Celebrate the Summer Solstice, June 21, at the Fête de la Musique at the International Cottages lawn in Balboa Park, 5-8 p.m. The fifth annual Fête de la Musique is a free popular music festival featuring both amateur and professional performers across all genres of music. Appealing to all, The Fête aims to popularize musical performance from…
Antigone Rising’s brand new music video for their song “Get To You” officially hit cyberspace today. The all-female-boot-stompin’-alt-country-rock band, featured in San Diego LGBT Weekly May 8, issue 146, filmed the music video with directors Jie Yi and Valerie Lasser during their run of New England tour dates back in March The catchy track is…
By the end of the 1950s, it had become apparent that the first chapter in rock ’n’ roll’s storied history had come to a close. Buddy Holly, Richie Valens (“La Bamba”) and the Big Bopper (“Chantilly Lace”) were all killed in a plane crash over Iowa. Little Richard (“Good Golly, Miss Molly”) had retired from…
The United Nations Free & Equal campaign has released the first-ever Bollywood music video for gay rights, featuring Bollywood star and Miss India winner Celina Jaitly. With a glamorous set and lively tunes, the video showcases how important family acceptance is in India, and Asia in general, and how mindsets are changing all across the…
SAN DIEGO — Tickets are now on sale for the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus’ (SDGMC) biggest show ever, LUV Madonna—Music of the Material Girl. The spectacular two-show Madonna tribute will kick off San Diego’s Pride Week at the chorus’ new home, the historic Balboa Theatre July 12 and 13. “If you’ve ever seen a…
Boy George needs little introduction. With a career spanning more than 30 years, he first shot to international stardom in the 1980s as the front man of one of the U.K.’s biggest exports of the 20th century, Culture Club. A multi-racial band, with an openly gay front-man, Culture Club was ahead of the curve and…
The legendary pop performer speaks with The Advocate about embracing her status as a gay icon without pandering to anyone. She’s sold more than 70 million albums, performed concerts in packed stadiums around the world, and won numerous awards – including being appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her services to…
We’ve been getting a taste of downtown living due to a fire that occurred where we live. We’ve been displaced for two weeks because one of the neighbors decided to make hash oil in her apartment. We’ve read that they use butane. This was the cause of the explosion. Our entire floor sustained smoke damage….
Two days ago, Steve Grand — whose same-sex music video “All-American Boy” went viral last summer — launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $81K in a month to fund his first album. But as of today, fans have already pledged $118K, and that number is rising by the minute. This is truly a story of a grassroots movement in…
SAN DIEGO – The California Music Educators Association (CMEA) has chosen Kevin Beiser, San Diego Unified School District’s recently elected Board of Trustees president, as the 2013 CMEA Legislative Music Leadership awardee. Beiser had earlier received recognition from the San Diego chapter of the CMEA, which nominated him for the state-wide award. “After receiving the…
