Chicago Pride Parade 2023

Live stream and TV coverage. Pridefest schedule, parade lineup, route, and start time

Traditionally, the parade is preceded by the 2 day Chicago Pridefest festival featuring live music, DJs and dancing and of course plenty of food and drink.

This will be the 52nd Chicago Pride parade which is one of the oldest and largest anywhere in the world, covering a 4 mile stretch of the city's streets and attracting crowds estimated at upwards of 1 million people out to watch the spectacle, a huge increase from the humble beginnings of the first parades, which were watched by only a few thousand spectator at most.

Date

The Chicago Pride Parade 2023 will be held on Sunday 25th June.

Chicago Pride Fest at Northalsted - 17 - 18th June

Pride in The Park - 23 & 24th June in Grant Park

Pride at Navy Pier 25th June

Parade schedule

The parade starts at 12 noon and covers a 4 mile parade route as follows:

Starts at Montrose Avenue and Broadway
Down Broadway
Halsted
Belmont
Broadway again
Diversey Parkway
Finish in Lincoln Park at Diversey and Sheridan Road

TV & Streaming

The live TV broadcast of the parade has for a few years now been provided by local television network channel ABC7, with full coverage of the whole parade also available as a live online webcast stream on the channel's website. You can watch ABC7 live streaming online here:

ABC7 live stream

You might also like to check out their videos from the previous year's parade, there is some excellent coverage there:

Chicago pride videos

Hotels and Accommodation

Chicago in June means temperate weather and usually plenty of sunshine, so if you are planning of visiting during the Pride festival or for the parade it is generally a great time of year to spend some time in the city.

You can check availability and make reservations for local hotels here.

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