Karamo Brown, all local pro sports teams, NASCAR and more to participate in Chicago Pride Parade
Wed. June 21, 2023 9:13 AM by GoPride.com News Staff
chicago pride parade, 2022
photo credit // steven koch
No grand marshal for 52nd parade that kicks off at 12noon Sunday
The organizers of the 52nd annual Chicago Pride Parade released the lineup for this Sunday’s parade, which organizers said will be one of the largest in years.
Nearly 200 entries are expected this year, up from 170 in 2022. (Full line of march is below.)
Organized by PRIDEChicago, the annual parade returned in 2022 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
This year’s lineup includes colorful floats, decorated vehicles, marching bands and walking contingents representing community businesses, organizations and elected governmental officials.
WCIU CW26's decked-out double-decker bus will feature talk show host Karamo Brown.
NASCAR will have an entree, marking a first in Chicago - driver Zach Herrin is openly gay. The parade takes place the weekend prior to NASCAR's first-ever Cup Series street race in Chicago on July 1 and 2.
All of Chicago’s professional sports teams are represented. The Chicago Blackhawks will be hosted by the Chicago Gay Hockey Association and the team plans to bring a Zamboni with its parade entry.
A new entry from Chicago Sugar Daddy Patisserie promises to be festively delicious. And noticeably absent is Balloons by Tommy, one of the most popular and photographed entrants.
Related: Cancer battle continues for owner Tommy DeLorenzo; Balloons by Tommy's colorful, creative parade message will be missed
The 52nd annual Chicago Pride Parade is scheduled for Sunday, June 25 at noon stepping off from Broadway and Montrose in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. The parade will then travel south on Broadway; then south on Halsted; then east on Belmont; then south on Broadway; then east on Diversey to Cannon Drive.
Crowd estimates last year topped nearly one million people.
Following is the line of march for 2023.
1) Intro-Banner
2) Color Guard (Scouts for Equality) – car/walkers
3) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
4) Banner – Richard Pfeiffer
5) Nettelhorst School – golf cart/walkers
6) Near North Montessori school – bus/walkers
7) Francis W. Parker School & Catherine Cook School – car walkers
8) Lycée Francais de Chicago – walkers
9) Rogers Park Montessori School - walkers
10) American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) – flag walkers
11) Chicago Teachers Union – Trolley walkers
12) State of Illinois – float walkers
13) Chicago Public Library - Float walkers
14) Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles (Lakeside Pride Marching Band)
15) Heels & Hardhats flatbed & Endurance Contracting - flatbed
16) Chicago Gender Society – Float/walkers
17) Chicago Fire Department – Vehicle/walkers
18) Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame sponsored by the McKinsey Group – Float/walkers
19) Planned Parenthood of Illinois – walkers
20) Chicago Officials and city department reps - walkers
21) Diversity & Inclusion (UAW 551) – Ford 150 walker
22) Kimberly Clark - walkers
23) County Officials and county department reps - walkers
24) Grab Magazine float walkers
25) Hyatt – trolley walkers
26) State Officials and department reps - walkers
27) Equality Illinois – float walkers
28) PFLAG – trolley walkers
29) Federal and International officials and departments - van & walkers
30) ABC 7 Chicago/WLS TV – float walkers
31) Milliman & Out in Tech – car walkers
32) Enjoy Illinois/Illinois Office of Tourism – float walkers
33) Department of Children & Family Services – trolley walkers
34) Federal Reserve Bank – car/walkers
35) Rush University Medical Center – float walkers
36) Organized Chaos, motorcycles
37) Bikes & Micsc - motorcycles
38) Dykes on Bikes - motorcycles
39) Fidelity Investments - pickup truck walkers
40) Bud Billiken – band/dancers
41) McDonald’s – float/walkers
42) Expedia van/walkers
43) Neighborhood Loans – float walkers
44) Virgin Hotels Chicago – Vintage Land Rover w/trailer and walkers
45) Chime – float walkers
46) Howard Brown Health - walkers
47) Chicago White Sox -car walkers
48) BOMA Chicago Foundation – float walkers
49) NASCAR Enterprises LLC – car walkers
50) UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago – SUV walkers
51) Chicago Bulls & BMO Harris Bank – van walkers
52) Chicago Bulls & BMO Harris Bank – float walkers
53) Rainbow Mensans Chicago Area Mensa – float walkers
54) Deloitte Services LP (Deloitte LGBTQIA+ & Allies Community) – float walkers
55) CW26 Chicago – trolley walkers
56) Mini of Glencoe North Shore (McGrath Auto Group) – auto walkers
57) Human Rights Campaign - walkers
58) Chi-Town Squares pickup/dancers
59) Keshet w/additional organizations
60) BP – trolley walkers
61) Steve Quick Jeweler & Chicago Pride Guard – float/walkers
62) Ferrara Candy/CGMC float/walkers
63) Center on Halsted & US Bank – float/walkers.
64) Broadway In Chicago – Float/walkers
65) Asians Friends float
66) Trikone float
67) Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches – van walkers
68) JPMorgaChase – Float/walkers
69) Chicago Sugar Daddy Patisserie – flatbed walkers
70) Chicago Smelts – Float/walkers
71) JCC Chicago – small school bus walkers
72) Baton Show Lounge – float car & Chicago Coalition of Kink Clubs
73) Kenosha Pride – flatbed walkers
74) Dream Town Realty – float walkers
75) Gerber Hart Library and Archives - walkers
76) Univision Chicago – pickup truck with trailer walkers
77) NPI Hillcrest Investor Group LLC (dba Legacy Cannabis) – SUV walkers
78) Ropes & Gray – trolley walkers
79) Dentsu Smirnoff - DD Bus walkers
80) Kraft Heinz – WeinerMobile walkers
81) Charlie’s Chicago – trolley walkers
82) Verizon - walkers
83) Abbott Pride Network – float walkers
84) Puerto Rican Cultural Center - walkers
85) Petsmart - walkers
86) Sidetrack -float walkers
87) WGN TV – float walkers
88) LATSE Local 476 Studio Mechanics – walkers
89) Macy’s SUV walkers
90) Second City Outlaws – pickup truck dancers
91) FCB Chicago – float walkers
92) Uptown Chamber of Commerce – float walkers
93) Walgreens – trolley
94) Illinois Department of Human Resources – band van walkers
95) iHeart Media KISS FM 103.5 & Cook County Dept. of Public Health – float/walkers
96) iHeart Media & Vizzy – float/walkers iHeart Media WGCI & Chicago Public Schools – float/walkers
97) iHeart Media & Visit Orlando – float/walkers
98) Astellas - dd bus walkers
99) Folia Brazil - dancers
100) Veterinary Specialty Center – float walkers
101) Erie Family Health Center – walkers
102) Cushman Wakefield – trolley walkers &
103) WGN Radio & Jewel Osco – van walkers
104) CBS 2 Chicago – float walker
105) Baxter Healthcare - walkers
106) ComEd, ComEd truck walkers
107) Parliament of Religions walkers
108) Verilife Cannabis Dispensary – float walkers
109) Allstate Insurance – SUV walkers
110) Nordstrom – walkers.
111) Goose Island Beer Company – van walkers
112) Chicago Bar Asoc. Young Lawyers Div. walkers
113) United Way of Metro Chicago - float walkers
114) FTI Consulting, Inc. - walkers
115) Encore w/Hell in a Handbag Productions – trolley/car walkers
116) National Gay Pilots Association – flatbed walkers
117) American Airlines – truck walkers
118) Southwest Airlines – SUV walkers
119) United Airlines = Ground vehicle - walkers
120) Elevate K-12 – pickup truck walkers
121) Audacy Chicago 93XRT (WXRT-FM) – trolley walkers
122) Jones Lang LaSalle -float walkers
123) Gateway Foundation - walkers
124) AbbVie – trolley walkers
125) EY - trolley walkers
126) The Mix 101.9 – float walkers
127) Starbucks - walkers
128) Accenture – bus walkers
129) The Thresholds – float walkers
130) Comcast NBC Universal – car walkers
131) Foreskin Pride – car walkers
132) Roscoe’s Tavern – flatbed walkers
133) 1871 – trolley walkers
134) Illinois Central Railroad Company – walkers
135) T-Mobile – float walkers
136) Actors’ Equity Assoc. – car walkers
137) Fermilab - walkers
138) Mars – van walkers
139) Project VIDA – float walkers
140) PriceWaterhouse Coopers – trolley walkers
141) Lake View East Chamber of Commerce – float walkers
142) Fifth Third Bank – trolley walkers
143) Chicago Cubs - float walkers
144) Johnson & Johnson auto walkers
145) Kenvue Care With Pride -auto walkers
146) Bank of America – trolley walkers
147) Public Broadcasting/WTTW/WFMT/WBEZ and Lyric Opera – walkers
148) Huntington Bank – ice cream truck walkers
149) Chicago Bears – float walkers
150) Women's touch football - walkers
151) Wendy’s – car walkers
152) Zurich North America/Youth Services Glenview/Northbrook - walkers
153) PrimeCare Health – float walkers
154) Keller Williams One Chicago – SUV walkers
155) LGBTQIA+ Alliance at Purdue NW - walkers
156) Blue Cross Blue Shield – float walkers
157) Free Mom Hugs - walkers
158) Amazon – trolley walkers
159) Chicago Dragons Rugby Club – car walkers
160) Athletic Alliance of Chicago – float walkers
161) Chicago Fire Football Club – pickup truck walkers
162) Chicago Red Stars - walkers
163) Chicago Gay Hockey Assoc & Chicago Blackhawks – truck/flatbed/van
164) Dick’s Sporting Goods – walkers
165) Chicago Boyz & Girlz – dd Bus
166) Northshore University Health System – walkers
167) Grainger – trolley walkers
168) DePaul – van walkers
169) Advocate Health – van walkers
170) Discover – trolley walkers
171) Thousand Waves Marital Arts/Self Defense – van - walkersLG
172) WCPT Newsweb Radio – float walkers
173) Chicagoland Target - walkers
174) Arcus Behavioral Health & Wellness float walkers
175) Gerber Collision & Glass - flatbed
176) Meta – Jeep Wrangler walkers
177) Image Edge LA Tan – float walkers
178) TCA Health – trolley walkers
179) Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce – party bus
180) Applied Systems – float walkers
181) Northrop Grumman - trolley walker
182) Northwestern Medicine – trolley walkers
183) Lambda Legal – float walkers
184) College of DuPage McAninch Art Center – Van walkers
185) Firebrand Second City Country Dance Assoc. – pickup truck & trailer dancers
186) Fox 32 Chicago - float walkers
187) Leather64Ten – car walkers
188) Servin Fysh – car - dancers
189) Wintrust – trolley walkers
190) Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus – float walkers
191)
192) Obama Foundation – trolley walkers
193) University of Chicago Sciences – big bus wakers
194) Sherwin Williams Paint – car walkers
195) AIA Chicago - walkers
196) Alcala’s – float walkers
197) 198) Chicago Fetish and Leather Pride
199) My Buddy – flatbed/car
Nearly 200 entries are expected this year, up from 170 in 2022. (Full line of march is below.)
Organized by PRIDEChicago, the annual parade returned in 2022 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
This year’s lineup includes colorful floats, decorated vehicles, marching bands and walking contingents representing community businesses, organizations and elected governmental officials.
WCIU CW26's decked-out double-decker bus will feature talk show host Karamo Brown.
NASCAR will have an entree, marking a first in Chicago - driver Zach Herrin is openly gay. The parade takes place the weekend prior to NASCAR's first-ever Cup Series street race in Chicago on July 1 and 2.
All of Chicago’s professional sports teams are represented. The Chicago Blackhawks will be hosted by the Chicago Gay Hockey Association and the team plans to bring a Zamboni with its parade entry.
A new entry from Chicago Sugar Daddy Patisserie promises to be festively delicious. And noticeably absent is Balloons by Tommy, one of the most popular and photographed entrants.
Related: Cancer battle continues for owner Tommy DeLorenzo; Balloons by Tommy's colorful, creative parade message will be missed
The 52nd annual Chicago Pride Parade is scheduled for Sunday, June 25 at noon stepping off from Broadway and Montrose in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. The parade will then travel south on Broadway; then south on Halsted; then east on Belmont; then south on Broadway; then east on Diversey to Cannon Drive.
Crowd estimates last year topped nearly one million people.
Following is the line of march for 2023.
1) Intro-Banner
2) Color Guard (Scouts for Equality) – car/walkers
3) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
4) Banner – Richard Pfeiffer
5) Nettelhorst School – golf cart/walkers
6) Near North Montessori school – bus/walkers
7) Francis W. Parker School & Catherine Cook School – car walkers
8) Lycée Francais de Chicago – walkers
9) Rogers Park Montessori School - walkers
10) American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) – flag walkers
11) Chicago Teachers Union – Trolley walkers
12) State of Illinois – float walkers
13) Chicago Public Library - Float walkers
14) Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles (Lakeside Pride Marching Band)
15) Heels & Hardhats flatbed & Endurance Contracting - flatbed
16) Chicago Gender Society – Float/walkers
17) Chicago Fire Department – Vehicle/walkers
18) Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame sponsored by the McKinsey Group – Float/walkers
19) Planned Parenthood of Illinois – walkers
20) Chicago Officials and city department reps - walkers
21) Diversity & Inclusion (UAW 551) – Ford 150 walker
22) Kimberly Clark - walkers
23) County Officials and county department reps - walkers
24) Grab Magazine float walkers
25) Hyatt – trolley walkers
26) State Officials and department reps - walkers
27) Equality Illinois – float walkers
28) PFLAG – trolley walkers
29) Federal and International officials and departments - van & walkers
30) ABC 7 Chicago/WLS TV – float walkers
31) Milliman & Out in Tech – car walkers
32) Enjoy Illinois/Illinois Office of Tourism – float walkers
33) Department of Children & Family Services – trolley walkers
34) Federal Reserve Bank – car/walkers
35) Rush University Medical Center – float walkers
36) Organized Chaos, motorcycles
37) Bikes & Micsc - motorcycles
38) Dykes on Bikes - motorcycles
39) Fidelity Investments - pickup truck walkers
40) Bud Billiken – band/dancers
41) McDonald’s – float/walkers
42) Expedia van/walkers
43) Neighborhood Loans – float walkers
44) Virgin Hotels Chicago – Vintage Land Rover w/trailer and walkers
45) Chime – float walkers
46) Howard Brown Health - walkers
47) Chicago White Sox -car walkers
48) BOMA Chicago Foundation – float walkers
49) NASCAR Enterprises LLC – car walkers
50) UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago – SUV walkers
51) Chicago Bulls & BMO Harris Bank – van walkers
52) Chicago Bulls & BMO Harris Bank – float walkers
53) Rainbow Mensans Chicago Area Mensa – float walkers
54) Deloitte Services LP (Deloitte LGBTQIA+ & Allies Community) – float walkers
55) CW26 Chicago – trolley walkers
56) Mini of Glencoe North Shore (McGrath Auto Group) – auto walkers
57) Human Rights Campaign - walkers
58) Chi-Town Squares pickup/dancers
59) Keshet w/additional organizations
60) BP – trolley walkers
61) Steve Quick Jeweler & Chicago Pride Guard – float/walkers
62) Ferrara Candy/CGMC float/walkers
63) Center on Halsted & US Bank – float/walkers.
64) Broadway In Chicago – Float/walkers
65) Asians Friends float
66) Trikone float
67) Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches – van walkers
68) JPMorgaChase – Float/walkers
69) Chicago Sugar Daddy Patisserie – flatbed walkers
70) Chicago Smelts – Float/walkers
71) JCC Chicago – small school bus walkers
72) Baton Show Lounge – float car & Chicago Coalition of Kink Clubs
73) Kenosha Pride – flatbed walkers
74) Dream Town Realty – float walkers
75) Gerber Hart Library and Archives - walkers
76) Univision Chicago – pickup truck with trailer walkers
77) NPI Hillcrest Investor Group LLC (dba Legacy Cannabis) – SUV walkers
78) Ropes & Gray – trolley walkers
79) Dentsu Smirnoff - DD Bus walkers
80) Kraft Heinz – WeinerMobile walkers
81) Charlie’s Chicago – trolley walkers
82) Verizon - walkers
83) Abbott Pride Network – float walkers
84) Puerto Rican Cultural Center - walkers
85) Petsmart - walkers
86) Sidetrack -float walkers
87) WGN TV – float walkers
88) LATSE Local 476 Studio Mechanics – walkers
89) Macy’s SUV walkers
90) Second City Outlaws – pickup truck dancers
91) FCB Chicago – float walkers
92) Uptown Chamber of Commerce – float walkers
93) Walgreens – trolley
94) Illinois Department of Human Resources – band van walkers
95) iHeart Media KISS FM 103.5 & Cook County Dept. of Public Health – float/walkers
96) iHeart Media & Vizzy – float/walkers iHeart Media WGCI & Chicago Public Schools – float/walkers
97) iHeart Media & Visit Orlando – float/walkers
98) Astellas - dd bus walkers
99) Folia Brazil - dancers
100) Veterinary Specialty Center – float walkers
101) Erie Family Health Center – walkers
102) Cushman Wakefield – trolley walkers &
103) WGN Radio & Jewel Osco – van walkers
104) CBS 2 Chicago – float walker
105) Baxter Healthcare - walkers
106) ComEd, ComEd truck walkers
107) Parliament of Religions walkers
108) Verilife Cannabis Dispensary – float walkers
109) Allstate Insurance – SUV walkers
110) Nordstrom – walkers.
111) Goose Island Beer Company – van walkers
112) Chicago Bar Asoc. Young Lawyers Div. walkers
113) United Way of Metro Chicago - float walkers
114) FTI Consulting, Inc. - walkers
115) Encore w/Hell in a Handbag Productions – trolley/car walkers
116) National Gay Pilots Association – flatbed walkers
117) American Airlines – truck walkers
118) Southwest Airlines – SUV walkers
119) United Airlines = Ground vehicle - walkers
120) Elevate K-12 – pickup truck walkers
121) Audacy Chicago 93XRT (WXRT-FM) – trolley walkers
122) Jones Lang LaSalle -float walkers
123) Gateway Foundation - walkers
124) AbbVie – trolley walkers
125) EY - trolley walkers
126) The Mix 101.9 – float walkers
127) Starbucks - walkers
128) Accenture – bus walkers
129) The Thresholds – float walkers
130) Comcast NBC Universal – car walkers
131) Foreskin Pride – car walkers
132) Roscoe’s Tavern – flatbed walkers
133) 1871 – trolley walkers
134) Illinois Central Railroad Company – walkers
135) T-Mobile – float walkers
136) Actors’ Equity Assoc. – car walkers
137) Fermilab - walkers
138) Mars – van walkers
139) Project VIDA – float walkers
140) PriceWaterhouse Coopers – trolley walkers
141) Lake View East Chamber of Commerce – float walkers
142) Fifth Third Bank – trolley walkers
143) Chicago Cubs - float walkers
144) Johnson & Johnson auto walkers
145) Kenvue Care With Pride -auto walkers
146) Bank of America – trolley walkers
147) Public Broadcasting/WTTW/WFMT/WBEZ and Lyric Opera – walkers
148) Huntington Bank – ice cream truck walkers
149) Chicago Bears – float walkers
150) Women's touch football - walkers
151) Wendy’s – car walkers
152) Zurich North America/Youth Services Glenview/Northbrook - walkers
153) PrimeCare Health – float walkers
154) Keller Williams One Chicago – SUV walkers
155) LGBTQIA+ Alliance at Purdue NW - walkers
156) Blue Cross Blue Shield – float walkers
157) Free Mom Hugs - walkers
158) Amazon – trolley walkers
159) Chicago Dragons Rugby Club – car walkers
160) Athletic Alliance of Chicago – float walkers
161) Chicago Fire Football Club – pickup truck walkers
162) Chicago Red Stars - walkers
163) Chicago Gay Hockey Assoc & Chicago Blackhawks – truck/flatbed/van
164) Dick’s Sporting Goods – walkers
165) Chicago Boyz & Girlz – dd Bus
166) Northshore University Health System – walkers
167) Grainger – trolley walkers
168) DePaul – van walkers
169) Advocate Health – van walkers
170) Discover – trolley walkers
171) Thousand Waves Marital Arts/Self Defense – van - walkersLG
172) WCPT Newsweb Radio – float walkers
173) Chicagoland Target - walkers
174) Arcus Behavioral Health & Wellness float walkers
175) Gerber Collision & Glass - flatbed
176) Meta – Jeep Wrangler walkers
177) Image Edge LA Tan – float walkers
178) TCA Health – trolley walkers
179) Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce – party bus
180) Applied Systems – float walkers
181) Northrop Grumman - trolley walker
182) Northwestern Medicine – trolley walkers
183) Lambda Legal – float walkers
184) College of DuPage McAninch Art Center – Van walkers
185) Firebrand Second City Country Dance Assoc. – pickup truck & trailer dancers
186) Fox 32 Chicago - float walkers
187) Leather64Ten – car walkers
188) Servin Fysh – car - dancers
189) Wintrust – trolley walkers
190) Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus – float walkers
191)
192) Obama Foundation – trolley walkers
193) University of Chicago Sciences – big bus wakers
194) Sherwin Williams Paint – car walkers
195) AIA Chicago - walkers
196) Alcala’s – float walkers
197) 198) Chicago Fetish and Leather Pride
199) My Buddy – flatbed/car