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CHICAGO PRIDE FEST
June 17-18 11am-10pm
North Halsted from Addison to Grace
$10 Suggested Donation Northalsted & boiMAG welcomes you to Pride Fest in Chicago! Here is your entertainment line-up for Pride Fest June 17-18, 2017. There are two main stages that will be delivering a host of national and local talent. Not to miss out on the highlights, the Well Strung band will strut the strings with their fuse of classic music meets pop-blend, while Taylor Dayne, Thelma Houston and Kristine W will sure be a crowd pleaser, singing their iconic hits. You can go retro at the end of day-two with local legend bands 16 Candles and Abba Salute. The DJ stage at Waveland will be pumping the street with heavy non-stop dance ready beats mixing along with a shouting side-kick MC that will keep you hyped up until your face turns beat red and your head spins off. In between the beats and all the blaa-blaa-blaa hype, divas will strut their stuff on the new and improved Halsted & Waveland St. outdoor catwalk, on-the-way runway, drag-strip, slip-'n-slide.
Saturday, June 17 North Stage
Sunday, June 18 North Stage
12:30PM Drag Show
12:00PM Pet Parade
Thelma Houston
2:30PM
12:30PM Drag Show
3:30PM Drag Show
2:30PM Carlito Olivero
5:30PM Vassy
3:30PM Drag Show
6:00PM Drag Show
5:30PM Well Strung
7:30PM David Hernandez
6:30PM Pride Talent Show
8:30PM
8:00PM Symon
Taylor Dayne
8:30PM
South Stage 1:00PM Gay Men’s Chorus 2:00PM Catfight 4:00PM One Night Band 6:00PM Girl Power Band 8:00PM Boy Band Review
Kristine W. South Stage 1:00PM Pet Parade 1:30PM 2 the 9s 3:30PM Rod Tuffcurls 6:00PM Abba Salute 7:30PM 16 Candles
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JUNE 16 RECEPTION "Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame Pride & Joy Reception" at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., in Chicago. 5pm to 8pm. Tickets: $20 includes 2 drinks & light hors d'oeuvres. www.chicagolgbthalloffame.org or call 773-281-5077. JUNE 17 CHORAL CONCERT & DANCE "Family of Friends" by the Artemis Singers, Chicago's Lesbian feminist chorus at First Unitarian Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn in Chicago. 7pm. Co-sponsored by Affinity Community Services. Dance with live dj follows the concert. Tickets: http://family-offriends.brownpapertickets.com/ 773-764-4465. JUNE 17-18 CHICAGO PRIDE FEST A street festival with vendors and entertainers by Northalsted Business Alliance (NBA). 11am to 10pm. Two day festival. www.northalsted.com JUNE 17 OUTDOOR WOMEN'S FESTIVAL "Back Lot Bash 2017" A mix of music and entertainment. 6pm. (continues on June 22 to June 25).Info at: www.backlotbashchicago.com
JUNE 17 PRESENTATION "Pride LGBTQIA Storytelling Show" at Women & Children First Books, 5233 N. Clark St. in Chicago. 7pm. Information: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com or call 773-769-9299. JUNE 17 PRIDE BRUNCH & RECEPTION "Sharing Light, Sharing Faith in Divided Times" hosted by Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches (CCWC) at Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1331 Ridge Ave., in Evaston, IL 10am to 12pm. For CCWC member churches and those interested in joining. RSVP by June 14 to Jacki@chicgowelcomingchurches. org JUNE 21 TRANS COMMUNITY ICE CREAM SOCIAL 2nd annual event. Cosponsored by Center on Halsted & Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., in Chicago. 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Free to join. JUNE 23 AM KESHET COMMUNITY AWARDS by Temple Sholom of ChicagoOr Chadash, 3480 N. Lake Shore Dr., in Chicago. 5pm to 6:15pm. RSVP to Shayna@ sholomchicago.org or call 773-435-1559. Free.
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On The Go . . .! Pride Edition JUNE 23 COMEDY SHOW "Gaywatch" by Gayco Productions at Playground Theater, 3209 N. Halsted in Chicago. 10pm. This is an entirely improvised show inspired by true stories told by heroes of the LGBT communities. Another show on June 24. Information and tickets: www.gayco.com JUNE 24 CHICAGO DYKE MARCH For more information: www.facebook.com/groups/ dykemarcchicago or chicagodykemarch. wordpress.com JUNE 24 PRIDE LITURGY annual event by Dignity/Chicago at Broadway United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway in Chicago. 5pm. www.dignitychicago.org JUNE 24 WALK & RUN "Proud To Run" 36th annual event includes 5K and 10K race/ walk . 8:04am from Montrose Harbor. Benefit for community organizations. The event is USA Track and Field certified, CARA certified and presented in association with Frontrunners/ Frontwalkers Chicago. For registration: www. proudtorun.org JUNE 25 PRIDE PARADE "Chicago 48th Annual Pride Parade" coordinated by PRIDEChicago. Noon. 773-348-8243 www. ChicagoPrideCalendar.org JUNE 25 SERVICE "Annual Parade Day Service of Dedication" Preceding Pride Parade kick-off. information: www. chicagowelcomingchurches.org JUNE 29 TELEVISION SHOW Independent Lens "Limited Partnership" at 10pm on 11.1 WTTW HD. (re-broadcast) JUNE 30 (through July 3) CHICAGO BLACK PRIDE Various events for the LGBTQ Black communities and allies, including: June 30 "Elation" Black Pride Kick-Off at Fantasy by Clubhouse/URBANO, Rails Marketing Group & FZ Entertainment. 11pm to 4am w/ DJs, dancers and a celebrity TBA. Also: JULY 1 "Annual Urbano Black Party" at Metro sponsored by Southside Help Center & AHF. 11pm to 5am. Serayah (Tiana from Empire) will be live onstage with her dancers. DJ spinning until 5am. Flavaworks is flying in national dancers. www.windycityblackpride
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