The parade is scheduled for Sunday, June 30, 2019 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.
2019 Pride Parade line of march; registered entries: Organizations & Local & National Businesses w/ their LGBT Employee Groups
1 Intro–Banner/Color Guard (Scouts for Equality) – car/walkers
2 Mayor Lori Lightfoot (Honorary Grand Marshal)– float/walkers
3 Office of Governor J.B. Pritzker w/Illinois Human Right Commission/Jim Bennet – walkers
4 Molly Pinta (Youth Grand Marshal) & Joel Hall (Legacy Grand Marshal) & Joel Hall Dancers and Center – float/walker
5 Marge Summit (Legacy Grand Marshal) vehicle
6 James Flint (Legacy Grand Marshal) on Baton float. – 6A Indivisible Aurora – walkers
7 Nettelhorst School – golf cart/walkers and 7A Near North Montessori School – bus/walkers
8 Erie Family Health Center and 8A – Youth Services Pride Youth Program – walkers
9 Free Mom Hugs – float/walkers and 9A – Lycee Francais de Chicago – walkers and 9B – Ashe Emet School reps – walkers
10 Francis W. Parker School and 10A – Catherine Cook School – jeep w/walkers
11 American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), Jesse Brown VA LGBTQ/A Association & Hines VA. – car/flag/walkers
12 Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles – band/van
13 Lesbian Gay Police Assoc./GOAL/Police/FBI – float/car/truck
14 Chicago Gender Society and Chi-Chapter – float
15 Heels and Hardhats Contracting & union reps – dump truck/trailer
16 Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus – walkers
17 Folia Brasil – dancers and 17A – Grab Magazine – float
18 Center on Halsted and U.S. Bank (U.S. Bank – LBGT SPECTRUM Employee Resource Group) – float/walkers
19 PFLAG – trolley w/walkers and 19A – AARP – trolley
20 City Officials & City Department Reps. – walkers
21 Equality Illinois – float/walkers
22 Lambda Legal – float/walkers
23 County Officials & County Department Reps. – walkers
24 Asians & Friends Chicago – float/walkers
25 Trikone Chicago – trolley/walkers
26 State Officials & Department Reps.
27 ABC 7 Chicago – float/van/walkers
28 Obama Foundation – double decker bus/walkers
29 Federal & International Officials and Departments
30 Chicago White Sox – van/walkers
31 Project VIDA – truck/walkers 31A – Woodstock Pride – walkers
32 Entry Lines Up on Sheridan (from Montrose to Sunnyside) – Motorcycles incl. Organized Chaos Chgo, Bikes&Mics, Chgo Gay Bikers, Fitness Formula Clubs
33 Entry Lines Up on Sheridan (from Sunnyside to Wilson) – King H.S marching band and “Dance Force” by Chicago Defender Charities
34 Nissan North America – car/walkers
35 Chicago Teachers Union Local 1 – trolley/walkers and 35A – Chicago House – walkers
36 Steve Quick Jeweler/Chicago PrideGuard float/walkers and 36A – Rainbow SIG Chicago Area Mensa – float /walkers
37 Balloons by Tommy, LLC – bus/walkers
38 Rush (Rush LGBTQ Leadership Council and Rush Pride) – float/walkers
39 BP Products North America, Inc. (BP Pride Business Resource Group) – trolley/walkers
40 Nexus Radio, G2 Crowd – float
41 LGBT Chamber Commerce of IL – bus/walkers and 41A – MB Financial Bank (soon; 53rd bank) – trolley/walkers
42 JLL (BUILDING PRIDE LGBT + BUSINESS NETWORK) – float/walkers
43 Business Partners, The Chamber for Uptown – float/walkers
44 Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce – float/walkers
45 PNC Bank – vehicle/walkers
46 Howard Brown Health – float/walkers and 46A – MAC AIDS fund/MAC Cosmetics – walkers
47 Chicago Area HIV Integrated Service Council – trolley/walkers and 47A – Gateway Foundation – walkers
48 AIDS Healthcare Foundation – Out of the Closet – vehicle/walkers and 48A – TPAN – vehicle/walkers
49 Chicago Gay Hockey Association and 49A – Chicago Dragons Rugby – truck/walkers
50 Diageo (Diageo ERG Rainbow Network) – bus/walkers
51 Comcast Xfinity Incl.: NBC 5 Chicago & Telemundo Chicago (OUT Chicago at Comcast) – Float
52 US99 & Second City Outlaws – float/walkers
53 Sidetrack & Chicago Spirit Brigade – float/walkers
54 DocuSign and Gerber/Hart Library – trolley/walkers
55 Univision Chicago – float/walkers
56 Roscoe’s Tavern – flatbed/walkers
57 Robert Jeffrey Hair Studio – float/walkers
58 Splash Chicago – float/walkers
59 WGN Television – float/walkers
60 WGN Radio w/Jewel Foods/Jewel-Osco – float/walkers
61 Chicago Boyz – double decker bus/walkers
62 Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches – panel truck/walkers
63 UNITY (Ernst & Young’s LGBTA Network) – walkers and 63A – AIA Chicago LGBTQ+ Alliance – walkers
64 Elmhurst College – mini bus/walkers
65 Athletic Alliance of Chicago – float/walkers
66 EntryLinesUp:Sunnyside St: : Northwestern/Taiwanese SA; UC, ISU LGBT Alumni, Purdue NW, NIU, Carthage College
67 Chicago Smelts – float/walkers
68 Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association (CMSA) – float/walkers
69 Chicago Cubs – float/walkers
70 Temple Sholom of Chicago – Beth Emet Synagogue/Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Evanston/Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah Wilmette/Congregation Beth Shalom Northbrook/Keshet – float/walkers
71 JCC Chicago – float and 71A – Anti-Defamation League/USY/Consulate General Israel/USY – walkers
72 Walgreen Co & LEGACY PROJECT (Walgreens PRIDE Alliance: LGBTQ Business Resource Group) – truck/walkers
73 Human Rights Campaign – vehicle/walkers
74 PayPal & PRIDE FILMS & PLAYS (PayPal Pride, represented by Braintree & Venmo) – truck/walkers
75 Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center – trolley/walkers
76 ACLU of Illinois & Planned Parenthood – trolley/walkers
77 McGrath Lexus of Chicago – float w/walkers
78 Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus & Uber (Uber Pride Employee Resource Group) – trolley/walkers
79 Chicagoland Alliance of Museums with Pride (CAMP) and 79A – Civis Analytics – walkers
80 Broadway In Chicago – float/walkers
81 T-Mobile & (T-Mobile PRIDE & ALLIES Network) – float/walkers
82 Mars Wrigley Confectionery/WC Gay Chorus & WC Treble Quire – float/walkers
83 Thresholds – float/walkers
84 Neighborhood Loans – float
85 National Gay Pilots Association – flatbed/walkers
86 United Airlines, Inc. (EQUAL) – float/walkers
87 American Airlines (PRIDE Chicago EBRG) – golf cart mini plane/walker
88 Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants – vehicle w/walkers
89 Boeing Company (Boeing Employee Pride Alliance [BEPA]) – float/walkers
90 Orbitz (GUIDE) – vehicle/walkers
91 Evanston Subaru in Skokie – Subaru/walkers
92 Davis Elen Advertising Inc. c/o McDonald’s USA (McDonald’s National Pride Employee Business Network) – float/walkers
93 WXRT (Entercom Radio Chicago)/Tito’s Handmade Vodka/Four Seasons Heating/Air Conditioning/Blue Man Group – float/walkers
94 SEIU Illinois – float/walkers
95 Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers – float/walkers
96 UNITE HERE Local 1 – float/walkers
97 Chicago Fire Soccer Club & Section 8 Chicago NFP – firetruck/walkers
98 WGCI 107.5 & Absolute – float
99 AT&T and League at AT&T – float/walkers
100 KISS FM 103.5 + AbbVie- float/walkers
101 Chicago Northside Toyota – double decker bus/walkers
102 ComEd (PRIDE Employee Resource Group) – bucket truck/walkers
103 Weigel Broadcasting Co. – double decker bus/walkers
104 WCPT 820 & Team Hochberg – vehicle/walkers
105 Chicago Women In Trades – truck/walkers
106 The MIX 101.9 – float/walkers
107 ForeskinPride.org – panel van/walkers
108 La Casa Norte w/Bank of America (Bank of America LGBT+ Pride Chicago) – float/walkers
109 Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Pride Network) – float/walkers
110 Capital One Services, LLC (OutFront: LGBTQ+) – trolley
111 Chicago Leather/Fetish Pride – flatbed truck/walkers
112 Fox 32 Chicago – float/walkers
113 Agency EA – bus/walkers
114 Veterinary Specialty Center – float/walkers
115 Gerber Collision & Glass – van/walkers
116 LA Tan – float/walkers
117 B96 – float/walkers
118 Gay Liberation Network – pickup truck/walkers
119 Macy’s – trolley/walkers and 119A – Bloomingdale’s – walkers
120 Facebook Chicago – float/walkers
121 Salesforce (OUTFORCE) – float/walkers
122 Chicago Bulls & BMO Harris Bank (BMO PRIDE US) – float/walkers
123 Starbucks – Midwest Region Pride Network – flatbed/walkers
124 KPMG LLP (PRIDE@KPMG) – double decker bus/walkers
125 PepsiCo (EQUAL) – double decker bus/walkers
126 Johnson & Johnson (OPEN&OUT ERG/Care with pride/family equality council) – vehicle/walkers
127 JPMorgan Chase Bank & Co./About Face Theatre (PRIDE Illinois) – float/walkers
128 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (PRIDE ALLIANCE) – float/walkers
129 WW Grainger – vehicle /walkers and 129A – Nordstrom – walkers
130 Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (TAO – Together as One) – float/walkers
131 Navigant (NAVPride) – float/walkers
132 Kraft Heinz (LGBT Business Resource Group) – company mobile/walkers
133 FCB Chicago – float/walkers
134 Accenture LLP (LGBT ERG – Employee Resource Group) – double decker bus/walkers
135 Baxter Healthcare Corporation – (Baxter EQUALITY NETWORK) – trolley/walkers
136 Groupon – trolley/walkers and 136A – Liberty Mutual (PRIDE at Liberty) walkers
137 Siemens/Siemens Healthineers (Siemens PRIDE NETWORK) – trolley/walkers
138 CME Group (PRIDE [Promoting Rights, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality]) – float/walkers
139 Discover Fin. Svc. (Pride LGBTQ and Allies Network) – trolley/walkers and 139A – Sephora (SephoraPrism) – walkers
140 Microsoft Corp. (Gleam, Out@In) – trolley /walkers and140A – Zurich North America (PrideZ ERG) walkers
141 Deloitte LLP (DELOITTE CHICAGO INCLUSION COUNCIL) – float/walkers-
142 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. (TAKE PRIDE) – trolley/walkers
143 Alight Solutions (Lincolnshire Chicago Pride BRG) – trolley/walkers
144 Volkswagen Group of America (VW Diversity Group ERG) – vehicle/walkers
145 Gap Inc. (Gap Gear [GAY EMPLOYEES ALLIES & RESOURCES]) – trolley/walkers
146 Anheuser-Busch In-Bev (Bud Light) – float/walkers
147 Goose Island Beer Co. – bus/walkers
148 Tyson Foods (Tyson Foods PRIDE NETWORK) – float/walkers
149 Allstate (Allstate PRIDE) – float/walkers
150 United Way of Metropolitan Chicago (United Pride) – float/walkers
151 TD Ameritrade (DIVERSITY & INCLUSION) – float/walkers
152 Huntington Bank (LGBTA NETWORK) – ice cream van/walkers
153 Tesla, Inc. (LGBTQ at Tesla) – vehicle/walkers
154 Peapod, LLC – truck/walkers and 154A – AIG – walkers
155 Verizon Wireless (GLOBE) – walkers
156 Northrop Grumman Corporation – trolley
157 Lyft (LYFT OUT) – jeep/walkers
158 Hiltons of Chicago – vehicle/walkers
159 Alcala’s Western Wear – float
160 Google – bus/walkers
For more information about the 2019 Chicago Pride Parade, including helpful tips and other events, visit https;//chicagopride.gopride.com.
