Events around the Cologne Pride at a glance
Cologne Pride takes place from June 18th to July 3rd. Over 100 events are taking place around the CSD 2022 in Cologne. From readings to workshops to parties.
Cologne – From June 18th it will be that time again. For two weeks, all of Cologne shines in rainbow colors – whether flags at Cologne Central Station, in Cologne city center and on the Deutzer Bridge. If you are in Cologne during this time, you cannot avoid Cologne Pride. “It’s going to be a blast,” promises Hugo Winkels, spokesman for KLuST, which organizes the Pride. Over 100 official Colonge Pride events will take place during CSD 2022 in Cologne – from readings to workshops to parties, Winkels said in an interview with 24RHEIN.
CSD Cologne 2022: What you need to know about Cologne Pride
► was? The Cologne Pride is the joint demonstration of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, transgenders and intersexuals as well as their girlfriends and everyone who supports them. Cologne’s pride also expressed self-confidence and joie de vivre. The two-week program was held for the first time in 2003. Cologne Pride is organized by KLuST
► When? Cologne Pride takes place from June 18th to July 3rd. The highlight: the CSD street festival on the first weekend in July – including a CSD demo on July 3rd.
► Motto? The motto for the Cologne CSD 2022 is again “For human rights – many. Together. Strong!”.
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Saturday, June 18th – the overview
- #360BALEADO BONANZA at Comedy Cologne (Festival)
- WEEKENDER LOUNGE 18+ (PRIDE EDITION) I am anyway eV (party)
- RIGHTS FOR QUEERE REFUGEES IN THE ASYLUM PROCEDURES – EVEN WITH THE NEW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT A MATTER OF COURSE in parity Cologne (round table)
- COLOGNEPRIDE OPENING: ST. LOUIS PRIDE NIGHT at the st louis breakfast (party)
- NAKED FETISH KÖLSCH NIGHT in the Phoenix Sauna Cologne (fetish party)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Sunday, June 19th – the overview
- #360BALEADO BONANZA at Comedy Cologne (Festival)
- WORSHIP SERVICES: ADVERSE SITUATIONS – SURVIVE (1/3) at the MCC Cologne, church for/with diversity (worship)
- TRANS*FUSION: PRIDE WHALES & SHORT FILM PREMIERE I am anyway eV (workshop)
- SONGWRITING WORKSHOP FOR FLINTA in the rubicon (workshop)
- MANY.TOGETHER.STRONG. – TRANSCONFESSIONAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE in Unfathomable eV (festival)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Monday, June 20th – the overview
- ANYWAY | COLOGNE-MÜLHEIM: PRIDE SIGNS INTERNATIONAL & PRIDE ICE in support 51 (workshop)
- DIY INSEMINATION WORKSHOP in the rubicon (workshop)
- DIVE INTO YOUR BODY – IMPULSE WORKSHOP FOR YOUR OWN BODY DISCOVERY in the pro familia Cologne center (workshop)
- NIGHTWASH LIVE AT THE LAUNDRY | CSD SPECIAL at the Eco-Express launderette (comedy show)
- TALK “QUESTION IN SCHOOL” I am anyway eV (talking group)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Tuesday, June 21st – the overview
- PRIDE QUIZ I am anyway eV (quiz night)
- ACCESS DENIED – A READING BY FRANCIS SEECK in the adult education center (reading)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Wednesday, June 22nd – the overview
- BOYS NIGHT: BOY’S PRIDE I am anyway eV (party and speed dating)
- ANTI-QUEER SITUATIONS – EMPOWERING DEALINGS IN A QUEER-CHRISTIAN CONTEXT at the MCC Cologne, church for/with diversity (worship and exchange)
- READINGS BY JO L. TANNER & MARTIN WOLKNER in Barcelona (reading)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Thursday, June 23rd – the overview
- TIN* LOUNGE EXTRAVAGANCE in habenso eV (games night with a special dress code: extravagant/chic favorite things
- WORKSHOP ON THE TOPIC “WHITE SAVIORISM” in the rubicon (workshop)
- WASHING DAY >> HOT STEAM >> XXL FOAM PARTY in the Phoenix Sauna Cologne (hot infusions and an XXL foam party)
- NAMES AND STONES at Café Bach (art installation and memories of people who died of AIDS)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Friday, June 24th – the overview
- MASSAGE WORKSHOP TO RELAX AND RECHARGE ENERGY at the Shambhala Meditation Center (workshop)
- PRIDE LOUNGE in habenso eV (drinks, music, table football and billiards)
- PRIDE NAKED PARTY in the Phoenix Sauna Cologne (nude party)
- TRANS* & INTER* SWIMMING ONLY in Genovevabad (parties for trans* and/or inter*)
- SISSY THE POP in the art bar (pop party)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Saturday, June 25th – the overview
- SELF-ASSERT – LEARN! (venue to be announced) (workshop)
- AIDS HELP COLOGNE SUMMER FESTIVAL at Elogiusplatz (summer festival)
- ANTHONY HUSEYIN I am Kulturbunker Köln-Mühlheim (concert)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Sunday, June 26th – the overview
- 8. PRIDE THINK SHOP at the GREATLIVE – Loft Location (talking session)
- SC JANUS HIKING DAY in Bornheim (hike)
- WORSHIP SERVICES: QUEERHOSTILE SITUATIONS – REST (2/3) at the MCC Cologne, church for/with diversity (worship)
- CITY TOUR WITH THE LESBIAN AND GAY ALTERNATIVES at the Rheinauhafen (city walk)
- TRANS*/NON-BINARY & CHRISTIAN BELIEFS at the MCC Cologne, Kirch for/with diversity (workshop)
- SPARKLE in the theater in the tower (play)
- WORK WITH MEN – WORKSHOP at the Osho UTA Institute (workshop)
- #WOMANPRIDE “RELAX & FEEL” at Uta Cologne (workshop)
- COLOGNE’S BIGGEST GAY SPEED Dating (The venue will be announced after registration) (Speeddating)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Monday, June 27th – the overview
- MAKE PRIDE SHIRTS YOURSELF I am anyway eV (workshop)
- IN MEN’S CLOTHES – AN UNUSUAL WOMAN* LIFE IN THE 18TH CENTURY I’m anyway eV (reading)
- LONGING FOR SUBVERSION – HOW ADAPTED IS THE LGBT COMMUNITY? at Café Bach (talking session)
- BLACK BOX SEED BANK in the rubicon (information event)
- LUISE F. PUSCH – OBSTACLE COURSE WITH HAPPY END in the rubicon (movie night and talk show)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Tuesday, June 28th – the overview
- DIY: DEMO SIGNS in the rubicon (workshop)
- “WE HAVE CHANGED, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.” READING AND TALK in the inSide Café (reading and talk)
- COLOGNE’S BIGGEST GAY SPEED Dating (The venue will be announced after registration) (Speeddating)
- “COMING-OUT AT SCHOOL!?” – EDUCATIONAL EXPERT DISCUSSION in the rubicon (talking group)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Wednesday, June 29th – the overview
- MASK FOR MASK? TOXIC MASCULINITY IN THE GAY SCENE in the rubicon (workshop)
- GENERATION CLASH?! YOUNG & OLDER LESBIANS AND QUEERE WOMEN TALKING I am anyway eV (talking group)
- #QUEEROWE PERSPEKTYWY NA EMIGRACJI | REMIGIUSZ RYZIŃSKI – SPOTKANIE AUTORSKIE in the Kalk community center (Polish film evening)
- READING “AT THE OTHER END OF GRAVITY” BY MARTIN SCHNICK in Barcelona (reading)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Thursday, June 30th – the overview
- SOCIAL-BUSINESSES-COLOGNE (SBK) – TOUR WITH SUBSEQUENT EXCHANGE at Social-Betriebe-Köln (information event)
- SING YOUR PRIDE SONG! I am anyway eV (Karoke evening)
- WASHING DAY>>HOT STEAM>>XXL FOAM PARTY in the Phoenix Sauna Cologne (foam party)
- FEEL YOUR BODY. FEEL THE FLOW. in the pro familia Cologne center (workshop)
- LGBATIQ* PEOPLE WANTING CHILDREN: THE LEGAL SITUATION OF RAINBOW FAMILIES IN GERMANY (online information event)
- #QUEEROWE PERSPEKTYWY NA EMIGRACJI | SYLWIA CHUTNIK I REMIGIUSZ RYZIŃSKI in the Kalk community center (Polish film screening)
- RALF KOENIG – LIVE in the Sion summer cinema (comedy event)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Friday, July 1st – the overview
- CSD street festival in Cologne’s old town: program on the main stage, side stage and dance floor. In addition stands and further program, 4 p.m. to midnight
- A CONSENT WORKSHOP FOR PEOPLE ON THE ASEXUAL SPECTRUM in the rubicon (workshop)
- COLORFUL WITH AGE: T(OLER)ANCE TEA FOR LGBTQ SENIOR + FRIENDS in the Zu Huss eV quarters room BuNt (rainbow tea dance)
- #QUEEROWE PERSPEKTYWY NA EMIGRACJI | SYLVIA TSCHUTNIK in the Ehrenfeld Civic Center (Polish film screening)
- YOUTH FROM ALSO ON THE CSD in the youth area from anyway at the CSD street festival (meeting point for young CSD visitors)
- PRIDE LOUNGE I am anyway eV (music and cocktails)
- PRISM – COLORS OF QUEERNITY. THE QUEERE CSD SERVICES. in the Christ Church at the Stadtgarten (service)
- MANY-TOGETHER-STRONG MAKE LGBTIQ WITH DISABILITIES VISIBLE in the FORUM adult education center in the museum at Neumarkt (picture exhibition and discussion group)
- TRUDE HERR – OR: IT’S BETTER TO DYE THIRST IN THE SAHARA THAN TO SIT IN COLOGNE-LINDENTHAL WAITING FOR PENSION in the theater in the tower (theater performance)
- CHARITY CONCERT: CONSINGING MATTHEW SHEPARD – A MUSICAL-ORATORIO in the WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal (concert)
- OFFICIAL CSD OPENING PARTY: NEON PRIDE at Carlswerk Victoria (party)
- BEATZ&BOYZ – NEON PRIDE EDITION XXL at Club Volta (Party)
- EXTREME! THE SLEAZY FETISH EXPERIENCE at the vinegar factory (party)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Saturday, July 2nd – the overview
- CSD street festival in Cologne’s old town: program on the main stage, side stage and dance floor. In addition, booths and further program, 12:00 p.m. to midnight
- SOFRA PRIDE BREAKFAST I am anyway eV (cultural breakfast)
- SD RECEPTION OF THE AIDS HELP NRW AND THE QUEER NETWORK NRW at the Maritim Hotel Cologne (awarded the KOMPASSNADEL as a prize for outstanding commitment to the queer communities.)
- YOUTH FROM ALSO ON THE CSD in the youth area from anyway at the CSD street festival (meeting point for young CSD visitors)
- 15. GREEN LESBIAN RECEPTION in the Consilium (reading)
- RUSH TIME XXL SPECIAL at Badehaus Babylon Cologne (Party)
- MARIA GETS HER FIVE MINUTES in the atrium to Maria im Kapitol (commemorative event)
- WARM MILES at the Waidmarkt (walk through the gay history of Cologne)
- 8TH DEICH* MARCH COLOGNE (venue to be announced) (demo)
- CSD SERVICES in the Antoniterkirche (service)
- QUEER-FEMINIST SECURITY POLICY: VALUE-ORIENTED FOREIGN POLICY OR HUMAN RIGHTS IMPERIALISM at the CSD Politurbühne (discussion)
- ABSOLUTELY HIT I am Phoenix Sauna Cologne (Party)
- SEXY PRIDE WORLD | OFFICIAL COLOGNE PRIDE MAIN PARTY in the hall gate 2 (party)
- MY SECRET GARDEN – CSD SPECIAL 2022 I am Helios 37 (Party)
CSD Cologne 2022: Events on Sunday, July 3rd – the overview
- GREEN COME PRIDE FESTIVAL in night flight (after-hour party from 6 a.m.)
- CSD street festival in Cologne’s old town: program on the main stage, side stage and dance floor. In addition, booths and further program, 12:00 p.m. to midnight
- CSD demo: Starts at 12 noon on the Deutzer Bridge
- WORSHIP: QUEERHOSTILE SITUATIONS – RESISTANCE (3/3) im MCC Cologne – Church for/with diversity (worship)
- YOUTH FROM ALSO ON THE CSD in the youth area from anyway at the CSD street festival (meeting point for young CSD visitors)
- SPARKLE in the theater in the tower (play)
- NAUGHTY CONTROL at the diamonds club (party)
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