WeHo gays, this one’s for you. Rolling Stone can completely reveal that the 2023 Outloud lineup will characteristic Carly Rae Jepsen and Grace Jones within the headlining slot for this yr’s West Hollywood Pleasure competition between June 2 and 4.
Jones will headline Saturday’s competition, whereas Jepsen will shut the occasion on Sunday. Friday’s lineup, together with the day’s headliner, is but to be confirmed and is anticipated to be introduced at a later date. Among the many performers that followers can count on to see on Saturday are masked nation star Orville Peck, alt-R&B musician Santigold, indie pop star Blu DeTiger, and Australian queer band Cub Sport. Drag queens Jodie Harsh and Kylie Sonique Love can even carry out Saturday.
On Sunday, followers can count on to see electropop band Ardour Pit, rapper Princess Nokia, “Bulletproof” singer La Roux, and queer band Meet Me @ the Altar. RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15‘s Luxx Noir London can even take the stage. Yung Bae, Jodie Harsh, Rubio, and Black Belt Eagle Scout are additionally anticipated to carry out that weekend, with extra artists to be revealed quickly.
“Outloud is a present created for queer individuals in queer communities. It was born out of a have to help a struggling group of queer artists,” Outloud founder and CEO Jeff Consoletti tells Rolling Stone. “Whereas the highest of our invoice celebrates trade titans who every champion or symbolize LGBTQ causes, our drive comes from the various, eclectic assortment of established and rising expertise who symbolize the easiest of queer music at the moment.”
“Constructing off our success in West Hollywood, our hope is to carry this queer competition expertise to cities throughout the U.S. the place queer artists won’t in any other case get an opportunity to immerse themselves in a queer competition expertise,” he provides.
Tickets for the JJLA-produced LGBTQ celebration go on sale Wednesday, with early chicken single-day tickets beginning at $34, weekend passes at $79, and VIP entry at $159.
Together with the music competition, WeHo Pleasure weekend will characteristic free occasions such because the annual avenue honest, Dyke March, Ladies’s Freedom Pageant, and the Pleasure Parade. Final yr’s parade featured the likes of Janelle Monae, JoJo Siwa, and Cardi B. Final yr’s music competition was headlined by Marina, Lil’ Kim, Jessie J, Years & Years, and Muna.
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Carly Rae Jepsen spoke to Rolling Stone about her huge LGBTQ fanbase final yr, saying she felt “so fortunate” to have them. She additionally donated $1 from every ticket offered to the Ally Coalition.
“It modified how I carried out; it modified how I thought of every thing,” she mentioned. “I’m making an attempt to create a playful and secure house for anybody to be whoever they wish to be. I really feel so completely happy in these moments that I nearly really feel like I’d combust.”