Beyond the main Columbus parade, communities across central Ohio are hosting local Pride festivals all June long.

Every year, Pride Chicago picks an organization to lead the city's annual Pride Parade. This year, it's the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, which has been at the forefront of the fight for health in the LGBTQ+ community for decades.

The celebrated-around-the-planet party has glittering concerts, an energetic street fair, and that famously fabulous parade.

Billed as "The Most Colorful Weekend of the Year," Memphis Pride Fest returns June 6 to Robert Church Park on Beale Street. Hosted by Mid-South Pride, a non-profit organization "dedicated to advancing the visibility,

El Paso celebrates Pride Month with a full schedule of parades, pageants, and community events throughout June.

Here are dozens of Pride Month events taking places around the Twin Cities in 2026, including Twin Cities Pride, kitten snuggling booths, and trivia nights.

June is Pride Month across the U.S. But in some Republican-controlled states it's now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month.

As the parade began, several people held signs protesting Israel's military actions in Gaza and treatment of Palestinians, with some reading "No pride in genocide" and "No pride in apartheid."