{"id":900044,"date":"2026-06-29T04:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T04:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/900044\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T04:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T04:40:21","slug":"huge-crowds-gather-for-the-2026-chicago-pride-parade-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/900044\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge crowds gather for the 2026 Chicago Pride Parade: \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than a million people gathered on Chicago&#8217;s North Side to watch the dazzling annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/chicago-pride-lgbtq\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Pride Parade<\/a> on Sunday, marking the 55th year in a row for the rainbow-filled celebration of love.<\/p>\n<p>The parade &#8212; that features around 150 colorful floats, entertainment and live performances &#8212; stepped off at 11 a.m. near Sheridan and Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Governor JB Pritzker was seen waving to cheering spectators during the parade alongside his wife. <\/p>\n<p>The two-mile route moves south on Broadway before turning onto Halsted, then heads east on Belmont, back to Broadway, then south to Diversey, and ends at Cannon Drive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_00-CHI-Pride-Parade-Route-1-edited.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Spanning four neighborhoods, the parade features around 150 colorful floats, entertainment and live performances. <\/p>\n<p>Viewing areas begin at Grace Street and crowds are expected to line Broadway and Halsted, though the most popular viewing areas are typically between Belmont and Addison on Halsted. <\/p>\n<p>Those looking for a less crowded place to settle in should head to Broadway between Belmont and Oakdale, or on Belmont between Halsted and Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>For those looking to join in without dealing with the crowds, NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago are offering a way to join in on the fun from home.<\/p>\n<p>Both NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago will offer a live feed of the celebrations starting at 11:20 a.m. and continuing until 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The non-cutaway feed of the festive event will be streamed from elevated cameras positioned at Sidetrack Chicago, a beloved North Halsted Street institution that has proudly served the LGBTQIA+ community for over four decades. <\/p>\n<p>Watch live in the player above or on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/how-to-watch-chicago-news-weather-live-free\/3500557\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC 5 Chicago News 24\/7 streaming channel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNBC and Telemundo Chicago\u2019s Priscilla Ferreyra has more on the ongoing Pride celebrations around the city.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a million people gathered on Chicago&#8217;s North Side to watch the dazzling annual Chicago Pride Parade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":900045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,22288,5386,1818],"class_list":["post-900044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-pride","tag-il","tag-illinois"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116831560982586939","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}