WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Country music artist Brooke Eden will headline one of the biggest moments of WorldPride DC 2025 , performing a free concert on Pennsylvania Avenue on Sunday, June 8. With the U.S. Capitol as her backdrop, Eden says she is bringing energy, joy, and authenticity to a crowd that, like her, is proud to show up fully as themselves.

“I feel so honored to have been asked,” Eden told WUSA9 in an interview Friday. “WorldPride is just the biggest one ever, and to think that only five years ago I wasn’t even out and was so worried about showing up at a Pride festival and people finding out. It’s just so incredible to show up as myself.”

Eden says the experience of being open about her identity in a traditionally conservative genre has been both transformative and essential

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