From there the boats will go to Nieuwe Herengracht, Amstel, Prinsengracht and the parade will end up at Westerdok at around 5.30 pm.
The Canal Parade 2019 will start on Saturday 3 August at the Oosterdok (Scheepsvaart museum) at about 12.30 pm. A year later, in 1970, the world’s first Pride Parade was held in New York. With this theme we commemorate the Stonewall riots that broke out in New York 50 years ago and form a dividing line in the history of the LGBT movement. This year the theme is ‘Remember the past, create the future’. These are all the participants of the Canal Parade 2019 So you can expect some crazy dressed up boats passing by. To keep the Gay Parade manageable there’s a selection and the judges picked out the 80 most amazing boats to participate in the Canal Parade 2019. All the boats play their own music and are loaded with dancing people. Over the top decorated boats pass by the canals of Amsterdam right in the historic center of the city. The Canal Parade 2019 is an amazing sight.
But the main event is the main pride weekend which is from Friday the 2nd of August 2019 til Sunday the 4th of August with the Canal Parade 2019 as highlight.