Pride Festival

In its third year, the annual DeKalb Pride Fest and March continues to grow and expand in more ways than one. Downtown DeKalb was filled Thursday with area residents who gathered to proclaim "Love is love."

People enjoy the Woodstock PrideFest Parade on Sunday, June 11, 2023, around the historic Woodstock Square.

The free, family friendly festival will run from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. June 17 at Page Park.

The Joliet Pride Network held its third Joliet PrideFest event on Saturday at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park and Theatre in Joliet.

Drags shows, live music, vendors and other activities took over the 300 block of West First Street with the estimated attendance surpassing 2,400 people.

The second annual pride event will take place Thursday, June 23, doors open at the Egyptian Theatre at 6 p.m. It will feature a short pride march, and a film viewing.

Planning continues for the city's first festival celebrating LGBTQA pride.

The organizer plans to try again next year.

The city’s first Pride Festival could be coming in June depending on COVID-19 restrictions.