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Pride Fest
2025

Chicago Pride Fest 2025 Highlights - Tracy Conoboy

Photographer: Tracy Conoboy

June 22, 2025

Chicago Pride Fest 2025- Steven Koch

Photographer: Steven Koch

June 21, 2025

Pride Fest
2025

Pride Fest 2025 Performer Highlights by Gary Barris

Photographer: Gary Barris

June 21, 2025

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Northalsted News

Serving Up Sweet Treats & Sick Beats

Welcome to the Northalsted Newsletter!✨ This week in Northalsted is going to be the most musical YET! With the upcoming “Movie Rusical Challenge” on this week’s episode of RuPual’s Drag...

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Baby, You’re a Firework!

Welcome to the Northalsted Newsletter!✨ This week in Northalsted is going to be the most musical YET! With the upcoming “Movie Rusical Challenge” on this week’s episode of RuPual’s Drag...

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We Love a Pride Parade!

Welcome to the Northalsted Newsletter!✨ This week in Northalsted is going to be the most musical YET! With the upcoming “Movie Rusical Challenge” on this week’s episode of RuPual’s Drag...

Events, Holidays, Neighborhood News

Be Who You Aaaaare for Your Priiiiide (Fest)!

Welcome to the Northalsted Newsletter!✨ This week in Northalsted is going to be the most musical YET! With the upcoming “Movie Rusical Challenge” on this week’s episode of RuPual’s Drag...

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Happy Fathers Day, Daddies!

Welcome to the Northalsted Newsletter!✨ This week in Northalsted is going to be the most musical YET! With the upcoming “Movie Rusical Challenge” on this week’s episode of RuPual’s Drag...

Events, Holidays, Neighborhood News

Tell Us, Earnest… How Much Have You Seen of Us?

Welcome to the Northalsted Newsletter!✨ This week in Northalsted is going to be the most musical YET! With the upcoming “Movie Rusical Challenge” on this week’s episode of RuPual’s Drag...

Festivals & Parades

North Halsted is home to some of the city’s largest street festivals and parades, celebrating diverse communities and culture in Chicago’s Proudest Neighborhood for over 40 years.

Chicago Pride Fest®, is an exciting celebration of the LGBTQ+ community! Since 2000, a two-day street festival held the weekend leading up to the Chicago Pride Parade celebrating LGBTQ+ life, culture and community.

Chicago Pride Parade

Each year in June Chicago celebrates with hundreds of thousands of people for the Chicago Pride Parade.

Northalsted Market Days

The annual Northalsted Market Days® is the largest street festival in the Midwest and Chicago’s most vibrant summer celebration every August!

Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade

One of the 10 Best Halloweens in the US by Fodor’s Travel Guide Redfin’s #3 Best City for Halloween!

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Northalsted: Chicago’s Landmark LGBTQ+ neighborhood

Home of Chicago Pride Fest, Northalsted Market Days, Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade, Chicago Pride Parade and more.

Northalsted has been a welcoming & vibrant LGBTQ+ destination for over 50 years.

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AHF Lakeview / Out of the Closet

Shopping, Charity, HIV Testing, Thrift Shop

Out of the Closet® in Northalsted, Chicago is a chain of thrift stores whose revenues provide medical care for patients with HIV/AIDS, owned and operated by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). ...

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AJI Omakase

Sushi, Great For Dates

AJI in Northalsted, Chicago is an intimate culinary experience honoring Japanese Tradition. An experience is what we offer. An unforgettable experience of your senses. Our 14 course meal is perfectly...

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Amore Sushi House

Sushi, Great For Dates

Amore Sushi House in Northalsted, Chicago is a new Sushi spot in Chicago’s Proudest Neighborhood. AMORE Sushi House is open now; find your way to unique sushi experience with a...

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Big Mini Putt Club

Game Nights, Great For Dates

We believe that mini golf is for everyone, which is why you don’t need to be a local pro to have fun at the Big Mini. The 9-hole courses were...

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Cell Block

DJs / Late Night, Ok To Be Kinky

Cell Block is the only Leather/Fetish bar in Chicago’s Northalsted, Chicago neighborhood and has been serving the community for 25 years. Originally opened as “The Loading Dock” bar it has...

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Chicago Diner

Great For Dates, Vegetarian

The Chicago Diner is a meat-free fixture of the Northalsted, Chicago neighborhood. Established in 1983, it is one of the oldest vegetarian restaurants in Chicago and is consistently ranked as...

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Murals, Art, History! Explore The Legacy Walk On North Halsted

Discover amazing Pride installations throughout Chicago’s Proudest Neighborhood! Take selfies with 14 Rainbow Crosswalks & 5 Pride themed murals. The #WalkWithPride Tour highlights unsung LGBTQ+ figures in history on The Legacy Walk plaques & steel pylons, now a Chicago historic landmark.

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Recent Photo Galleries

Chicago Pride Fest 2025 Highlights - Tracy Conoboy

Chicago Pride Fest 2025- Steven Koch

Pride Fest 2025 Performer Highlights by Gary Barris

Upcoming Events

Friday

8

August, 2025

Through August 10

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Northalsted News

Festivals & Parades

North Halsted is home to some of the city’s largest street festivals and parades, celebrating diverse communities and culture in Chicago’s Proudest Neighborhood for over 40 years.

Visit Northalsted

Northalsted: Chicago’s Landmark LGBTQ+ neighborhood

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Bars, Restaurants, Retail, Health, & More...

Today's Featured Venues

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Murals, Art, History! Explore The Legacy Walk On North Halsted

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