1:00 PM - Pet Parade & Costume Contest
Parade starts at Halsted & Grace and ends at Addison.
Free registration opens at noon at the Bud Light stage at Halsted & Grace.

1:30 PM - Pet Parade Awards Ceremony
On the WaMu stage at Halsted & Addison.

1:45 PM - Boi Toiz
Rapidly growing in popularity in Chicago and throughout the Midwest, this Versage Productions presentation features Drag Kings and Queens in a burlesque style show that is sure to please and entertain.

2:15 PM ­ Chicago Spirit Brigade
Pride Fest's favorite cheerleading squad delivers another high intensity show in front of the stage.

3:30 PM - CatFight
Dubbed "chicks that rock," this all-girl band presents fun, sassy, high energy performance packed full of popular music from Kelly Clarkson to The Killers. They'll definitely leave you wanting more, more, more!!!

5:15 PM ­ Chicago Gay Men's Chorus
A Boystown institution that brings talent and a marvelous, over-the-top sense of humor and joy to anything they sing!

6:00 PM - 16 Candles Band
The members of 16 Candles make it their personal duty and pleasure to infuse life and vitality back into all of the great 1980s dance songs. Their mission is to fuse nostalgia and style to create a sight & sound spectacular unlike any other.

7:30 PM - 7-Deez
Chicagoland's premier 70's Disco-Funk-Motown tribute band brings the look and sound to the stage with music from KC & the Sunshine band to Wild Cherry and everything in between.

 

1:00 PM - ROTC
The annual crowd faves happily brandish their "wares" and put camouflage in a whole different context as they perform their maneuvers to dance music!

2:00 PM - Kimberly Locke
"The last-girl-standing" during season 2 of "American Idol," Locke used the Fox-TV show as a springboard into pop music stardom that saw her debut album ONE LOVE spawn the Top 20 radio smash hit "8th World Wonder" in 2004. The song entered the Billboard CD Singles Sales chart at #1, making her the first former "Idol" contestant to do so. Locke's newest album, BASED ON A TRUE STORY, features the smash hit singles "Change" and "Band of Gold." Both songs have been aired in heavy rotation over radio airwaves and both hit #1 on U.S. dance charts. Additionally, Locke has been making special appearances for Jenny Craig and recently starred in VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, where she lost over 40 lbs.

2:30 PM - Drag Show (Part 1)
This special Pride Drag Show will feature popular local and nationally known performers, including: Hydrate Hydrag show host and former Miss Continental Plus Tajma Hall; Baton Show Lounge star, first ever transsexual model at Ford Modeling, former Miss Continental (and the titles go on and on) Mimi Marks; Baton Show Lounge stars Monica Munro and Sasha Colby; Roscoe's star Frida Lay; Circuit Latina star Veronica Zaid; Kit Kat star Kiarra Fontaine and Hydrate star Vanity Fair. This show is not to be missed!

3:00 PM - Frenchie Davis
While the "legend" of Frenchie Davis has been fueled in part by an "American Idol" controversy, the Los Angeles native is now gaining fame and acclaim due to her powerful singing voice and undeniable stage presence. Davis had a hugely successful four-year run on Broadway in the Tony Award winning musical "Rent" and will soon be teaming up with fellow Idol alumnus Rueben Studdard in the 30th anniversary revival of the Broadway hit "Ain't Misbehavin'. 2008 has been good to Davis, who has already been to the top of the dance charts with the #1 smash hit "You Are" with DJ/producer Tony Moran, and should get better with the release of several more tracks.

4:00 PM - Drag Show (Part 2)

Popular performers from our special Pride Drag Show return to the stage to entertain and amaze. Don't miss this show!

 

 

5:00 PM - Inaya Day
Inaya Day is a true house music diva who has recorded such timeless dance music classics such as "Horny" by Mousse T, "Keep Pushin', and her number #1 dance smashes "Movin' Up," and "Can't Stop Dancin'." One of the hardest working and most popular vocalist in the dance music industry, Day's latest hits include "Nasty Girl," "Lift Me Up," "I am the One," and a remake of the Sheila E. classic, "The Glamorus Life."

6:15 PM - Martha Wash
Once a back-up singer in the 1970's for the legendary Sylvester, Martha Wash has become a legendary diva in her own right by recording some of the most recognizable pop, R&B, and dance hits of the 80's and 90's. Her hits include "It's Raining Men," "Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" (which sold over 6 million copies worldwide), "Everybody, Everybody," and "Strike It Up." Her latest recording effort, "Keep Your Body Working" (with Tony Moran), reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart at the end of 2007. Once you hear Wash's amazing God given voice, you'll never forget her.

7:00 PM ­ Tiffany
Tiffany is the original 80's teen idol pop superstar whose debut album sold more than 6 million copies in 1987 and who topped the charts with a succession of smash hit singles such as "I Think We're Alone Now," "I Saw Him Standing There," "Could've Been" and "Radio Romance." Now a full-grown adult who is married and has a teenage child of her own, Tiffany now works more than ever while displaying a mature voice that's as strong as ever and that's delighting her many long-time fans and new ones as well.

After flying below the radar for many years following the mercurial early part of her career, Tiffany burst back into modern day's pop music consciousness in 2005 with featured appearances on both the British and American versions of the TV show "Hit Me Baby One More Time!" Subsequently she released a successful dance oriented album, 2006's DUST OFF AND DANCE, starred in VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club" (she lost 28 pounds during the show), found herself at the top of the Billboard Dance Chart last summer with the single "Higher," and released yet another studio album, 2007's JUST ME. Currently Tiffany is recording songs for her brand new full length dance album to be released this summer.