Chicago Pride Parade 2023

Sun Jun 25 2023 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Boystown, oak park | Chicago

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Chicago Pride Parade 2023
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The big day is going to be here before you know it so mark your calendars and Save the date for the 52nd annual Chicago Pride Parade!!! The parade kicks off at noon on Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Montrose Avenue and Broadway in Uptown and ends near the intersection of Diversey Parkway and Sheridan Road in Lincoln Park.


Celebrate all of the fun and fabulous LGBTQ+ diversity with the largest pride event of the year. One of Chicago’s most iconic events, the Chicago Pride Parade is somewhat of a finale to Pride Month (June), Featuring over 150 floats.


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History of Pride

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City's Greenwich Village, which was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States.

The first Pride march in Chicago was held on June 28, 1970, on the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.

 

Since its modest beginnings, Chicago Pride has grown to be one the largest and most well-known Pride events in the world.

 

Pride Month has come to symbolize several things: the long history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender dignity, the freedom of all people to meaningfully and proudly express their sexual and gender identities, and the commitment of LGBTQ people to combat oppression.


Parade route:

Beginning at Montrose and Broadway and then moving south on Broadway to Halsted and continuing south on Halsted to Belmont, where it turns east to Broadway and then south on Broadway to Diversey, where it again turns east on Diversey to the endpoint at Cannon Drive.

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Do I need a ticket to get into Pride?

Attending Chicago Pride Fest or watching the Pride parade is free. A voluntary donation is requested at the entry gates to festival. This donation goes back to community support programs and paid for the Chicago Pride Crosswalks; 14 rainbow paved intersections installed in 2019 that make up the longest installation of it’s kind in the world. Pride in the Park does require a ticket.


2023 Chicago Pride Parade Line-up

The organizers of the annual Chicago Pride Parade, PRIDEChicago, release the full parade line-up, which includes colorful floats, decorated vehicles, marching bands and walking contingents representing community businesses, organizations, elected governmental officials and individuals, in early-to-mid June.


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Boystown, oak park , Chicago, United States

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