PRIDE 2025

FREAKY FRIDAY PRIDE 2025

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 - PRIDE FREAKY FRIDAY

Front bar opens at 1 p.m. 
Backroom bar opens at 8 p.m.
Free clothes check opens at 9 p.m.
 
Cell Block is the place to let your unabashed queer freak flag fly!
Into leather? Show it off! 
Into rubber? Come squeak with us!
Are you a good boi? Pups and pets are always welcome. 
Whatever your LGBTQ+ fetish, bring it with you to the legendary Cell Block. There’s no dress code. And clothes check is free for most events. 
More importantly, you’ll be welcomed and wanted in our judgment free club space.

 

GRIZZLY PRIDE 2025

SATURDAY, JUNE 21 - GRIZZLY

The Organized Grime Crew + BEEFYBOY team up to bring back #GRIZZLY, Chicago’s premier, dance-party celebrating #FUR and fur-lovers !!!
Sound by:
RYAN WILLING & Friends – (LOAD Resident)
Hosted by: OF’s Hairiest Star, TEDDY BEAR +  Grizzly GoGo’s
– Powered by MISTR, BEEFYBOY + Men’s Room Chicago
***People of any color, size, body type, gender, gender expression(s), and sexual orientation are welcome.
BIGOTRY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
No Refunds

 

80S CRUISE PRIDE 2025

SUNDAY, JUNE 22 - 80'S CRUISE

Celebrate PrideFest Sunday the Cell Block way! Join us for Sunday Bunday, our all day jockstrap, underwear, & fetish gear cruising social.
DJs Harry T and Nevin take us on an 80s Cruise inside the backroom club space. 
Special Delivery Package & Bulge contest. Multiple categories & prizes. 
Cell Block doesn’t have a dress code. But we provide free clothes check for everyone who wants to get loose and cruise our backroom bar. 
3 p.m.-close

 

Pride parade weekend/Stonewall Pride weekend (June 27-29) Cell Block Presents: The Gayest Weekend Ever!

FAG BASH PRIDE 2025

FRIDAY, JUNE 27 - F*G BASH

F*g Bash
A Night of Pride & LGBTQ+ Rebellion
Friday, June 27
8 p.m.
June, 28, 1969:
The police picked the wrong queer bar on the right night. We thank God for Stonewall’s bravest like Marsha P. Johnson.
June 27, 2025:
Bring your gayness, rebellion, and anti-fascist spirit to the legendary Cell Block where we’ll kick off Pride weekend with free cruising in the back room and a riotous Pride dance party courtesy of DJ Zack & Austin James.
No cover. Free clothes check. 21+ ID required for admission.
Happy Pride. We love you. Stay safe. And never let the bastards get you down.

 

PARTY ON URANUS PRIDE 2025

JUNE 28 - PARTY ON URANUS

Party on Uranus!
Outer Space Disco Dance Party!
No cover. Free clothes check.
DJ Zack
It’s not the Gayest Weekend Ever until we Party on Uranus!
Join us in the year 6969 as we transform the Cell Block backroom bar into a disco rocket ship pointed hard at Uranus!
All disco, new wave, and backroom classics all night by DJ Zack.
No cover. Free clothes check.
Come join the fun on Uranus!  9:00 p.m.

 

GAYEST PARTY EVER PRIDE 2025

SUNDAY, JUNE 29 - SUNDAY BUNDAY'S GAYEST PARTY EVER

Pride Parade Sunday
Sunday Bunday’s Gayest Party Ever
3:00 p.m.-close
No cover charge. Free clothes check.
21+ ID required for entry.
Join the Sunday Bunday crew for their GAYEST PARTY EVER!
No place in Chicago is home to more acts of gayness then the backroom bar at the legendary Cell Block.
And Chicago’s gayest day of the year outside (when there isn’t a Madonna concert) is Pride parade Sunday. While the politicians and fascists are attempting to beat us down and force us back in the closet, all we can think about is how to make ourselves even gayer!
3 DJs (Austin James, DJ Harry T, & Nevin) will be cranking out LGBTQ+ anthems and the gayest music ever all day open to close.
Special guest hosts will be giving out door prizes and other special events.