2025 Guide to Come Out With Pride Orlando - A Day of Love, Visibility, and Celebration!
- Alastair Mac
- Oct 15
- 5 min read
Get ready for the most colorful day of the year, Come Out With Pride Orlando is a FREE, family-friendly celebration filled with joy, love, and community.
Come Out With Pride Orlando, the leading nonprofit dedicated to cultivating acceptance and visibility for LGBTQIA+ individuals, is celebrating its 21st Anniversary with this year's Come Out With Pride, an activity-packed celebration of the LGBTQIA+ community and allies on October 18, 2025.
Step into Orlando’s most colorful day of the year! From two epic stages of live entertainment to the legendary parade, unforgettable performances, and a dazzling Fireworks Grand Finale, this Pride has it all.
With over 230,000 guests in 2024, get ready to enjoy one of the biggest Pride celebrations in the Southeast and the largest single-day event in Central Florida.
Come Out With Pride promises a day of joy, pride, and inclusion, including The Most Colorful Parade – the largest and most dazzling parade in Central Florida!
Get ready for epic floats, fierce performers, and nonstop pride-filled energy! Bring your friends, your rainbow vibes, and your biggest smiles – this is a celebration you won’t want to miss!
Come Out With Pride Orlando is family-friendly and welcoming to all. With over 200 organizations and supportive businesses marching, the Most Colorful Parade is truly a sight to behold as it makes its way through the streets of Downtown Orlando.
The Most Colorful Parade kicks off Come Out With Pride Orlando at 4 pm around Lake Eola Park.
The Most Colorful Parade 2025 features multiple Come Out With Pride Grand Marshals, including Jen Cousins, community leader and activist. Jen is a fearless advocate for LGBTQIA+ youth and families, standing strong on the front lines for equality and justice. Her courage and determination inspire others to rise up, speak out, and never back down.
AJ & Britney from The Ultimatum: Queer Love are also 2025 Come Out With Pride Grand Marshals! This powerhouse couple captured hearts worldwide by sharing their authentic love story and showing the beauty of queer love on screen. Beyond TV, they continue to advocate for visibility, representation, and living boldly as your true self.
Angelique Godwin of Equality Florida is also a 2025 Come Out With Pride Grand Marshal! Angelique is a fierce advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights across Florida, working tirelessly to ensure our community is protected, visible, and empowered. Her leadership and dedication inspire us all to keep pushing forward for equality.
Aanother 2025 Come Out With Pride Grand Marshal is Sister Ann Kendrick, founder of Hope Community Center. For decades, Sister Ann has dedicated her life to building community, fighting for justice, and uplifting marginalized voices. Her compassion and commitment embody the true spirit of Pride — resilience, love, and inclusion.
Join the crowds on the day in cheering on the 2025 Come Out With Pride Grand Marshals as they lead the way at Pride this year!
Attendees will also have the opportunity to browse goods and services from over 250 vendors in the Marketplace and SponsorWalk areas at Lake Eola Park. Plus, attendees can look forward to fabulous entertainment, showcasing both popular and up-and-coming local and national talent, especially those who appeal to the wide spectrum of the community.
With dozens of acts across three stages followed by an incredible fireworks display at 9.30 pm, this is one event you do not want to miss!
New for 2025, Come Out With Pride Orlando brings the energy, unity, and rhythm of community to life with SONIC BLOOM FIELD — an all-day dance + music experience presented by BlueLaLa Events!
Powered by Sunflower Power + shimmering Disco vibes, SONIC BLOOM FIELD is your playground of beats and movement. From 2 pm until sunset (and yes—even during the parade ), the music never stops!
Featuring: DJ Mr. Meow Meow, Nani Soul, Scott Robert, Baby Blue Star, and Grammy Award-Winning DJ Tracy Young.
Dance into the night and close it all out with the epic Fireworks Grand Finale at 9:30 pm.
This years' Diva Stage will feature an unforgettable evening of entertainment as Orlando’s fiercest divas, alongside queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race, bring full-production performances celebrating our amazing community.
Local legend Anjelica Sanchez and international superstar TS Madison will host from 7 pm – 9:30 pm — you do NOT want to miss this!
The Diva Stage headliner RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14, All Stars 9 & 10 superstar Jorgeous!
Get ready to celebrate, shine, and connect at Trans Pride, part of Come Out With Pride Orlando!
Join a powerful day of visibility, pride, and community at the Trans Rally & March — taking place in the dedicated Trans Pride area at the Come Out With Pride Festival!
The Rally starts at 1pm, your moment to stand tall, feel empowered, and march together as a bold statement of strength and solidarity.
The Trans March happens within the Most Colorful Parade, shining a spotlight on the resilience and visibility of the Transgender & Non-Binary community.
Come Out With Pride Orlando 2025 offers FREE admission with the celebration is open to all — families, friends, allies, and the LGBTQIA+ community, the festival has something for everyone!
Everyone is free to enjoy the live entertainment, vibrant vendors, delicious food & drinks, parades, performances, fireworks, and so much more.
Gates open at NOON — come early and soak in every moment of empowerment, unity, and FUN!
For more informaton: https://comeoutwithpride.org
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO – PRIDE FESTIVAL 2025!
Pride is THIS Saturday at Lake Eola Park! Here’s the lowdown so you can have the BEST day ever:
Stay cool & hydrated: Bring a water bottle, hit up our Cooling Station by 26Health, and take breaks in the shade.
Cashless fun: This is a card/mobile-pay-only festival, so don’t forget your ID & credit card!
Keep your stuff close: Stick with your crew, pick a meetup spot, and keep your phone charged.
Bags & safety: Small bags preferred. Everyone goes through metal detectors. No weapons!
Keep Orlando beautiful: Trash goes in bins — let’s love Lake Eola as much as we love Pride.
Be awesome: No harassment, signs, threats, unsafe behavior, or messing with property. And if you see protestors? “Shade never made anybody less gay!” Just keep your vibe positive.
Stay connected: Tag @ComeOutWithPride and use #ComeOutWithPride to show your Pride love.
Maps, schedules, and full details ComeOutWithPride.org
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