Now in its 55th year, the Chicago Pride Parade returns on Sunday, June 28, 2026, at 11 a.m., filling Chicago’s landmark LGBTQ+ neighborhood of Northalsted with color, energy and community.
After a decade of fighting for equal representation, the local innovator prepares for his collective’s first-ever parade appearance.
The Chicago Smelts are excited for Pride Month and ready to make “lots of splashes” when the Chicago Pride Parade steps off.
Windy City Times co-founder Tracy Baim named among 2026 Chicago Pride Community Grand Marshals
Iconic Northalsted celebration returns June 20-21 with headliners Durand Bernarr, G Flip, and more to champion unity and visibility.
Marching under the theme “Free to Be Proud,” the Puerto Rican Cultural Center will lead the 2026 procession, highlighting the intersection of heritage, housing, and LGBTQ+ advocacy.
PRIDEChicago announces the official theme of the 2026 Chicago Pride Parade, Free to Be Proud, along with the selection of its 2026 Community Grand Marshals.
Community members can nominate individuals who embody the spirit of Pride to lead the 55th annual parade on Sunday, June 28, 2026.
Community activists will gather on Saturday, June 28 to draw attention to Chicago’s rich and vibrant LGBTQ+ heritage as they work towards formal historic federal recognition for Washington Square Park.
TaskForce Prevention & Community Services, an LGBTQ+ youth-focused health and wellness organization located on the west side of Chicago, has been selected as the inaugural “Out Front” Leader of the 2025 Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29.
Jesse McCartney, Deborah Cox, Aluna, Confidence Man and The Aces are headlining the 24th annual Chicago Pride Fest 2025 taking place June 21- 22, 2025.
For the first time in Chicago Pride history, a local community group will lead the Chicago Pride Parade as the inaugural “Out Front” Leader, followed by this year’s Community Grand Marshals.
PRIDEChicago, the all-volunteer organization behind the city’s most vibrant and anticipated annual event, proudly unveils “United in Pride” as the official theme of the 2025 Chicago Pride Parade.
PRIDEChicago – the all-volunteer organization that has produced the iconic Chicago Pride Parade for more than 50 years, has announced a new nomination process for Community Grand Marshals to be honored in the 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade.
The Chicago Pride Parade, the culmination of Pride Month, returns Sunday, June 30 at 11 a.m.
Planning to attend the Chicago Pride Parade? Here’s everything you need to know.
ABC 7 Chicago Celebrates Pride With Live Broadcast From the 53rd Annual Pride Parade Sunday, June 30
ABC 7 celebrates the 53rd Annual Chicago Pride Parade with a two-hour, live parade broadcast, Sunday, June 30, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
To celebrate Pride Month, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) today announced the return of the Pride Train, an eight-car train wrapped in the colors of a rainbow in celebration of the dynamism and continuing evolution of the LGBTQ community locally and nationally.
With the 53rd annual Chicago Pride Parade set for Sunday, June 30, Art Johnston has decades of wide-ranging memories and emotions around Pride Month, which culminates locally on the last Sunday of June with the rainbow-drenched parade through multiple northside Chicago neighborhoods in front of about 1 million spectators.
