Gay Sitges Guide Blog

Now in its third year, Sitges Pride has become one of the most popular Summer beach prides in Europe attracting over 60,000 visitors over 5 days of parades and parties.

This year’s event will take place from Thursday the 5th of July through to Monday the 9th of July. The main parade kicks off on the Saturday afternoon, featuring more than 25 spectacular floats. Hundreds of muscle boys, go go’s drag queens and entertainers will take part adding to the carnival atmosphere.

The Mediterranean Sea will provide the backdrop for 5 days of free open air concerts. International tribute acts to Kylie, Queen, Tina Turner, Lady Ga Ga and more are planned. The promoters are also working with some big name stars for the Saturday evening spectacular in the gay village. “Splash”, the afternoon pool party on Monday will also make a welcome return.

The entire village of Sitges will go completely White on the Friday night to celebrate “The White Night” with special parties planned in all of the clubs and bars in the town. The raunchier “Black Knights” leather and fetish party is on the Sunday.

ES Collection will host a fashion show spectacular featuring more than 25 of Spain’s top male models. The popular Mr Gay and Miss Drag Queen Sitges competitions will take place on stage in the Gay Village.

The festivities finish on Monday night with a closing finale party in the main Village and a series of special after parties in some of Sitges legendary clubs including Trailer and L’Atlantida.

To make sure you can stay in Sitges to enjoy this explosive event, we suggest you book your apartment well in advance. Apartments with sea views and central locations are already filling up fast!

Visit our Apartments Section to book the best apartment for Sitges Pride 2012!

After much delibaration and ensuring no conflicts with either Barcelona or Madrid Pride, the 2012 dates for Sitges Pride have been announced. The event will take place from the Thursday the 5th of July to Monday the 9th of July.

The main parade will take place on Saturday the 7th of July. The Gay Village will once again form the backdrop of the 5 day’s of parties. Expect an even bigger line up of live acts and entertainment, more events, the return of an even bigger pool party and of course the Party in the Park…not to mention all of the events taking place in the gay bars, clubs and restaurants of the village.

Last year hotels were at 100% capacity so we would advise you to book your hotel now with us for the lowest rate guaranteed!

Seafront Apartments are always the first to become booked out in Sitges, so if you want a view of the parade, don’t delay and book now!

The closing party for Pride 2011 took place at Trailer rather than L’Atlantida due to The sudden downpour we experienced on Tuesday night.

Fortunately everyone was in good form and it was the perfect way for the new owners of Trailer to give us an unofficial opening party..

After the culmination of 5 days of partying hard, the crowd went crazy to the dance beats of Hector Noms in one of Sitges oldest and most popular venues.

The venue was packed from 2am until late with the L’Atlantida Dancers strutting their stuff in a new venue!

It was the perfect ending to an amazing Pride. Thank you to all that attended, helped, volunteered and contributed…. you all know who you are!

You can check out the photos of the Closing Party on Gay Sitges Guide’s galleries below.

Monday night came alive to the sounds of the Jungle as Lady Diamond and her team of beautiful boys,girls and everything in between made their was on stage for the kick off of the Jungle Party at Route 66.

The first part of the show took place in the Paseo to rapturous applause!

The next part of the party took place at Route 66 on C.Bonaire.

The venue was full of hot guys from around the world….and the Tarzan that Lady Diamond had chosen especially, was very well appreciated!

From costumes, to songs to the entire show and the efforts made by all involved, it was probably one of the most enjoyable nights of the Pride so far..

You can check out the photos of Lady Diamond at Route 66 and on stage, on Gay Sitges Guide below.

Monday morning and Sitges was quite…after a very hectic Pride weekend..

But from about 11.30am, the boys started arriving at the Hotel Antemare..

The Hotel was the venue for the first ever Sitges Pool Party for Pride 2011..

Located just 5 minutes from the Gay Village in the leafy suburb of Vinyet, it was the perfect location for the Pool Party.

The entire pool area and the bar and restaurant were available exclusively to ticket holders of the event.

Guys from all around the world started to gather by the pool..

The chill out area upstairs along with the Jacuzzi were very popular.

The atmosphere was relaxed and friendly..

Soon the music got going and the pool began to fill with more than 200 guys attending the very first event.

Then it became a game of splash as people went tumbling into the pool..

A delicious buffet lunch was served poolside at 2pm…

We were then treated to a special show by ES Collection and Gabbi with special prizes and giveaways…

Then things began to get out of hand as everyone made their way into the pool..

The event was probably one of the most fun days of the pride…what better than chilling by the pool with new friends, great music and friendly bar staff..

Next year’s event will be an even bigger affair… so watch this space…

You can check out the photos of the Gay Sitges Pride Pool party on Gay Sitges Guide’s galleries by visiting the link below. Enjoy!

Sunday night’s Black Night at Route 66 was definitely a hot and sexy affair..

Black was everywhere…what little of it there was worn..

Shirts off..and just the right amount of leather – seemed to be the look most guys were going for..

It was the perfect end to the Sunday night…

Route 66 has proven to be a very popular venue for the parties this year… The party will return next year…in a harder format..based on feedback from guests…

You can check out the photos of the Black Night on Gay Sitges Guide below.

Sunday Night’s show was Michael Jackson, performed by “Jackson Live” from the Uk.

The choreography was amazing.. and he sang everything from Jackson 5 to the final songs finishing up with a fantastic rendition of Man in the Mirror.. 10 costume changes and some amazing backing dancers… this group was on fire!

You can check out the photos of Jackson Live on Gay Sitges Guide’s galleries below.

This year’s Miss Drag Queen Sitges was truly an international event..

We had participants from all around the world…. Back stage was like the united nations…

But finally, a local girl, Pan Tomate…. (yes that’s her name)… one the hearts and cheers of the audience..

You can check out the photos of Miss Drag Queen Sitges 2011 on Gay Sitges Guide’s galleries below..

In what had to be one of the highlights of this year’s Pride, Sunday’s high-heel race was a very busy affair.

People started gathering early to get the best spot along the route and thanks to the help of Sebastian and Sponsors Parrots Bar, we had more than a healthy dose of competition among the participants.

High heels were provided and some people even had specially designed costumes…

Even the president of AFGAL, Luis Enriquez joined in the fun..

The ultimate prize went to Regis, whom most of you will know from Parrots Restaurant and Privilege…boy was he fast in those heels! You can check out the photos of the High Heel Race on Gay Sitges Guide’s galleries below.

This year’s Mr Gay Sitges was run by the people who organise the Mr Gay España competition.

With the finals for the 2011 competition just ending in Madrid a few days before, Mr Gay Sitges was the first contestant to be awarded the prize for the 2012 competition.

The prize includes an all-expenses paid trip to Madrid Pride in 2012, a collection of beauty products and a full wardrobe from ES Collection and Addicted.

The competition was tough….and the guys looked amazing..

They had 3 costume changes, casual, sport and of course swimwear!

The event was co-sponsored by ES Collection.

You can check out the photos of Mr Gay Sitges 2011 on Gay Sitges Guide’s galleries below.