Kick off Pride with Twitch concert “OUTLOUD: Raising Voices”

Sofi Tukker — Photo: Vanessa Vlandis After debuting a year ago as a ten-episode concert series on Facebook with the nation’s key Pride organizations, including Capital Pride, as beneficiaries, OUTLOUD: Raising Voices returns as a three-day concert presented as free livestreams on Twitch. This year’s second annual series is noteworthy for the fact that it will also be presented live as a ticketed event, with an in-person crowd at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Still another feature about this year’s event is its lineup of performers, a roster that organizers tout as “one of the most inclusive, diverse, and LGBTQ+ assortments of talent presented in a full festival format.” The festival, presented in partnership with the global LGBTQ advocacy campaign Stonewall Day, benefits select LGBTQ charities as well as OUTLOUD’s national Pride partner organizations. “OUTLOUD: Raising Voices will kick off Pride 2021 with a groundbreaking global celebration for the LGBTQIA+ and allied community, bringing people together in-person and virtually for an unmatched event,” say co-creators Jeff Consoletti and Artie Kenney in a press release. Adam Lambert “Presenting Pride Live’s Stonewall Day and streaming for free on Twitch will create one of the biggest Pride celebrations in the world featuring an…
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