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Capital Pride Alliance announced the launch of a mobile app that will allow users to remain informed about the latest LGBTQ events in the greater Washington, D.C. area.The free iOs and Android app, known as “Pride365,” is intended to serve as a go-to resource for all LGBTQ gatherings, events, or networking opportunities.Users will be able to customize their experiences by highlighting events, businesses, nonprofits, and volunteer opportunities that interest them.The app, available on Google and Apple, allows users to create a private profile and mark their interests or community activities.Based on those selections, the app will then recommend similar events or gatherings that may interest users, or businesses that provide certain products or services based on users’ individual likes.Once users have selected events that they are interested in, the app creates weekly and monthly itineraries and synchs them with a user’s phone calendars, sending them reminders of upcoming events or highlighting community goings-on.
The database of ongoing LGBTQ events will be continuously updated throughout the year.“We are proud to launch the Pride365 app for our community and through it, increase participation in year-round LGBTQ+ events and engagement with local affirming businesses, organizations, and critical volunteer opportunities,” Ryan Bos, executive director of Capital Pride Alliance, said in a statement.“The best part of the Pride365 app is that it directly reflects our beautifully unique and diverse LGBTQ+ community,” Michael Edmonson, the co-chair of the WorldPride Technology Committee, said in a statement. “Whether you are looking for family-friendly events, concerts and nightlife, sporting and outdoor activities, or
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Janelle Monáe, Chappell Roan, MUNA and more have been announced as part of the inaugural New York edition of All Things Go Festival.The festival, which has traditionally curated women-focused and LGBT+ inclusive lineups, will arrive to New York on September 28-29 at Forest Hills Stadium.Though it’s normally hosted in Columbia, Maryland, All Things Go has since expanded outwards to other cities such as Washington, D.C..Set to join Monáe, Roan and MUNA are Reneé Rapp, Ethel Cain, Towa Bird, Julien Baker, Holly Humberstone, Samia, Del Water Gap, Soccer Mommy, Mannequin Pussy, and more.Check out the full lineup for All Things Go below and get any remaining tickets here.A post shared by All Things Go (@allthingsgo)Previous headliners of All Things Go include Lorde, Bleachers, Mitski, Billie Eilish, HAIM, Charli XCX, St Vincent, Maggie Rogers, and CHVRCHES.It was recently announced that MUNA’s Naomi McPherson was to make their acting debut as Janis Ian on ‘SNL 1975’.The film centres around the first episode of Saturday Night Live, which aired in October 1975, focusing in particular on the behind-the-scenes moments before it first came to the small screen. Ian appeared on the show as one of its first musical guests, alongside Billy Preston, who will be portrayed in the film by Jon Batiste.
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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. If you missed Chappell Roan’s headline-making performance at Gov Ball this past weekend, there’s still time to catch the electric performer later this summer at New York’s All Things Go Festival, which will take place at the city’s iconic Forest Hills Stadium in September.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Any New Yorkers who missed Chappell Roan’s iconic performance at Governors Ball last weekend will get another chance in September, when the inaugural New York edition of the All Things Go festival takes place at Forest Hills Stadium. Headliners are Roan, Reneé Rapp, Janelle Monáe, Muna, Ethel Cain, and Julien Baker.
Chappell Roan showcased a new song at the Governors Ball 2024 yesterday (June 9).The former NME cover star, who was dressed as a New York taxi during the performance, debuted the new track ‘Subway’ at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.Later in the show, Roan who also dressed as the Statue Of Liberty at one point, introduced ‘My Kink Is Karma’ by revealing she turned down an invitation to perform at the White House for a Pride event. You can view both performances below.She said: “This is a response to the White House, who asked me to preform for Pride.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music In one of several headline-grabbing moments from her epic set at New York’s Governors Ball festival on Sunday, fast-rising singer Chappell Roan revealed that she turned down an offer to perform at a White House Pride event. “In response to the White House, who asked me to perform for Pride,” Roan, dressed in a glammed-up Statue of Liberty costume that exposed her backside, said directly into a video camera broadcasting onto the festival’s giant screens.
As Washington, D.C., has been celebrating Capital Pride this weekend, trumpets blaring for WorldPride 2025, coming this time next year, have been impossible to avoid.The Capital Pride Alliance, responsible for overseeing the annual Pride festivities, frequently mentions WorldPride in nearly every press release it issues.This year’s Capital Pride Parade, Festival, and Concert — not to mention specially themed dance parties, brunches, pool parties, and even unofficial celebrations at the city’s various LGBTQ nightlife venues — are serving as a kind of run-through for WorldPride.Organizers are putting in place a basic framework for accommodating up to 3 million visitors looking for places throughout the city to socialize, drink, dance, flirt, eat, and pillow their heads over a three-week-long period from mid-May to early June. “This year is a practice run,” says Bernie Delia, co-chair along with June Crenshaw, of the WorldPride 2025 steering committee.