The two-day street festival is a celebration of LGBTQ+ life, culture and community.
Northalsted Business Alliance Vice-President and Festival Committee Chairperson Mark Liberson said the Fest started decades ago as an opportunity to bring everyone together.
"Pride is not just about celebrating, it's also about protest, but we do need to celebrate ourselves as well," he said. "Seeing others, bringing everyone together and having an opportunity to be present as a community is huge."
The festival takes place June 21-22 in Boystown. It is located on Halsted Street between Addison and Grace Streets in Chicago's historic LGBTQ+ business district.
There will also be plenty of food, DJ sessions, drag performances and a designated area for parents/younger siblings to hang out in the Teen Pride space.
Liberson says there will be three stages this weekend, filled with several performers throughout the weekend. Headliners include Jesse McCartney, Deborah Cox and The Aces.
"We've got local bands on the south stage on Saturday, and then Sunday Peach presents, a local LGBTQ organization, takes over the stage," he said. "Then there's a dance party in the middle of the whole festival at Waveland Avenue. It's just non-stop energy."
He said this year being able to gather with fellow LGBTQ+ individuals and allies is especially important amid the Trump administration's attacks on LGBTQ+ rights.
"It's such an important time for us, for our allies, for people who love and care about their LGBTQ friends, family, the community and really just about the right thing to push back and say, 'This is wrong.'"
He hopes people are able to bring that energy from the Fest into their own lives as even more strides are made to defend the LGBTQ+ community.
"I think it's important that people take the energy, the positive, the strength that all comes from community, and push it out there to encourage others, to help, to protect what has been achieved," he said.