Pride parades, circuit parties, bear weeks, sapphic getaways. When to fly in, where to stay, what's actually worth queueing for. Traven's field guide to the calendar that matters.
Big Weekends is Traven's curated calendar of the LGBTQ+ events that earn the plane ticket — Pride parades that move a million people through a city, circuit parties that define a year of nightlife, bear weeks that fill small towns end-to-end, sapphic destinations that book out twelve months ahead, and trans-led marches that hold the line. Every event listed has been verified for organizer, date pattern, attendance, and travel feasibility. We don't list events we wouldn't fly to ourselves.
Use the filters below to narrow by type, or open the Map view to plan around a city you're already visiting. Each event page covers when to land, where to stay, what to pack, which sub-events are non-negotiable, and the safety realities of the host city. The Gem rating (◆◆◆ to ◆◆◆) flags events whose name has become shorthand for the entire category — Stonewall-lineage Prides, format-defining circuit parties, the touchstone bear and sapphic gatherings.
Marker color matches event type. Tap a pin for the field guide.