Event Organisers · Zurich

Street Parade

The Street Parade is exactly what it sounds like: a massive techno and house parade that takes over Zurich every August. Around 30 Love Mobiles, basically trucks turned into moving club stages, crawl through the crowds along the lake basin while DJs play at walking pace. Eight static stages along the route round out the lineup with live acts and multimedia. It's not a festival you attend, it's a city that turns into one. The whole thing started in 1992 as a small demo with about 1,000 people and a few trucks. Now it pulls in hundreds of thousands from every continent. Since 2017, it's been part of Switzerland's intangible UNESCO cultural heritage, which sounds official but really just means the country recognizes that this is a core part of its culture. It's also a nonprofit event, politically and religiously neutral, built on the values of love, peace, freedom, and tolerance. All DJs play for free, whether they're world stars or rookies, and around 2,500 volunteers keep it running. Th…