Large events in key hub cities around the globe and in holiday destinations have already become a ‘must’ for the international gay & lesbian community, take the ‘Pride Festivals’ in cities like Amsterdam, Stockholm, Bangkok, Moscow, Madrid, the Christopher Street Day in Hamburg, Wigstock in NYC, the well known ‘Smashing Valentine’ a tennis tournament for the scene held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, the multi-cultural, gay-friendly, beach-lined Sitges Carnival Festival in Spain, the Rainbow Honolulu Film Festival or the International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Barcelona, all permanent fixtures of the annual party season for the international gay & lesbian scene.

What makes the 3rd ‘Pink Lake Festival’ on Lake Wörthersee so special? Is it an event ‘off the beaten track’, is it because it is held in a small town in the heart of Europe, is it the festival program or is it just the name?

It is definitely not the common ‘big city backdrop’, there are no parades for the titillation of curious ‘onlookers’, but in fact an international get-together for gays, lesbians and anyone in between, including friends of the community……converging from different countries and coming together in a beautiful small town…..embedded between a unique countryside and directly on the gorgeous Lake Wörthersee.

This year the 3rd annual ‘Pink Lake Festival’, which takes place from September 2nd to 5th, 2010 is full of surprises. Hosted by ‘Wörthersee Tourismus GmbH’, the program for Pink Lake 2010 promises a colourful mixture of various events including entertainment, partying, relaxation and sports. The first night of the festival is the annual ‘Almdudler Trachtenparty‘ (Austrian Folk Party) at the beautiful Villa Miralago directly on the lake, where both entertainers and guests alike dress in traditional Austrian clothing, from ‘Lederhosen”……to “Dirndls.” The next night features the much loved Boat Night Party, cruising around the lake on several boats accompanied by great music. The final night includes the famous Black & White Party, with hot DJs and over 1000 guests from Austria, Germany and guests from across Europe. Many daily activities offer non-stop entertainment, and will take place during the festival on and around the beautiful lake, including swimming, hiking, biking, dating games….as well as simply basking in the late summer sun, chilling and cruising at the Beach Club. New this year is the inclusion of the new beach club ‘Sunshine Lake’s Beach Club’ at the newly opened ‘Lake’s – my lake hotel’. This beach club will operate as ‘get-together’ for all guests throughout the duration of the festival and the organisation will provide the guests of Pink Lake with the necessary information on all events.

The newly opened ‘Lake’s – my lake hotel’ will be the official partner hotel of ‘Pink Lake’ 2010, press, journalists as well as invited guests and VIP will stay here and enjoy ‘paradise’ whilst enjoying ‘Pink Lake’.

Important partners and sponsors are ‘Kärnten Werbung’, ‘Wörthersee Tourismus GmbH’, the magazines ‘Queer’, ‘Mate’ Magazine, ‘Blu’, ‘Winq’ and ‘Name It’, ‘Almdudler’, ‘Pago’, ‘Villacher Bier’, Communigayte as well as the sites gay.net and gay-parship.com.

How to get to Pink Lake?

Easy by plane: Klagenfurt Airport offers direct flights to and from London, Cologne/Bonn, Frankfurt, Hannover, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Vienna. The trip from the airport to Poertschach is only a few minutes via taxi or rental car.

Travel by train, the train station of the town Pörtschach can be easily reached via both long- and short-distance trains.

By car from Vienna, Munich, Venice or Zagreb you are at Lake Wörthersee in approximately 3 hours.

Come and end your summer with a huge splash, at the third annual PINK LAKE international Gay Festival on the gorgeous Lake Wörthersee in Austria from September 02 – 05, 2010.