The final event of the week, the "Climax Party", is held in Dolan's Warehouse, with performers such as Leanne Moore (2008), Niamh Kavanagh (2010), Jujubee (2019), and Courtney Act (2002) headlining.
In 2008, the Pride parade had its first Grand Marshal, Alternative Miss Ireland winner Sheila Fitspatrick, and her partner Madonna Lucia.
[2] Other Grand Marshals have included actor Myles Breen (2015), Broden Giambrone (2016), Richard Lynch, Founder of I Love Limerick (2018),[3] Moninne Griffith, Executive Director of BeLonG To (2019), Sharon Slater (2022) and Jackie McCarthy-O'Brien (2023).
Pride was brought into the mainstream in 2008 when Richard Lynch produced the Festival, making it a week-long events under the theme 'I Love Limerick'.
Alternative Miss Ireland Ms. Sheila Fitspatrick and her partner Madonna Lucia were announced as the first Grand Marshals for the Parade down O’Connell Street and back to Leamy House where Myles Breen hosted the festival's ever-present Tea Dance.