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| Boilerpipe Text | Chicago's Pride celebration consists of a full month of festivities and events, culminating with the Chicago Pride Parade, which traditionally takes place the last Sunday of June.
Chicago Pride Fest takes place along North Halsted St. in the North Side neighborhood colloquially referred to a âBoystownâ the weekend prior to the parade.Â
The Chicago
Pride Parade
(June 29, 2025 11am)
The 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade steps off at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2025
Â
from the corners of
Sheridan and Broadway (3900 North)Â on Chicago's north side.
The parade treks through the north side of the city, ending near the intersection of Diversey Parkway and Sheridan Road in Lincoln Park, walking through some of the city's most vibrant neighborhoods.
The annual parade, which started as a protest march in 1970 after the Stonewall Riots in New York City, has grown into the city's second-largest parade of nearly 200 entries, typically attracting more than 1 million people to multiple northside neighborhoods, particularly East Lakeview.
Parade Map and Links
Parade history
Photos from past Chicago Pride Parades (2002-2024)
Pride tips and FAQs
Official Parade Site
Events: Chicago Pride Fest (June 22-22 2025)
Traditionally held the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade, Chicago's Northalsted neighborhood, commonly referred to as "Boystown", again hosts Chicago Pride Fest on Saturday, June 21 - Sunday, June 22, 2025.
The two-day Pride street festival has become the pre-parade celebration with over 150 food and merchandise vendors, and 3 stages headlined by incredible entertainment - including the best of Chicago drag performance and DJs.Â
Pride in the Park
Pride in the Park will not be returning in 2025.
The inaugural Pride In The Park, held June 2019 inÂ
Grant Park
 in downtown Chicago, drew about 5,500 attendees. After being cancelled in 2020, Pride in The Park returned as a two-day festival in 2021 with over 30,000 attendees.
Do I need a ticket to get into Pride?
There is no fee to attend Chicago Pride Fest or watch the Pride parade. 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 itâs kind in the world. Pride in the Park does require a ticket. Further information for that event can be found
here
.
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.
Remembering Richard Pfeiffer
May 14, 1949 - October 6, 2019
Richard William Pfeiffer, coordinator of the annual Chicago Pride Parade since 1974 and a member of Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, died Sunday, October 6, 2019. He was 70.
"One of our earliest and longest-serving activists, Rich Pfeiffer made history as he gave our community decades of committed, effective service," said Art Johnston, Sidetrack co-owner and co-founder of Equality Illinois. "Under Rich's year-round consistent leadership Chicago's Gay Pride Parade grew from a few hundred participants and observers to thousands of marchers and over a million viewers, reflecting the amazing growth of our communities."
Pfeiffer watched Chicago's first-ever parade in 1970, was a volunteer marshal at the second, third and fourth parades, and he volunteered to be the coordinator at the fifth parade in 1974. He held the title through the 50th annual Chicago Pride Parade in 2019.
The 2022 parade was dedicated to Pfeiffer.Â
Richard Pfeiffer (right) at the 2019Â Chicago Pride Parade, photo courtesy
GoPride.com |
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## **Chicago Pride Parade**
Chicago's Pride celebration consists of a full month of festivities and events, culminating with the Chicago Pride Parade, which traditionally takes place the last Sunday of June.
Chicago Pride Fest takes place along North Halsted St. in the North Side neighborhood colloquially referred to a âBoystownâ the weekend prior to the parade.
***
### **The Chicago Pride Parade (June 29, 2025 11am)**
The 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade steps off at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2025from the corners of Sheridan and Broadway (3900 North) on Chicago's north side.
The parade treks through the north side of the city, ending near the intersection of Diversey Parkway and Sheridan Road in Lincoln Park, walking through some of the city's most vibrant neighborhoods.
2019 Chicago Pride Parade, photo by [Steven Koch](https://www.stevenmkoch.com/) for [GoPride.com](https://chicago.gopride.com/)

The annual parade, which started as a protest march in 1970 after the Stonewall Riots in New York City, has grown into the city's second-largest parade of nearly 200 entries, typically attracting more than 1 million people to multiple northside neighborhoods, particularly East Lakeview.
Parade Map and Links
- [Parade history](https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/131307025)
- [Photos from past Chicago Pride Parades (2002-2024)](https://chicagopride.gopride.com/mosaic.cfm)
- [Pride tips and FAQs](https://chicagopride.gopride.com/tips.cfm)
- [Official Parade Site](http://pridechicago.org/)

###
### **Events: Chicago Pride Fest (June 22-22 2025)**
Traditionally held the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade, Chicago's Northalsted neighborhood, commonly referred to as "Boystown", again hosts Chicago Pride Fest on Saturday, June 21 - Sunday, June 22, 2025.
*2019 Chicago Pride Fest photo by [Steven Koch](https://www.stevenmkoch.com/) for [GoPride.com](https://chicago.gopride.com/)*

The two-day Pride street festival has become the pre-parade celebration with over 150 food and merchandise vendors, and 3 stages headlined by incredible entertainment - including the best of Chicago drag performance and DJs.
\> [Official Chicago Pride Fest website](https://northalsted.com/pridefest)
\> [E](https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/123655456)[ntertainment line-up](https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/134255889)
*2019 Chicago Pride in the Park, photo by [Steven Koch](https://www.stevenmkoch.com/) for [GoPride.com](https://chicago.gopride.com/)*
[](https://chicago.gopride.com/photos/album.cfm/id/8747)
**Pride in the Park**
**Pride in the Park will not be returning in 2025.**
The inaugural Pride In The Park, held June 2019 in [Grant Park](https://chicago.gopride.com/directory/business.cfm/id/71424916) in downtown Chicago, drew about 5,500 attendees. After being cancelled in 2020, Pride in The Park returned as a two-day festival in 2021 with over 30,000 attendees.
\> [Official Pride in the Park website](https://prideintheparkchicago.com/)
\> Stage acts TBA
### **Do I need a ticket to get into Pride?**
There is no fee to attend Chicago Pride Fest or watch the Pride parade. 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](https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/103173409) that make up the longest installation of itâs kind in the world. Pride in the Park does require a ticket. Further information for that event can be found [here](https://prideintheparkchicago.com/).
### **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.
*2019 Chicago Pride Parade, photo by [Steven Koch](https://www.stevenmkoch.com/) for [GoPride.com](https://chicago.gopride.com/)*
[](https://pix.gopride.com/c/alb/8749/Pride%20Parade%20ALL%20MEDUIM%20SIZE%202019-195.jpg)
***
**Remembering Richard Pfeiffer**
*May 14, 1949 - October 6, 2019*
Richard William Pfeiffer, coordinator of the annual Chicago Pride Parade since 1974 and a member of Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, died Sunday, October 6, 2019. He was 70.
"One of our earliest and longest-serving activists, Rich Pfeiffer made history as he gave our community decades of committed, effective service," said Art Johnston, Sidetrack co-owner and co-founder of Equality Illinois. "Under Rich's year-round consistent leadership Chicago's Gay Pride Parade grew from a few hundred participants and observers to thousands of marchers and over a million viewers, reflecting the amazing growth of our communities."
Pfeiffer watched Chicago's first-ever parade in 1970, was a volunteer marshal at the second, third and fourth parades, and he volunteered to be the coordinator at the fifth parade in 1974. He held the title through the 50th annual Chicago Pride Parade in 2019.
The 2022 parade was dedicated to Pfeiffer.
*Richard Pfeiffer (right) at the 2019 Chicago Pride Parade, photo courtesy [GoPride.com](https://chicago.gopride.com/)*

**Pride 2025 News**
***Read more news on [GoPride.com](http://gopride.com/)***
***
**June 21 & 22, 2025**
Chicago Pride Fest
**June 29, 2025**
Chicago Pride Parade
[More events](https://chicagopride.gopride.com/events.cfm)
***
**Parade route and map**
Stake your claim along the parade route and festival concerts early, or wander to check out the other attraction - the colorful crowd. Bar and restaurant celebrations follow the parade and continue throughout the night throughout Chicago, including the Northalsted neighborhood (commonly referred to as "Boystown").
### **Neighborhoods**
[Northalsted ("Boystown")](https://chicagopride.gopride.com/boystown.cfm)
[Andersonville](https://chicagopride.gopride.com/andersonville.cfm)
### **Parade History**
[Chicago's LGBTQ+ history](https://chicagopride.gopride.com/history.cfm)
***
*Images on this site are provided by [Steven M. Koch](https://www.stevenmkoch.com/) and courtesty [GoPride.com](http://gopride.com/).*

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| Readable Markdown | Chicago's Pride celebration consists of a full month of festivities and events, culminating with the Chicago Pride Parade, which traditionally takes place the last Sunday of June.
Chicago Pride Fest takes place along North Halsted St. in the North Side neighborhood colloquially referred to a âBoystownâ the weekend prior to the parade.
***
### **The Chicago Pride Parade (June 29, 2025 11am)**
The 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade steps off at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2025from the corners of Sheridan and Broadway (3900 North) on Chicago's north side.
The parade treks through the north side of the city, ending near the intersection of Diversey Parkway and Sheridan Road in Lincoln Park, walking through some of the city's most vibrant neighborhoods.
The annual parade, which started as a protest march in 1970 after the Stonewall Riots in New York City, has grown into the city's second-largest parade of nearly 200 entries, typically attracting more than 1 million people to multiple northside neighborhoods, particularly East Lakeview.
Parade Map and Links
- [Parade history](https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/131307025)
- [Photos from past Chicago Pride Parades (2002-2024)](https://chicagopride.gopride.com/mosaic.cfm)
- [Pride tips and FAQs](https://chicagopride.gopride.com/tips.cfm)
- [Official Parade Site](http://pridechicago.org/)

### **Events: Chicago Pride Fest (June 22-22 2025)**
Traditionally held the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade, Chicago's Northalsted neighborhood, commonly referred to as "Boystown", again hosts Chicago Pride Fest on Saturday, June 21 - Sunday, June 22, 2025.
The two-day Pride street festival has become the pre-parade celebration with over 150 food and merchandise vendors, and 3 stages headlined by incredible entertainment - including the best of Chicago drag performance and DJs.
**Pride in the Park**
**Pride in the Park will not be returning in 2025.**
The inaugural Pride In The Park, held June 2019 in [Grant Park](https://chicago.gopride.com/directory/business.cfm/id/71424916) in downtown Chicago, drew about 5,500 attendees. After being cancelled in 2020, Pride in The Park returned as a two-day festival in 2021 with over 30,000 attendees.
### **Do I need a ticket to get into Pride?**
There is no fee to attend Chicago Pride Fest or watch the Pride parade. 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](https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/103173409) that make up the longest installation of itâs kind in the world. Pride in the Park does require a ticket. Further information for that event can be found [here](https://prideintheparkchicago.com/).
### **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.
***
**Remembering Richard Pfeiffer**
*May 14, 1949 - October 6, 2019*
Richard William Pfeiffer, coordinator of the annual Chicago Pride Parade since 1974 and a member of Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, died Sunday, October 6, 2019. He was 70.
"One of our earliest and longest-serving activists, Rich Pfeiffer made history as he gave our community decades of committed, effective service," said Art Johnston, Sidetrack co-owner and co-founder of Equality Illinois. "Under Rich's year-round consistent leadership Chicago's Gay Pride Parade grew from a few hundred participants and observers to thousands of marchers and over a million viewers, reflecting the amazing growth of our communities."
Pfeiffer watched Chicago's first-ever parade in 1970, was a volunteer marshal at the second, third and fourth parades, and he volunteered to be the coordinator at the fifth parade in 1974. He held the title through the 50th annual Chicago Pride Parade in 2019.
The 2022 parade was dedicated to Pfeiffer.
*Richard Pfeiffer (right) at the 2019 Chicago Pride Parade, photo courtesy [GoPride.com](https://chicago.gopride.com/)* |
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