2023 Chicago Pride Parade Line-up
The organizers of the annual Chicago Pride Parade, PRIDEChicago, has released the full parade line-up, which includes colorful floats, decorated vehicles, marching bands and walking contingents representing community businesses, organizations, elected governmental officials and individuals.
More after the photo - 2019 Chicago Pride Parade, photo by Steven Koch for GoPride.com
2023 PRIDE PARADE LINE OF MARCH
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 walkrs
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 Lawyrs 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. Womens 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 Targets - 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
198. Chicago Fetish and Leather Pride
199. My Buddy – flatbed/car
