2015 Chicago Pride Parade line of march released

Chicago, IL - The organizers of the 46th Annual Chicago Pride Parade have released the parade line-up, which includes 200 entries featuring colorful floats, decorated vehicles, marching bands and walking contingents representing community businesses, organizations, elected governmental officials and individuals.

The parade will kick-off with the color guard headed up by the "Scouts For Equality" who will be carrying several flags including United States, State of Illinois, Cook County, City of Chicago and the rainbow Pride flags. The group is made up of Scouts and their supportive families and friends.

This year, parade entries have been limited in size to reduce the length of the parade, which should cut the running time from over 3 hours to just 2 1/2 hours.

The City of Chicago is also making several changes in an effort to curtail excessive and illegal drinking as well as post-parade mayhem. A zero-tolerance policy for drinking along the parade route will be enforced with checkpoints along the route and could result in fines up to $1,000 for open containers.

"Hundreds of thousands of people will be coming for the parade. Since the international theme for Pride celebrations this year is 'Color Our World with Pride,' we ask for their support in keeping the parade and the hours after the parade safe by celebrating both respectfully and responsibly," parade coordinator Richard Pfeiffer told ChicagoPride.com.

(Related: Stanley Cup expected at Chicago Pride Parade)

The Grand Marshal for this year's parade is out country star Ty Herndon.

"I consider it a great honor to represent my community with pride, love and acceptance as we move forward with change in this world," Herndon told ChicagoPride.com.

The parade is scheduled for Sunday, June 28 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. Over 1 million people are expected to attend.

Chicago's annual Pride Parade is the culmination of June Pride Month and is organized by PRIDEChicago under the direction of Pfeiffer. (www.chicagopridecalendar.org) 

2015 PRIDE PARADE LINE OF MARCH

1      Intro - banner/grand marshal/color guard (Scouts For Equality),mc groups (Bikes&Mics/Org Chaos/DOB)

2      Friends Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame – float/walkers

2A   HOF – vehicle

3      Nettelhorst School – golf cart/walkers

3A   Pride Youth Program Angles – walkers

3B    Erie Family Health Center – walkers

3C    UCAN - walkers

4      Chicago Waldorf School – bus/walkers

5      Near North Montessori School – bus/walkers

6      Chicago Teachers Union – float/walkers

6A   City Colleges of Chicago – float/walkers

7      American Veterans – car/flag/walkers

7A   Gay/Lesbian/Supporting Sailors – car/walkers

7B    Jesse Brown VA Medical Cntr – bus/walkers

8      Lakeside Pride Music Ensem – band/walkers

9      Chicago Police Dept. – car

9A   Lesbian/Gay Police GOAL – float

10    WALKERS (no vehicles) Elected officials & candidates & govt. agencies in this order:

        CITY: Tunney, Smith, Solis, Mendoza, Summers

        COUNTY: Orr, Cabonargi, Tobolski, Public Defender

        STATE: Cullerton, Frerichs, Harmon

        FEDERAL: Quigley, Schakowsky, Duckworth staff, D. Williams, Zopp

        OTHER: Chicago Public Library, Peace Corps, Green Party

11    Harris & Steans also Madigan, Cassidy, A. Williams, Lang, Mell, Cappleman, Biss, Gainer – float/walkers

11A Toni Preckwinkle – suv/walkers

12    Mark Kirk – car

13    Equality Illinois – float/walkers

13A Uber Chicago – float/walkers

14    ABC7 Chicago (WLS-TV) – float

15    Folia Brasil – car/walkers

16    Baton Show Lounge – float

17    WGN Radio & Jewel Foods – float/walkers

18    Balloons by Tommy – suv/walkers

18A BP – vehicle/walkers

19    National LGBTQ Task Force - walkers

20    Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce – bus/walkers

21    MB Financial – trolley/walkers

22    Lakeview East Chamber – float/walkers

23    Chicago Dragons Rugby FC - walkers

24    Chicago Gay Hockey Assoc. – trailer/walkers

25    Lambda Legal – float/walkers

25A AARP – trolley

25B  Chicago Area Mensa – car/walkers

26    Windy City Cowboys – trailer/walkers

27    Center on Halsted/Chicago House–float/walkers

28    LGBTQ Pres. in higher education – walkers

29    DePaul/ACTOUT – walkers

30    Chicago Gay Men's Chorus – float/walkers

31    Howard Brown Health Center – walkers

32    Paws Chicago – float/walkers

33    Evanston Subaru in Skokie – car/walkers

34    PuertoRicanCenterVida/SIDA – float/walkers

35    ROTC Chicago – truck/walkers

36    Sidetrack/Chicago Spirit Brigade – float/walkers

37    PFLAG Illinois – trailer/walkers

37A Navigant – vehicle/walkers

38    Asians & Friends – float/walkers

38A Trikone Chicago – truck/walkers

39    LaCasaNorte/Bank America–trolley/walkers

39A Ford Motor Co/UAW-Ford – car/walkers

40    Metro Water Rec. Dist. – float

40A Wells Fargo /IL Safe Schools – float/walkers

41    Chgo Coal Welcome Churches – van/walkers

42    Episcopal Diocese of Chgo – truck/walkers

43    Unitarian Universal/Chgo – car

44    Dignity Chicago- car/walkers

45    Night Ministry – van/walkers

46    Unity in Chicago – trolley/walkers

47    AChurch4Me/MCC – truck/walkers

48    Temple Sholom – float/walkers

49    Anti-Defamation League – float/walkers

50    AmericanJewishWorldService–trolley/walkers

51    Alliance of Illinois Judges – car/walkers

52    State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz – car/walkers

53    PepsiCo – trolley/walkers

54    Frito Lay – truck/walkers

55    Chicago Fire – float/walkers

55A Section 8 Chicago – ambulance/walkers

56    Athletic Alliance of Chicago – float/walkers

57    Chicago Cubs – float/walkers

58    Chicago Smelts – car/walkers

59    Chicago Metro. Sports Assoc. – float

59A Chicago Sky – van/walkers

60    WGN TV – float

61    Chicago Bulls - van

62    Comcast Cable Communication – van/walkers

63    NBC5 Chicago – bus/walkers

64    Telemundo Chicago – float/walkers

65    Marriott – float/walkers

66    Anita Alvarez office – float/walkers

67    Steve Quick Jewelers – float/walkers

68    Harry Osterman – car/walkers

68A Joe Moore – car/walkers

69    Grab Magazine – float

70    Kraft Foods Group – Wienermobile/walkers

71    Caffeinated Club – float

71A Chicago Northside Toyota – bus

72    Fox 32 Chicago – float/walkers

73    Chgo Gender Soc/Chi Chapter - float

74    Dentistry Pride UICC – truck/walkers

74A Human Rights Campaign – suv/walkers

74B  Civil Rights Agenda – car/walkers

75    National Org. Restoring Men – car/walkers

76    Orbitz – car.walkers

77    American Airlines – golfcart/walkers

78    National Gay Pilots Assn – trailer/walkers

79    United Airlines – flatbed/walkers

80    Boeing Co/BEAGLES group – walkers

81    About Face Theatre – walkers

82    CORE Center – float/walkers

83    Alcala's Western Wear – float

84    Roscoe's Tavern – flatbed/walkers

85    BMO Harris Bank – truck/walkers

86    iHeart/KISS FM – float/walkers

87    Nuns 4 Fun – float

88    ComEd – truck/walkers

89    FCB Chicago – float/walkers

90    W.W. Grainger Inc. – suv/walkers

91    Thresholds – float/walkers

92    JLL – float/walkers

93    Autobarn Volkswagen Chgo – trailer

94    Blue Cross/Blue Shield IL – float/walkers

95    Sandra Hold./Pandora Jewelry – truck/walkers

96    JPMorgan Chase – float/walkers

97    Illinois State Bar Assoc. – car/walkers

98    Walgreens – truck/walkers

99    Astellas US LLC – float/walkers

100  Presence St. Joseph Hosp. – trolley

101  Advocate IL Masonic – trolley/walkers

102  Groupon – float/walkers

103  Chicago Apartment Finders – car/walkers

104  Anti-Cruelty Society – truck/walkers

105  The TaTa Top – float/walkers

106  Chicago Leather Pride – truck/walkers

107  Bisexual Queer Alliance Chgo – truck/walkers

108  Chicago Boyz – bus

109  Gay Liberation Network – truck/walkers

110  Bud Light – car/walkers

111  McGrath Group – float/walkers

112  McGrath Acura – float/walkers

113  Thousand Waves – car/walkers

114  Thompson Chicago – trolley/walkers

115  Motorola - truck/walkers

116  WBBM-FM B96 – float

117  Miller Coors – Miller Lite – trolley/walkers

118  Broadway In Chicago – float/walkers

119  Constellation Brands – float/walkers

120  Westward Management – trailer

121  Berman Auto Group – float walkers

122  Mid City Subaru – vehicle/walkers

123  WXRT – float/walkers

124  Chgo Outfit Roller Derby Team – suv/walkers

125  Local 881 UFCW – float/walkers

126  Soka Gakkai – float/walkers

127  Mini of Chicago - car

128  Chgo Prog Talk/Fields Mini – float/walkers

129  Rush Pride/Rush University – float/walkers

130  Tyson Foods – float

131  RedEye Chicago – float/walkers

132  KPMG – bus/walkers

133  Mercy for Animals – car/walkers

134  Gerber Collision & Glass – van/walkers

135  Takeda Pharmaceuticals – suv/walkers

136  LA Tan – float/walkers

137  Imerman Angels – flatbed/walker

138  Discover – trolley/walkers

139  Hyatt Chicago/HyPRIDE – float/walkers

140  Rainbow Hospice – car/walkers

141  Akira Chicago – float/walkers

142  Allstate – float/walkers

143  Windy City Rollers – trailer/skaters

144  CME Group – walkers

145  Tree House/Animal Ark – float/walkers

146  Tesla Motors – car/walkers

147  U of C Bio Serv Div –float/walkers

148  U of C Comer Child Hosp – truck/walkers

149  Horizon Hospice & Pall Care – truck/walkers

150  United Way Met Chgo – float/walkers

151  Chipotle Mexican Grill – float/walkers

152  Comedy Sportz Chgo – car

153  Aon Plc – trolley

154  SEIU Illinois Council – trolley

155  Zipcar – suv/walkers

156  Peckish Pig/Temperance Beer – trolley

157  Shedd Aquarium - bus/walkers

158  Linkedin Corp. Inc. – float/walkers

159  W&W Plumbing & Construction. - vehicle

160  Spex – float/walkers

161  Puppy Mill Project – float/walkers

162  Chicago Rowing Union – truck/walkers

163  Bloomingdales – car/walkers

164  Dream Town Realty – float/walkers

165  Fitness Formula Clubs – vehicle/walkers

166  Sears Holdings Corp. – float/walkers

167  Univision – trolley

168  Exquisite Limousine – bus/walkers

169  Field Museum – trolley/walkers

170  Siemens – bus/walkers

171  Guaranteed Rate – trolley/walkers

172  Museum/Science & Industry – van/walkers

173  Northrop Grumman Corp. – trolley/walkers

174  IL Psych Assn Grad Students – truck/walkers

175  TD Ameritrade – float/walkers

176  Amr Found Suicide Prevention-walkers

177  AT&T/League – float/walkers

178  WCIU, The U – bus/walkers

179  Forest Pres. Dist. Cook Cty – float/walkers

180  Gap Inc. – trolley/walkers

181  Baxter International – trolley/walkers

182  Novartis Pharmaceuticals – truck/walkers

183  Civis Analytics – car/walkers

184  Phoenix Bar & Nightclub – float/walkers

185  Starbucks – walkers

186  Concept E/Top Fleet/Olivia – trolley/walkers

187  Unite Here Local 1 – walkers

188  Google Chicago – van/walkers

189  Million Dollar Quartet – car/walkers

190  Deloitte LLP – walkers

191  T-Mobile (Step Logic, Inc.) – car/walkers

192  Hair Cuttery – jeep/walkers

193  Cuddle Party – bus/walkers

194  SAG-AFTRA - walkers

195  TBA - walkers

196  Pandora Radio - vehicle

197  Ram Racing – RV/walkers

198  Gentle Giant Moving Co. -

199  Lakeshore Recycling System – truck/walkers

200  Chgo Green Wedding Alliance–truck/walkers