{"id":852582,"date":"2026-08-10T04:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/852582\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:50:25","slug":"photos-2026-pride-parade-brings-a-rainbow-to-downtown-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/852582\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: 2026 Pride parade brings a rainbow to downtown Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Montreal Pride parade took place on Sunday, heading east on Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque Blvd. from Robert-Bourassa Blvd., in the former LGBTQ+ district, to Atateken St. in the heart of the Village.<\/p>\n<p>The parade was the culmination of the Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al festival, which began July 31.<\/p>\n<p>Here are scenes from the parade as captured by The Gazette\u2019s Allen McInnis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0361_304650743.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261173\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0332_304650765.jpg\" alt=\"Spectators watch the annual Pride parade in Montreal\" class=\"wp-image-100261164\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-1016_304650761.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261165\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0896_304650749.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261167\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0930_304650751.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261168\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0961_304650753.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261169\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0468_304650745.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261170\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0982_304650747.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261171\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0336_304650741.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261172\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0445_304650737.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261174\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0222_304650713.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261175\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0309_304650711.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261176\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0215_304650707.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261177\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0255_304650709.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261178\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0191_304650701.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261179\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0194_304650703.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261180\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0810-city-pride-0209_304650705.jpg\" alt=\"Participants in the 2026 Montreal Pride parade\" class=\"wp-image-100261181\"  \/>Allen McInnis \/Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s Picks\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/montreals-village-rainbow-balls-are-returning-but-a-year-round-pedestrianized-street-isnt-guaranteed\/\" class=\"postmedia-image-list__item-image-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-analytics-event=\"click\" data-analytics-properties=\"{&quot;target_article_position&quot;:0,&quot;target_article_id&quot;:100259825,&quot;target_article_title&quot;:&quot;Montreal&#039;s 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Can it help revitalize the neighbourhood?\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/berlin-attack-prompts-montreal-pride-to-review-security-plans\/\" class=\"postmedia-image-list__item-image-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-analytics-event=\"click\" data-analytics-properties=\"{&quot;target_article_position&quot;:2,&quot;target_article_id&quot;:100253669,&quot;target_article_title&quot;:&quot;Berlin attack prompts Montreal Pride to heighten security plans&quot;,&quot;click_source_type&quot;:&quot;widget-list&quot;,&quot;layout_section&quot;:&quot;Editors Picks&quot;,&quot;target_type&quot;:&quot;article&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2287216599_304481637.jpg\" class=\"postmedia-image__img\" alt=\"A large rainbow flag is seen on the pavement in front of the Brandenburg Gate, with flowers and other items near it as onlookers stand nearby.\"  \/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/berlin-attack-prompts-montreal-pride-to-review-security-plans\/\" class=\"postmedia-image-list__item-link\" data-analytics-event=\"click\" data-analytics-properties=\"{&quot;target_article_position&quot;:2,&quot;target_article_id&quot;:100253669,&quot;target_article_title&quot;:&quot;Berlin attack prompts Montreal Pride to heighten security plans&quot;,&quot;click_source_type&quot;:&quot;widget-list&quot;,&quot;layout_section&quot;:&quot;Editors Picks&quot;,&quot;target_type&quot;:&quot;article&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBerlin attack prompts Montreal Pride to heighten security plans\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual Montreal Pride parade took place on Sunday, heading east on Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque Blvd. from Robert-Bourassa Blvd., in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,219168,2338,289737],"class_list":["post-852582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-festivals-and-parades","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-pride"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}