Freedom to Celebrate
FREE Post-Parade + Closing Concerts
The FREE WorldPride Street Festival + Concert will extend to two electrifying days during the celebration weekend.
The Festival will feature hundreds of vibrant exhibitors, skilled artisans, delicious food, and beverage gardens. The celebrations will come alive with multiple stages, showcasing an array of multicultural and multilingual performances, making this an unforgettable experience.
Stay tuned for even more exciting entertainment announcements for our FREE Street Festival + Concert coming soon!
We have VIP Experience Tickets available as well. These tickets will be released in waves and available via this page. Keep checking back for further updates and make sure you follow @CapitalPrideDC and @WorldPrideDC on Instagram.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you on Pennsylvania Ave NW this June 7th and 8th with the best local and national talent on the WorldPride Concert Stage!
Saturday, June 7 – Sunday, June 8
Street Festival + Concert Grounds
3rd Street and Pennsylvania Ave NW
FREE TO THE PUBLIC
VIP Experience (Tier 3 release – Fri 4/25 at 2pm)
- Access to EXPANDED VIP Area at Capital Stage AND Dupont DJ Stage (NEW for World Pride)
- Front of Stage Viewing from VIP Pit
- VIP Lounge with comfortable seating
- Private air-conditioned restrooms
- Private Bars with complimentary beer and wine and discounted cocktails
- Complimentary bites & snacks
- Exclusive view of Capital Stage backstage
- Exclusive express entrance to Festival
*Must be 21+ years of age to enter.
*Does Not include Meet & Greets with artists, tickets available separately.
SAT 6.7 Post-Parade Concert
CYNTHIA ERIVO | Headliner
Join us after the Parade on Sat. June 7th as powerhouse Cynthia Erivo lights up Night One of the WorldPride 2025 FREE 2-Day Street Festival + Concert.
The unforgettable performance takes place on the Capitol Concert Stage in the heart of DC, as we celebrate love, Pride, and community at the biggest global Pride event of the year.
Tag your crew, hold space, and get ready for a night to remember!
David Archuleta
Since first stepping into the pop spotlight at age 17, David Archuleta has embodied the kind of genuine star power that can’t be manufactured. After years of dazzling audiences with his radiant personality and phenomenal voice—a journey that’s included turning out multiple platinum-selling hits, achieving global acclaim as a captivating live performer, and emerging as an undeniable fixture on the pop-culture scene—the Miami-born singer/songwriter experienced a major personal transformation that radically altered his identity as an artist. As shown on his 2024 compelling single “Hell Together,” Archuleta has dramatically expanded the landscape of his songwriting and devoted himself to making pop music with equal parts uncompromising emotion and exhilarating impact.
CeCe Peniston
CeCe’s career is marked not just by chart-topping success but by unforgettable moments that speak to her impact beyond the music industry. She has performed for legends like Aretha Franklin, sung at the Vatican for Pope John Paul II as part of Sisters of Glory, and graced both inauguration ceremonies for President Bill Clinton. She made history as the first foreign female entertainer to perform in post-apartheid South Africa, using her voice not only to entertain but to unite. Known for her stunning vocal range—spanning five to seven octaves—CeCe’s voice isn’t just heard; it’s felt. Her influence has earned her a place among the greatest.
Kristine W
Named by Billboard Magazine as the #8 Greatest Dance Artist of All Time and the #3 greatest from the Last Decade (trailing only Madonna and Beyoncé), Kristine W has proven herself a lasting talent. Through nearly twenty-five years in music, she has consistency delivered songs that touch hearts and souls and compel bodies to find the mighty groove out on the dance floor. She’s had 17 #1 singles, tying Mariah Carey for the sixth-most Billboard #1 dance hits.
SUN 6.8 Closing Concert
DOECHII | Headliner
Doechii is headlning the WorldPride DC 2025 FREE Street Festival & Closing Concert on Sunday, June 8th and there’s no denial on this side of the river that she’s bringing the heat to the Capitol Concert Stage!
You will not want to miss this WORLDPRIDE moment!
MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO COME!
Khalid
Multi-platinum and nine-time Grammy Nominee Khalid is joining the WorldPride DC 2025 FREE Street Festival & Closing Concert on Sunday, June 8th.
Khalid, named one of TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2019, has sold six million albums and released his third studio album in 2024 “Sincere.”
Brooke Eden
Brooke Eden has become a critically-acclaimed force to be reckoned with in Nashville. Heralded by Billboard as a “fiery country star-in-the-making,” and named one of CMT’s Next Women of Country as well as a Music Row “Next Big Thing,” she is both a CMT Music Awards and 2023 GLAAD Media Awards nominee for “Outstanding Breakthrough Artist.”
She and her wife, Hilary, welcomed their son Beckham into the world and 2025 will find the world welcoming her latest gift of Rainbow Rodeo, so Getty Up and join the party!
2AM Ricky
2AM Ricky is a trailblazing recording artist, cultural influencer, and advocate who transcends music to reshape narratives around mental health, reproductive justice, and the transgender experience.
His groundbreaking single “Move” debuted at #12 and soared to #3 on the US iTunes Electronic Charts, the first Black trans masc artist to do so.
Parker Matthews
A vibrant performer and an outspoken member of the LGBTQ+ community, Parker Matthews is firmly committed to using his platform to inspire and uplift audiences in their time of need. And Parker’s platform is rapidly growing. Since bursting onto the scene in 2017, he has solidified himself as one of pop culture’s next big things – a title that seems more inevitable with every new release.
MkX
MkX does everything as loudly as possible. His encyclopedic understanding of pop music combined with his creative eye and distinctive fashion sense results in an inimitable presence, steeped in millennial nostalgia with a futuristic flare. He’s the kind of figure you look at twice on the street out of sheer curiosity. Architecting every nuance of his vision, he not only sings and writes, but he also produces each track along with creating 360-multimedia live performances including hand-crafted visuals and innovative technology. Generating nearly 5 million streams independently, he arrives as an undeniable force.
