Vilnius Pride

Vilnius Pride is run by LGL, Lithuania's national LGBT rights organisation. Its centre is the Saturday march "Už lygybę!" (For Equality!) in early June, with a week of talks, shows and a closing open-air concert around it. The city also takes its turn at Baltic Pride, which rotates between Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn. LGL hosts it every three years, as it did in 2025, and runs its own Lithuanian Pride in between.

Lithuania's first public pride march was Baltic Pride in Vilnius in 2010. In 2013 the mayor tried to move the march to a remote riverside street, and two courts ruled that he couldn't. Turnout has grown from a few thousand in the mid-2010s to five figures. Vilnius also bid for EuroPride 2027 and came third, behind Turin and Gloucester.

Lithuanian Pride 2026 ran from 2 to 6 June. The programme included events at the Estradà venue, a cabaret night, and a conference on rainbow families at the city municipality. On 6 June the march went from the Martynas Mažvydas Library along Gediminas Avenue to Kalnų Park, where a concert closed the week. LGL estimated about 18,000 marchers. Police reported eight people for minor violations and arrested a man who set off black smoke at the start. Baltic Pride 2026 was in Tallinn, so if the usual order holds, Riga is next and Vilnius hosts Baltic Pride again in 2028. The 2027 Vilnius dates hadn't been announced when we checked.