Overview
- The 55th annual parade is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2026, stepping off in Chicago’s Northalsted neighborhood.
- Community Grand Marshals will be Tracy Baim, Mona Noriega, Evette Cardona, and the Alliance of Illinois Judges.
- PRIDEChicago says the theme affirms that the freedom to live openly, love authentically, and exist safely is not guaranteed.
- The initiative extends beyond parade day as a yearlong effort inviting people to define what freedom means to them.
- The Alliance’s president, Judge Jill Rose Quinn, is identified as Illinois’ first openly transgender judge and elected official, and details are available at pridechicago.org.