Grab your rainbow gear and walk with Greater Palatine Area Democrats in the 2025 Buffalo Grove Pride Parade-- and protest this administration's attacks on the LGBTQ community! We are proud to be sponsors of this event. At a time when the federal government is targeting the trans and LGBTQ+ community, it is important that we stand up for our values. Everyone has a right to live their lives free from fear and instead live lives full of freedom, affirmation, and the pursuit of happiness. Here is an opportunity for allies to step up! Plus, the BG Pride Parade is super fun!

GPAD is Number 68 in the parade. Please plan on meeting us between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. at the staging area on Buffalo Grove Road south of Aptakisic. The parade kicks off at 11 a.m. We need four volunteers to carry banners. And, if you like, you can bring your own posters--this year's theme is "Pride is Natural." Please keep signs full of positive messaging. "Love is love," and "Equality for all" are examples. We also will be handing out our rainbow donkey fans and Pride stickers.

PARKING INSTRUCTIONS HAVE CHANGED. Please note parking is now encouraged in the neighborhood around the parade route.

After 9:30 a.m., plan on street parking in the neighborhood around the route of the parade. 

The route begins at Thompson and Buffalo Grove Road and moves south to Deerfield Parkway where it heads east to the Fitness Center, 600 N. Buffalo Grove Road. Here are suggestions for parking from parade organizers:

--Enter the Strathmore Grove neighborhood at Arlington Heights Road and Thompson Blvd. Drive east toward the parade route and park on any of the side streets: Brandywyn, Green Knolls and Caren. You can also access the neighborhood at Aptakisic and Brandywyn or at McHenry Road and Devlin.

--Or, enter the Strathmore neighborhood off of Old Checker Road and Buffalo Grove Roade or at Arlington Heights Road and Alden Lane. Street parking is available on Ridgefield, Shady Grove, and Silver Rock.

--Enter Old Farm Village neighborhood off off Deerfield Parkway and HIghland Grove Drive, and park on any street, including Thompson Blvd., Westchester, or Whitney Lane, which are all closest to walk to the parade route.

--Parking is also available at the Buffalo Grove Golf Dome, at the end of the parade route, 801 McHenry Road, Buffalo Grove.