When is Windsor-Essex Pride Fest 2025? Here’s what you need to know.
The festivities feature live entertainment, educational workshops, family-friendly activities and the annual Pride Fest Parade.
The Windsor-Essex Pride festival is slated for August and features a full lineup of events scheduled at various locations throughout the region.
This year’s festival runs from Aug. 1 to Aug. 10: From Aug. 1 to 7 various events will happen at different locations throughout Windsor-Essex and from Aug. 8 to 10, the festivities will be focused on Lanspeary Park on Ottawa Street for the main festival, according to an announcement on their website.
Aside from the official flag raising at city hall, a number of other activities are scheduled and include educational workshops, live entertainment, family-friendly activities and the highlight of the festival — the annual Pride Fest Parade.
The 2025 Windsor-Essex Pride Parade
This year’s parade will happen on Aug. 10 (Sunday) at 11 a.m.
The route will begin at Ottawa Street and Argyle Road then turn left on Ottawa Street to Langlois Avenue before turning right on Langlois Avenue to 1250 Langlois Ave., on the right side of Lanspeary Park, according to the Pride Parade’s official page.
At Lanspeary Park more festival celebrations are scheduled to take place and feature food, beverage vendors and entertainment.
How to participate in this year’s Windsor-Essex Pride Parade
Those who want to join the parade must submit an application using the online form.
Pride Parade participation fees
Upon registration, individual, business or group participants will be charged a fee. This will be used to cover costs related to the production and security of the parade, according to information posted on the site.
Those registering online will pay:
$50 for business, media, political, union or government entity with commercial advertisement or promotions
$10 for individual participants, which can include up to six people with no banners, vehicle or advertisement
$40 for non-profit, charity, school, organization or group with commercial advertisements or promotions
About Windsor—Essex Pride Fest
What started out in 1992 as a small march of about 100 people in Windsor, has grown into one of the largest multiday festivals in the region.
Pride Fest, brings together more than 7,000 people yearly and is meant to celebrate members of the two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) community, their friends, allies and supporters.
“We do this by providing advocacy and producing inclusive and safe events, initiatives and social programs,” the Windsor-Essex Pride Fest team said in a post on their site.
The event is meant to empower 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals in Windsor-Essex through social programs, activities, special events, peer-facilitated groups and workshops, they added.
The goal is to “facilitate opportunities for connection and belonging to reduce social isolation.”
