in 2024.

On Saturday 8 June 2024 there was a parade held in Jomtien on Thappraya Road, ending at the Dongtan gay beach area.  It's name was Pattaya Community Pride 2024 and it was sponsored by SWING and the Jomtien Supertown Complex.  After the parade there were festivities and dancing held within the Jomtien Complex later in the evening.  The area at the Dongtan Beach was used for speeches and awards and prizes.

On Saturday 22 June 2024 there was a parade held over in Pattaya City on Beach Road, ending at the Central Festival mall.  It's name was Pattaya International Pride Festival 2024 and it was sponsored by PATTANA (the Thai conglomerate that owns the Central shopping malls throughout Thailand).  The parade started at the Central Marina shopping mall over on Second Road (near Terminal 21) and then at the Dolphin Circle it turns left towards Beach Road and terminates at Central Festival.

I enjoyed both events, but I preferred the Jomtien parade and related festivities because they were more grass roots organized, whereas, the Pattaya City parade is much more commercial, as it is sponsored by PATTANA.  Also, I was disheartened that Boyztown was absent in the Pattaya City parade activities - which disappointed me, as Boyztown has been an integral part of the Pattaya City gay community since forever.

It seems that the parade route for the Pattaya City 2026 pride parade will be the same as it was in year 2024:

The above image was extracted from the Pattaya City Mayor's office meeting and was posted crocked by them as shown above.

Below is the image that has been created for this year's Pattaya City Gay Pride event - with the parade to be held on Saturday 27 June:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLnCBdNSBbf/

 

There is still no news if SWING and/or the Jomtien Supertown Complex will organize any pride events for this year.  Today I wrote an email to SWING Pattaya (Service Worker in Group Foundation) to see if they have any plans for this year.  If they respond then I will post them here.

Some photos/video from the 2024 Jomtien / Pattaya pride events:

Jomtien Dongtan Beach - end of parade stage setup for announcements and awards ceremonies

 

Jomtien 2024 Gay Pride parade video snippet (Thappraya road at the Dongtan Beach entrance)

Pattaya City 2024 Gay Pride parade - at the beginning at the Central Marina mall on 2nd Road

Pattaya City 2024 Gay Pride parade on Beach Road

Note that also in June, Pattaya will be the host of the Circuit Festival Asia from 19 - 21 June https://www.instagram.com/circuitfestivalasia/

 

https://www.facebook.com/CircuitFestivalAsia/

 

In closing, note that on 6 May 2026, Thailand officially petitioned to host the year 2030 World Pride and is in competition with Barcelona. I believe that the final decision will be made in January 2027.

https://www.sdperspectives.com/activities/road-to-bangkok-worldpride-2030-global-pride-hub-thailand/

https://www.interpride.org/worldpride/

 

 

 

 

[Kiwi306]

Oh wow. Thanks so much for such a detailed response. I wasn't expecting that. This year there is a fringe festival the weekend before the Pride festival, so it's a similar setup to what you have described. I think the tickets have been nearly sold out for that, however.

I am seriously considering returning to Thailand about that time, but I will need to make a decision fairly soon as I guess accommodation will be heavily booked for Pride.

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