Festivals, Fairs & Special Events
Inaugural North Side Queer Pride Hosts Pride Weekend June 28, 2026
The inauguralNorth Side Queer Pride (NSQP) unites Rogers Park for a new, collaborative celebration that brings together multiple neighborhood Pride traditions into one vibrant weekend of community-centered and community-driven celebration with events throughout the Rogers Park community during Pride Weekend, June 27-28, 2026.
NSQP 2026 highlights:
Saturday, June 27:
- Jarvis Block Party – 10am – 6pm. Come for Free Food and Make Protest Art!
- Hosted by Chicagoland alumni of Delta Lambda Phi.
- 10am – 4pm: DJ Irona and DJs Lost Loft
- 4:30pm – 6pm: Drag Show with Winter Dior
- Jarvis Square & Jarvis Square Family Pride – Performances from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
- 11am – 11:30: Mr. Brian (toddler performance)
- 12pm – 1pm: Miss Aimee Leigh (toddler/kid performance)
- 1pm – 1:30pm: Kelly Cassidy book reading
- 2pm – 3pm: Phoebe Snow Memorial Family Pride Parade
- 2pm – 4pm: DJ Ca$h Era
- 5pm – 7pm: DJ RonS & T-Dance by the Dior Family
- 8pm – 10pm: Amy Kelly & the Beaver Moon Band
- NSQP Queer and BIPOC Business Pop-Up – 1pm – 5pm
- On Paulina Street north of Howard
- Produced by A Just Harvest
- Free Food
- Music and Dancing
- Artists Market & Wellness Activities
Sunday, June 28:
- NSQP Cobblestone Pride Fest – 12pm – 5pm. Street Celebration from Morse to Lunt on Glenwood. Food, Music, Artists Tents and More!
- Produced by Rogers Park Social
- 12pm: Moose the DJ
- 2pm: DJ Milty Evans
- 4pm: DJ Nevin Hersch
- 6pm: DJ Greg Haus, performing at Rogers Park Social
- Jarvis Square Pride Party – 11am – 5pm
- 11am – 2pm: Lost Loft DJ
- 2pm – 4pm: DJ RonS & performances by the Dior Family
- 4:30pm – 5:30pm: JFill
- 6pm – 8pm: Amy Kelly & The Beaver Moon Band, performing at R Public House
