Cailynn Pretorius28 February 2025 | 16:05

Cape Town's month-long pride festival celebrates LGBTIQ+ community

The parade and Mardi Gras is the culmination of a month-long pride festival celebrating diversity, inclusion, and raising awareness of LGBTIQ+.

Cape Town's month-long pride festival celebrates LGBTIQ+ community

Johannesburg Pride 2022. Picture: Devon Thomas/Eyewitness News

CAPE TOWN - The streets of Green Point in Cape Town will be a feast of colour on Saturday with the annual Cape Town Pride Parade taking place.

The parade and Mardi Gras is the culmination of a month-long pride festival celebrating diversity, inclusion, and raising awareness of LGBTIQ+.

READ: Continue to advocate for LGBTI+ rights this Pride Month, says Queerwell

Festivities will start at De Waterkant’s Alfred Street at 11 o’clock.

The City’s MMC for Safety and Security JP Smith shares his excitement for the upcoming event.  

"The City of Cape Town supports The Cape Town Pride is our commitment to building an inclusive City. Home for a diverse group of people and different backgrounds and ethnicities, creed and sexual orientation.”