Cost: Free

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What to expect: Floats, bands, politicans and hundreds of thousands of people.

Additional info:: Floats, bands, politicians and seemingly hundreds of thousands of people make it out to celebrate diversity at the Pride Parade. Before packing your beach chair and heading for Halsted, take note of a few spots worth stopping before, after and along the way.

Eat: Lauded as one of the top 10 restaurants in the country by Bon Appetit in the '90s, Erwin, 2925 N. Halsted, (773) 528-7200, keeps the seasonal, market-based cuisine coming with ingredients like heirloom tomatoes and fiddlehead ferns.

Drink: If chilled sauvignon blanc from New Zealand is more your style than Miller Lite when it comes to sidewalk boozing, make a pit-stop at Kafka Wine Co., 3325 N. Halsted, (773) 975-9463.

Be merry: If you don't have a pulse, one will certainly be provided for you at Circuit, 3641 N. Halsted, (773) 325-2233, as the beat of dance, techno and Latin music goes on...and on...until the wee hours of the morn’.

Centerstage Reviewer: Ben Rubenstein