When is Pride in Chicago 2026? What to find out about parade route, avenue closures, parking restrictions

CHICAGO (WLS) — Large crowds, avenue closures and elevated site visitors are anticipated on Chicago’s North Side for the fifty fifth annual Pride Parade Sunday.

The parade will step off at 11 a.m. at Grace Street and Broadway and proceed south alongside Broadway, then south on Halsted Street, east alongside Belmont Avenue to Broadway, then south to Diversey Parkway and east to Cannon Drive.

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Residents, attendees and members ought to anticipate avenue closures as early as 7:30 a.m. for participant staging areas and parade route closures starting as early as 8:30 a.m., or as the group dictates for questions of safety, together with Irving Park Road and Wellington Avenue at Broadway and Addison Street, Grace and Roscoe Street at Halsted. Streets are anticipated to totally reopen by 4 p.m. or when deemed secure to take action.

Pedestrian crossings are situated at: Addison at Halsted, Cornelia Street at Halsted, Buckingham Place at Halsted, Briar Place at Broadway and Wellington at Broadway.

Parking restrictions within the space, which will probably be in impact and strictly enforced, will start at 2 a.m. Sunday for the meeting space at Sheridan and Broadway and the parade route. Call 311 to situated towed autos.

Cooling buses, if wanted, will probably be obtainable at Addison west of Halsted, Roscoe west of Halsted, Belmont east of Broadway, Wilton Avenue north of Belmont, Waveland between Broadway and Halsted and Belmont westbound between Halsted and Clark Street.

Drones with out Federal Aviation Administration waivers won’t be allowed within the space.

The 2026 theme is “Free to be Proud.”

Organizers say the theme affirms “that the freedom to live openly, love authentically, and exist safely is neither abstract nor guaranteed.”

Tracy Baim, Mona Noriega, Evette Cardona and The Alliance of Illinois Judges have been introduced because the 2026 group grand marshals.

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ABC7 Chicago will air and stream the parade from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.