ABC7 Chicago celebrates 54th annual Pride Parade | Watch full broadcast

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 Chicago celebrated the 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade with a two-hour, live parade broadcast, Sunday, June 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ABC7's Tanja Babich and Hosea Sanders hosted the Chicago Pride Parade broadcast with Jason Knowles, capturing all the action live from the street.

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LGBTQ+ community advocates joined the festivities, including Cody LaGrow (Emmy Award-winning journalist) and Kim Hunt (LGBT Hall of Fame and Senior Director of AIDS Initiative Chicago).

The parade also exclusively streamed on ABC7's Connected TV Apps on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku and Hulu.

Watch our full special coverage of the 2025 Pride Parade below.

Part 1

ABC7 Chicago celebrated the 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade with a two-hour, live parade broadcast, Sunday, June 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Part 2

ABC7's Tanja Babich and Hosea Sanders hosted the Chicago Pride Parade broadcast with Jason Knowles, capturing all the action live from the street.

Part 3

LGBTQ+ community advocates joined the festivities on Sunday.

Part 4

An ABC7 Chicago float was featured during the parade.

Part 5

The festivities continued after the parade stepped off from Sheridan Road and Broadway.

Part 6

The fun continues on the Pride Parade route.

Part 7

Thousands participated in the Pride Parade this year.

Part 8

The 2025 Pride Parade wraps up.

The parade stepped off from Sheridan Road and Broadway (viewing begins at Grace Street and Broadway) and then traveled the 2-mile parade route south on Broadway; then south on Halsted Street; then east on Belmont Avenue; then south on Broadway; and then east on Diversey Parkway to Cannon Drive.

Street closures started Sunday morning, including Irving Park Road and Wellington Street at Broadway and Addison Street, Grace, and Roscoe Street at Halsted. Streets are expected to fully reopen by 4 p.m. or when deemed safe to do so, officials said Thursday.

Safely cross the event at the following locations:

- Addison/Halsted

- Cornelia Avenue/Halsted

- Buckingham Place/Halsted

- Briar Avenue/Broadway

- Wellington/Broadway

Parking restrictions in the area will begin at 2 a.m. Sunday morning for the assembly area at Sheridan and Broadway and the parade route, Chicago officials said.

Cooling buses, if needed, will be available at the following locations:

- Addison west of Halsted

- Roscoe east of Halsted

- Belmont east of Broadway

- Wilton Street north of Belmont

- Waveland Avenue between Broadway and Halsted

- Belmont westbound between Halsted and Clark Street

There were medical tents along the route, as well, and the parade route was filled with markers to help quickly identify location if there is an emergency.

Both CTA and Metra are providing additional service for the parade.