Transforma Pride

Transforma Pride is an LGBTQIA+ business fair and music festival in Recife Antigo, not a march. It runs over a weekend in late September in the open space of the Museu Cais do Sertão and along Rua do Observatório, and entry is free. Henrique Guerra de Oliveira created it, Aquarius Productions produces it, and the first edition was in 2022. It is a separate event from the Parada da Diversidade, which happens a couple of weeks earlier.

The fair offers stalls for queer-owned brands in fashion, beauty, food, crafts and design. The 2024 edition had about 100 exhibitors from across the Northeast, and for 2025 the organisers offered more than 200 free stall places. The music stage is the other half. In 2025, 70% of the line-up were Black and LGBTQIA+ artists, including Aretuza Lovi, Diva Menner, DJ Lunna Montty, and the South African DJs Don Delicious, Neo Zulu and Linda Mbambo.

The last edition we could confirm was 27 to 28 September 2025. We found no press coverage of a 2026 edition, and the 2027 plans hadn't been announced when we checked.