We are delighted and excited to announce that Cape Town Pride has won the bid to host WorldPride in 2028. This is the first time a WorldPride will be held in Africa.
Cape Town Pride beat fellow bidder Guadalajara Pride, Mexico, after the bid was presented to members of InterPride at the 42nd Annual General Meeting & World Conference which was held from 23 to 27 October 2024 in Medellín, Colombia. The membership met to network, share knowledge, attend workshops and caucuses, and take care of InterPride’s business. This included awarding the license for WorldPride, a global event organized by a full member organization. Out of the 500 eligible voters, 198 ballots were submitted. 53% voted in favour of Cape Town Pride. 44% voted in favour of Guadalajara Pride. Three percent (3%) of the voters abstained.
InterPride Co-Presidents Ymania Brown, Hadi Damien, and Rahul Upadhyay commented: “We congratulate Cape Town Pride for winning the license to host WorldPride in 2028. We look forward to supporting them to deliver their bid, which promises to be a strong and impactful WorldPride. We also congratulate Guadalajara Pride for an excellent application.”
Cape Town Pride CEO Tommy Patterson said, “We are thrilled at the news and for this support shown by our world LGBTI+ family. The team did a wonderful job, and we all forged great friendships and allies from Pride groups from all over the globe”.
Cllr Roberto Quintas, who represented the City of Cape Town, said; “It was an incredible privilege to be a part of the World Pride Cape Town 2028 Bid Team in Medellin, Colombia, in October. This means a lot for the many LGBTQIA+ people without a voice, and who live in fear of persecution, prosecution and worse in the region and on the continent. We are thrilled to announce that we “brought it home” and that our Mother City, on the southernmost tip of Africa, will be hosting this global event in four years’ time.”
WorldPride is an international event that features a human rights conference, an arts and culture program, social events, as well as a march to highlight LGBT realities across the world. It gathers Pride organizers, local and international speakers, artists, activists, politicians and participants across all walks of life.
The next WorldPride takes place from 17 May to 8 June 2025, in Washington DC, USA, followed by WorldPride Amsterdam, in The Netherlands, from 31 July to 8 August 2026
Past WorldPride editions have taken place in Rome (2000), Jerusalem (2006), London (2012), Toronto (2014), Madrid (2017), NYC (2019), Copenhagen (2021), and Sydney (2023).
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About InterPride:
InterPride is the international organization that brings together 548 Pride organizers from 76 countries across the world to network, share knowledge, and maximize impact. To this goal, Pride organizers design InterPride’s structure, programs, and initiatives to better support them at the local, regional, and global levels. InterPride also owns the label WorldPride, which the membership licenses to a member organization through a direct vote.
