UPCOMING EVENTS & INFO

Friday, July 24th- Saturday, July 25th 2009

Fort Wayne Pride @ Headwater’s Park East Located near the corner of Superior & Clinton Streets in downtown Fort Wayne Hours: Friday 7pm-midnight $3 Saturday noon-midnight $5 children 12 and under Free Both days include: entertainment, beer tent, food, and vendors Friday: Pride Idol, Rich Lysaght, & everyone’s favorite party band: Good Night Gracie Saturday: The Vendor Market, Children’s Playground, Workshops, the crowd pleasing Drag Show, What She Said, Girl Parts, Dooley Noted, LVNMUZIQ, & the Summit City Singers.

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Entertainer Biographies

GOOD NIGHT GRACIE Good Night Gracie
Music is fun and the audience should feel that. Good Night Gracie brings that philosophy each and every time they take the stage. The sound is groovy and danceable with killer harmonies that are guaranteed to keep you moving all night long. Bring some friends, have a few drinks, and dance the night away. That's what Gracie's here for.
LINK: www.myspace.com/goodnightgracie

What She SaidWhat She Said
What She Said seeks to reach the masses with a powerful show comprised of the perfect covers that blend classic and new popular rock music.  What She Said will release their carefully-crafted and inspirational original music on a public starved for a real female-lead rock band with shimmering guitars, soaring vocal harmonies and driving, yet danceable rhythms.
LINK: www.myspace.com/whatshesaidband

Girl PartsGirl Parts
GIRL PARTS is a group made up of 3 nationally-touring performers who come together for a few special shows a year. Called One of the Best NYC Shows of 2005 by RadioCrystalBlue, its a high energy acoustic show with 3 gregarious women from New York, Chicago, and LA; Liz Clark, Julie Loyd, and Melineh Kurdian, respectively. Part sugar, part spice, part broken strings, part dye, part harmony, and part hot guitar licks, these three pull together to form a charming acoustic rock trio.
LINK: www.myspace.com/girlpartsmusic

LVNMUZIQLiz
Aggressive urban folk musician, Liz Snavely, often accompanied by classical musician, Steph DeJong, combine folk and classical music to create the unique sound that is LVNMUZIQ. Liz sings and plays guitar and harmonica. Steph plays violin. Together they create music best described as urban folk with an edgy classical twist. LVNMUZIQ has been touring nationwide for the last year and a half and recently released their 2nd studio CD, "Contemplating the Void."
LINK: www.myspace.com/lizsnavely

Dooley NotedDooley Noted
Being only 21 years old, Megan Dooley has severely shown us that she's here to stay in the scene, if not to also push forward and grasp the unknown. Writing music from the bottom of her heart, with a lot of attitude and style- Dooley constantly proves that there are female artists not dragging on the genre, not whining their little sob stories for everyone to hear- But singing strong and proud about their life experiences, and showing them that we can hang with the best and worst of them all.
LINK: www.myspace.com/dooleynoted

Rich LysaghtRich
Rich has been bringing his amazing acoustic talents to Pride for the last few years and we’ve loved having him ever since.   His vocal and guitar skills keep audiences wanting more.  Rich has also generously donated his time for the past couple years doing sound for Pride both days of the festival for which we are truly grateful for!
LINK: www.myspace.com/richlysaght

The Chorus of Fort Wayne
The purpose of The Chorus of Fort Wayne is to provide entertaining, quality music in a professional manner to enable us to provide a place of social interaction within our community and to build bridges between our community and the rest of the world. We will be committed, dedicated, socially responsible, and supportive.
LINK: thechorusoffortwayne.org

Fort Wayne Pride Idol
The finals will take place on Friday the 25th during the festival after several semi-final rounds are held prior to the event.  Come and cheer on your favorite contestant and see what talent exists in the Fort Wayne GLBTA community!

Fort Wayne’s Finest Illusionists
What would FW Pride be without its coveted drag show?  The best of the best come out to show their stuff and work it in front of the weekend’s largest crowd!  Drag Queens and Kings will both be taking the stage.