We will watch with the utmost curiosity to see whether there’s true global representation at this year’s WorldPride.
While in Mexico last week, every single person we met from other countries told us they wouldn’t be traveling to the United States at all over the next four years—for obvious reasons.
This year’s destination was chosen long before this long, waking nightmare shook us from our collective contentment, so it will be quite interesting to see if this year’s WorldPride in Washington, D.C. attracts an international crowd.
We wouldn’t blame anyone for skipping this one, but that could be a huge mistake. This could possibly be the most important WorldPride ever staged because of the fragile state of LGBTQ equality in the U.S. and beyond.
Hell, we fully expect the Shit Stain in Chief to ban Pride celebrations to further his campaign of hate via executive order on June 1, but let’s hope we’re wildly wrong.
If you’ve never attended WorldPride, we promise it’s a wonderful experience. The sense of community and joy fills the air with an almost electric quality throughout the multi-day celebration and we could all use that kind of soul recharge.
This year, the WorldPride committee has pulled out all the stops for the WorldPride Music Festival, with headliners including Jennifer Lopez, Troye Sivan, Kim Petras, Rita Ora, RuPaul (DJing), Sasha Colby, Zedd and Betty Who among a long list of incredible entertainers during the WorldPride Music Festival.
Tickets for the two-day music fest range from $259 for General Admission to $499 for VIP, which includes a ton of great perks.
The big parade falls on a Saturday this year, which makes it ideal for travelers who need to be back at work on Monday without major exhaustion (or a major hangover.) There’s also a a welcome ceremony with Shakira performing, an International March and Rally, a two-day street festival, a human rights conference, a sports festival and a post-parade free street festival and concert by Elphaba herself, Cynthia Erivo.
This year’s host hotel property, Hotel Zena, still has rooms available (but not many!), and you can purchase rooms in combination with music festival passes. Rooms without passes run almost $1200 per night, but you can also still find other rooms at nearby hotels from $250 to $800 per night. This means you can easily find a home base for less and still be in the heart of the gay action.
With only 73 days until the first big WorldPride events on June 6, booking sooner rather than later will give you the most options.
And the more money you save, the more you’ll have to spend on signs, banners and t-shirts for the protest march.
Or dollar bills to tip JLo if she works the crowd.
WorldPride 2025
June 6-8
worldpride25.com
