The City of West Hollywood has opened Community Group grant applications for its WeHo Pride 2025 celebration in May and June.

WeHo Pride Weekend will take place on Friday, May 30, 2025; Saturday, May 31, 2025; and Sunday, June 1, 2025 in and around West Hollywood Park, located at 647 N. San Vicente Boulevard. The weekend will include a free Street Fair, the Women’s Freedom Festival, the Dyke March, the WeHo Pride Parade, and the ticketed OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride music festival and Friday Night at OUTLOUD.

WeHo Pride 2025 celebrations will include a diverse array of LGBTQ+ community groups as part of visibility, expression, and celebration. The City of West Hollywood invites community groups to take part in WeHo Pride 2025. Through an application and review process, community groups may apply to request City funding for an independent Pride event, produced entirely by the group or organization under the City of West Hollywood’s WeHo Pride brand. If selected, your event will enter into a co-sponsorship agreement with the City and be a part of the City’s WeHo Pride programming, taking place between Thursday, May 22, 2025 and Monday, June 30, 2025. Applications can be found here, and completed must be submitted by Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. For more details, visit www.wehopride.com/getinvolved.

The City of West Hollywood will host a virtual Q&A Session via Zoom on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 5 p.m. for interested Community Group grant applicants. Applicants are encouraged to submit questions in advance of the session to wehopride@weho.org. To RSVP for the virtual Q&A Session, register via Zoom here. Registered attendees may drop in to the Q&A Session between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.

There are a variety of ways for brands to sponsor WeHo Pride, as well. From traditional activation spaces (Street Fair visibility and Parade entries) to inclusion at one of the most diverse music events nationally, as well as creative customized opportunities, there are multiple outlets for brand visibility! Organizations interested in becoming a WeHo Pride sponsor can reach out to sponsorship@jj-la.com

Additional details about WeHo Pride 2025 will be posted as they become available at www.wehopride.com. Follow @wehopride on Instagram and Facebook and follow @officiallyoutloud on Instagram and Facebook.

About WeHo Pride and the City of West Hollywood – Since its incorporation in 1984, the City of West Hollywood has become one of the most influential cities in the nation for its outspoken advocacy on LGBTQ+ issues. Home to the “Rainbow District” along Santa Monica Boulevard, which features a concentration of historic LGBTQ+ clubs, restaurants, and retail shops, West Hollywood consistently tops lists of “most LGBTQ+ friendly cities” in the nation. More than 40 percent of residents in West Hollywood identify as LGBTQ+ and four of the five members of the West Hollywood City Council are openly LGBTQ+.

Pride is deeply rooted part of West Hollywood’s history and culture. In fact, Pride events have taken place in West Hollywood for more than 40 years (since 1979, five years before the City of West Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality). The City’s embrace of Pride is part of its advocacy for nearly four decades for measures that support LGBTQ+ individuals, and the City is in the vanguard on efforts to gain and protect equality for all people on a state, national, and international level. The City of West Hollywood is one of the first municipalities to form a Lesbian & Gay Advisory Board (now LGBTQ+ Commission) and a Transgender Advisory Board, which each address matters of advocacy. As part of its support of the transgender community, the City has a Transgender Resource Guide available on the City’s website.

In 2022, the City of West Hollywood inaugurated WeHo Pride with programming that represents a diverse array of LGBTQ+ community groups as part of visibility, expression, and celebration. West Hollywood is a community of choice for LGBTQ+ people from throughout the world and WeHo Pride embraces a source of deep connection for its LGBTQ+ history and culture.

For more information about WeHo Pride and the WeHo Pride Arts Festival, please visit www.wehopride.com. For more information about OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride, please visit www.weareoutloud.com. For inquiries to the City of West Hollywood’s Event Services Division related to WeHo Pride, please email wehopride@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing dial 711 or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY) or 1-800-735-2922 (voice) for California Relay Service (CRS) assistance.

For up-to-date information about City of West Hollywood news and events, follow @wehocity on social media, sign-up for news updates at www.weho.org/email, and visit the City’s calendar of meetings and events at www.weho.org/calendar.  West Hollywood City Hall is open for walk-in services at public counters or by appointment by visiting www.weho.org/appointments. City Hall services are accessible by phone at (323) 848-6400 and via website at www.weho.org. Receive text updates by texting “WeHo” to (323) 848-5000.

For reporters and members of the media seeking additional information about the City of West Hollywood, please contact the City of West Hollywood’s Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or slunn@weho.org.