Chicago Pride Festival
Dates: June 21-21, 2020
Location: On North Halsted Street at Waveland
Attendance: 110,000
Demographics: GLBT A25-54
Components:
• Two music stages (One Main Stage)
• Continuous live music
• National name music headliners each night
• Pet Pride Parade
• Drag Shows
• Local entertainment
• Wide variety food and drink
Overview:
The legendary Chicago Pride Fest kicks off Pride Week in Chicago on the weekend of the Summer Solstice. Held a week before Chicago’s Pride Parade, in America’s first recognized gay village, the 20th annual Chicago Pride Festival offers organized, quality outdoor entertainment for LGBTQ Chicagoans as well as out-of-town visitors throughout the first of two Pride Weekends.
Chicago Pride Fest features non-stop musical entertainment on four stages, food and drink and more than 150 vendors offering fine arts, crafts, world market goods and merchandise targeted to the LGBTQ community. National musical acts featured on one of the event’s four stages in the past have included RuPaul, Jennifer Hudson, Big Freedia, Estelle, Debbie Gibson, Thelma Huston, Leann Rimes, Zelma Davis of C&C Music Factory, Taylor Dayne, Crystal Waters, Pablo Vitar, Linda Clifford, Jessica Sanchez, Taylor Dane, Hugo, Mya, and many more A-list performers.
One of the most popular and unique components of this festival is the Pride Pet Parade- a junior version of the Chicago Pride Parade- in which proud owners parade their costumed pets on a short route throughout the events’ surrounding blocks.
Sponsorship Opportunity
PrideFest provides a perfect opportunity to directly target this audience of 110,000 LGBTQ adults between the ages of 21 and 54 in a relaxed, friendly environment. Sponsor impact includes two days of direct live exposure, category exclusivity, logo placement in print media and collateral materials, couponing and bounce-back opportunities, and customized promotions.
A wide range of sponsorship benefits also includes naming rights, media inclusion, on-site banner placement, customized promotions, data base marketing and on-site activation space and more.
Events & Venues
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American Brain Tumor Walk
The Lucky 13
Southwest Half Marathon
Lincoln Park Wine Festival
San Diego Taco Fest
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Do Division
Taste of Mexico
Belmont-Sheffield Music Festival
Taco & Tequila Festival
June Events
Do Division
Taste of Mexico
Hyde Park Summer Fest
Pilsen Food Truck Social
Wells Street Art Festival
Diva Fest
Winnetka Music Festival
Custer Fair Festival of the Arts
Chicago Pridefest
Fountain Square Artisan Fest
The Highland Park Festival of Fine Arts
World Pride Music Festivals
Pride in the Park
July Events
Windy City Rib Fest
Old School Reunion
Lake Forest 4th of July
West Fest
Chicago’s Roscoe Village Burger Fest
Chinatown Summer Fair
Sheffield Music Festival
Festival Columbiano
Taste of Lincoln Avenue
Starlight Festival (@ Yerkes Observatory)
Randolph Street Market
Lake County Fair
Jeff Fest
Chicago Brewing District’s Dancing in the Streets
August Events
Lake County Fair
Jeff Fest
Chicago Brewing District's Dancing in the Streets
Festival Polonaise
Bud Billiken Parade & Picnic
Northalsted Market Days
South Shore Summer Festival
Taste of Greektown
Logan Square Social
Naper Pride Fest
African Festival of the Arts
September Events
African Festival of the Arts
Naperville Last Fling
Friends of Labor Festival
Fiestas Patrias (Festival La Villita)
Throwback Music Festival
Bourbon & Barbecue Festival
26th Street Mexican Parade
The Black Women's Expo
Taste of St Louis
El Grito del Delores
Chicago Taco Fest
Chicago's Oktoberfest
Randolph Street Market
Walk to End Alzheimer's
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November Events
Randolph Street Market
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Year Round Opportunities
Contact:
Norine Smyth
312.799.0354
nsmyth@sponsorchicago.com




