More than 200,000 people attended the annual Come Out With Pride Orlando festival in Downtown Orlando on Oct. 18, 2025. The celebration kicked off at Lake Eola Park and featured a parade, fireworks, live music and other festivities. The streets were filled with rainbows in celebration of  LGBTQ+ Pride and parade-goers scooped up beads, rubber ducks, souvenir sunglasses and piles of candy handed out by parade participants.

Costumed characters entertain as the Come Out With Pride parade makes its way down Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando on Oct. 18, 2025. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)Costumed characters entertain as the Come Out With Pride parade makes its way down Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando on Oct. 18, 2025. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
City of Orlando District 4 Commissioner Patty Sheehan leads the way as the Come Out With Pride parade makes its way down Orange Avenue. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)City of Orlando District 4 Commissioner Patty Sheehan leads the way as the Come Out With Pride parade makes its way down Orange Avenue. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Colors of the rainbow are represented in this hairpiece. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)Colors of the rainbow are represented in this hairpiece. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Crew Health employees wave during the parade. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)Crew Health employees wave during the parade. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)