Zurich Street Parade 2023

Live Stream, Lineup, Tickets, Reviews

I have to be honest, up until a few years ago I had very little knowledge of the European trend of the Techno parade, the large scale street parties that take to the streets of several large cities across the course of the summer. In Zurich, it takes place over a 2.4km route through the city, attracting quite the crowd!

Other large scale techno festivals (the Europeans absolutely love their electronic music - think it might be something to do with the universal language of much of the music, as opposed to more mainstream genres, which tend to be heavily biased to English) that take place are the Lake Parade in Geneva and the Paris Techno Parade, but one of the biggest and most popular by far is the iconic Zurich Street Parade.

The Street Parade started life as a very small event in 1992 and has grown rapidly over the years to the current size, where over a million participants are expected - a massive amount in a relatively small city. The event features a large parade floats, music and street parties throughout the day leading up to the huge techno dance event on the shores of lake Zurich in the evening - definitely a place and event to add to the bucket list.

Date

Street Parade in 2023 will be held on 12th August from 1pm. Starting at Utoquai, Seefeld making it's way around to Hafendamm Enge.

Festival Lineup

The music of the day takes place across 30 moving stages known as Love Mobiles that tour the city streets throughout the event. In addition to this there are 8 larger fixed stages positioned at key locations on the route - there are:

Opera Stage (Mainstage)

Center Stage - Burkliplatz

Clubbing Stage - Kongresshaus

Generations Stage - Rentenanstalt

Opening Truck (Amnesia, Ibiza) - Start Zone Parade

Hardstyle Stage - Stockerstrasse

Swiss Innovations Stage - Limmatquai

Zurich Sound Stage - National Bank

For a map of the parade route, including the stage locations:

Street Parade map

With so many different locations and such a long time to cover it would take a long time to provide an exhaustive lineup, especially as the day's schedule tends to be somewhat fluid. Check out the Love Mobile sets here.

There's also lots of parties across the city that kick off on the Friday and go on until the early hours of Monday!

TV & Live Streaming

In common with many of the larger music festivals the range of coverage, both TV and online, has expanded rapidly for the Street Parade in recent years, meaning fans will be almost certain to find somewhere to watch.

There are a couple of excellent options for watching the Street Parade live online. Firstly, there is live coverage from Arte Concert:

Street Parade live stream

And there is also usually coverage provided by TeleZuri - between 3pm and 7pm, details and online streaming here:

S treet Parade TV TeleZuri

For an alternative perspective on the day's events, there are several live webcams positioned around the city which help give a more unique feel of parade day:

Zurich webcams

Hotels and Accommodation

If you're going to Zurich for the Street Parade then it is advisable to book your accommodation as soon as possible. Be aware though that, as with most of Switzerland, Zurich is pretty pricey at the best of times and you're going to pay even more of a premium in mid-August. You can search for hotels, check availability and make reservations for local hotels here.

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