World Pride Music Festival

Insomniac Events
2025
Directorial IMAG LED Walls Live Production Multi-Camera Robotic Cameras
For the first and only time in history, the largest LGBTQ+ celebration came to Washington, DC on the 50th Anniversary of Capital Pride. Punch Drunk produced the live IMAG camera shows on the main stage.

Overview

Punch Drunk designed a video solution for World Pride 2025 to deliver world class IMAG coverage of their high marquee roster of artists while keeping overhead at a minimum.

Our streamlined multi-camera fly pack from Evolve Technologies upleveled every performance across the 2-day festival and provided a ton of additional camera footage: including a stadium-style kiss cam that was almost surely responsible for starting some new relationships. (h/t to Erik Mahowald from Bending Lite for devising & insisting on the kiss cam đź’‹)

For day 2 headliner Troye Sivan, we partnered with Triode Rentals to bring on board an Arri Alexa 35 package for a steadicam on stage. This added immense production value to Sivan's already blistering performance. 

This unique 2-day music festival spans 3 STAGES with diverse mind-blowing talent, cutting-edge art and immersive experiences like no other. Whether you like House, Pop, Drag, Circuit or Techno, we will have a stage for you! Presented by Jake Resnicow’s Dreamland – the same team that brought you the historic WorldPride Event at the Javits Center in New York City in 2019 – with Production by Insomniac Events and Club Glow.

– World Pride

World Pride 2025 Main Stage Artists

FRIDAY

Jennifer Lopez, Tinashe, Paris Hilton, Marina, Rita Ora, Betty Who, Trisha Paytas, Patrick Mason + Voguers, Ty Sunderland + Friends

SATURDAY

Troye Sivan, Kim Petra, Sofi Tukker, Raye, RuPaul, Hayla, Slayyyter, Sasha Colby, Leland + Friends, Anabel Englund

Press

WorldPride is coming to the United States this year — and it’s bringing a star-studded music festival with it. On Tuesday, WorldPride Music Festival announced that Jennifer Lopez and Troye Sivan will headline the 2025 edition, set to be hosted in Washington, D.C. on June 6 and 7...

...“I’m beyond excited to be performing at WorldPride in Washington, D.C. this June. Pride is about unity, freedom, and being unapologetically you,” [Paris] Hilton tells Rolling Stone. “It’s going to be an unforgettable weekend of music, love, and celebration with our incredible LGBTQ+ community and allies from around the world.”

– Rolling Stone

World Pride 2025 Main Stage - Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
WP25 Audience
Jennifer Lopez
WP25 Audience
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan
Troye Sivan
Engineering & PTZ Control
Switcher control
Jennifer Lopez director Christian Lamb
Engineer John Meloy
PM Max keeping the trains running on time
Finding participants for the KISS CAM
John running robotic cameras
Dan and Rob planning out the steadicam deployment
Rachel in the TD seat
Rachel calling a show
The KISS CAM in full effect
Technical producer Jacob backstage
The calm before the storm
Fairgrounds during build
Stage during set up
Unlimited water is critical during sweltering build days
Dan previewing low angles on a robotic camera
Main stage at night, day before the festival
Headliner-themed lunch options
Jason running the pit cam
Day 1 performance schedule
Jennifer Lopez in the multiview
Control room during Jennifer Lopez's set
Shading cameras during Jennifer Lopez's set
The Arri Alexa 35 rig for Troye Sivan
Afternoons on the main stage
WP25 main stage
A glimpse into the night from the main stage
Home sweet home
Firework platforms behind the main stage
Director Damien Gravois calling the Troye Sivan show
Shading cameras for Troye Sivan
Tinashe
LED walls by LEC
Overhead cam
Stage setup
Stage build
Mounting cameras
Two weary producers taking a break during load out
World Pride 2025 Lineup