Amsterdam Pride is the citywide gay festival held annually at the centre of the Amsterdam during the first weekend of August. During the first weekend of August, Amsterdam is briefly transformed into Capital of Happiness and Love during the Gay Pride event. It is the biggest gay event in Holland features special movies, exhibitions, workshops and above all the parties, which openly gives the face to the homosexual community.

This festival attracts many visitors each year and thus one of the largest publicly held annual events in the Netherlands. Amsterdam Pride was originally organized in 1996.

The peak of the festival during the Canal Parade, the parade of boats of large variety on the 1st Saturday of August.  In 2014, the first Jewish boat and the first Moroccan boat participated in the Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade. The Gay Pride’s absolute highlight is the Canal Parade. The Pride is as varied as gay community itself.

Amsterdam was the first city with the gay monument and gay marriages. It is also home to one of the biggest Gay Prides in world. There has always been the open minded and tolerant attitude towards the gay community in the city.

Gay Pride is one of the busiest weekends of the year in the Amsterdam.