Queer Fest Midwest

On August 25, Pulaski Park Fieldhouse in Wicker Park will hold Chicago's first music and art festival for the Gay-Lesbian-Bi-Transgendered (GLBT) community. Queer Fest Midwest will gather and showcase the artistic talents of the GLBT community through their wide range of musical acts, as well as visual and interactive artists, while raising money for About Face Theater, a theater company that creates city and nation wide dialogue about gender and sexuality through their plays. The visual arts portion of the festival - "The Cowboy and The Pegasus" - focuses on the wide range of work by local and national recognized queercore media artists. The exhibition features video artists Sadie Benning, Dylan Mira, Latham Zearfoss and Bruce La Bruce, paintings by Zack Stiglicz, Grant Schexnider and Terrance Koh, photography by Sean Fader, the creative concepts of Will Harrison and Kean O'Brien, and a confessional documentary about HIV by Charles Lum.

Musical performances by...
Katastrophe
The Ex-Members
Johnny Dangerous
Chris Garneau
Katz
Gina Young and Team Gina
and many more


For more info check out the festival's MySpace page.