🌈 2025 Pride Events in Downtown D.C.
Pride in D.C. turns 50 this year, and Downtown DC is ready to celebrate loud, proud, and in technicolor. As WorldPride 2025 takes over the city, the heart of the party beats right here—on our streets, rooftops, and stages. From bar crawls to dance parties and Taste of Pride happening May 23 – 25 to the historic parade down 14th Street, it’s a full-spectrum celebration you won’t want to miss.
Want in? Check out our extensive Downtown Pride Guide—because the best way to show up is to know where it’s all going down.
Pride in D.C. turns 50 this year, and Downtown DC is ready to celebrate loud, proud, and in technicolor. As WorldPride 2025 takes over the city, the heart of the party beats right here—on our streets, rooftops, and stages. From bar crawls to dance parties and Taste of Pride happening May 23 – 25 to the historic parade down 14th Street, it’s a full-spectrum celebration you won’t want to miss.
Want in? Check out our extensive Downtown Pride Guide—because the best way to show up is to know where it’s all going down.
🌈 DowntownDC BID Events
🌈🍲 Taste of Pride – Participating Downtown Restaurants
🌈 Pride Events in Downtown D.C.
LGBTQ+ Pride Welcome Social in the City
Hotel Zena
LGBTQ+ Pride Kickoff FunDay Social
Moxy
Queer Icons & Trailblazers: An Art Tour for WorldPride DC 2025
Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery
Sound + Vision: A WorldPride Party
Anthem Row
Pickets, Protests, and Parades Exhibit Tour
Freedom Plaza
DC Silver Pride Resource Fair & Tea Dance
Eaton Hotel
The Bold and the Beautiful: Celebrating LGBTQ Voices of Color
Eaton House
9th Annual DC Black Pride Unity Free Ball
Capital Hilton Hotel
EUTOPIA: Pride Kick-Off Rooftop Happy Hour
Wild Days at Eaton Hotel
MELT: Black Pride Pool Party
Hedy’s Rooftop
MIGHTY MIGHTY: The Barbershop Project Opening Celebration
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
DC Black Pride 2025 Opening Reception
Capital Hilton
DC Black Pride Ladies All White Rooftop Tea Dance
Eaton Hotel
Brunch with Pride at Dirty Habit: Brunch & Day Party
Dirty Habit
WorldPride International Choral Festival
Several Locations
Pride Family Festival
Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery
Indigenous Drag Story Hour with Lady Shug
737 7th St NW
Arkipeligos of Queer Resistance: A Queer Filipino Poetry Reading + Workshop
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Sip and Paint: Guided by Thee Muses
Penn Social
Pride Plays 2025
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
“Vibe Check” Live Taping
Sixth & I Synagogue
API Pride Community Welcome Reception
National Union Building
Wordplay Wednesday: Pride Edition
Planet Word
WorldPride 2025 Human Rights Conference
JW Marriott Washington
Capital Pride Honors
National Building Museum
ALPFA DC Pride Presents: The State of Latine LGBTQ+ Professionals in Corporate America
Pepco Edison Gallery
Woven Together: WorldPride Mega Party
The Park at 14th
Rooftop World Pride Dance Party
ART DC Rooftop Bar
WorldPride DC 2025 Parade
From 14 & T Streets NW to PA & 9 Streets NW
World Pride Parade Viewing Party
Hamilton Hotel + Via Sophia
