OUTLOUD Music Festival Returns to Downtown Nashville
Attention queer music lovers! Get ready for the return of the OUTLOUD Music Festival as it makes its return to downtown Nashville. OUTLOUD Music Festival was created to celebrate LGBTQ+ and ally musicians/artists, and this year, it all goes down on Saturday, September 16 from 4-11 pm.
Organizers bring together both national touring acts and regional up-and-coming musicians every year as a way to showcase the most diverse talent possible in various cities, including Los Angeles.
In its seventh year, the one-day, diverse music-centric festival in downtown Nashville is proud to announce Swedish pop sensation Icona Pop as the headliner for the 2023 event. The duo of best friends Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt, Sweden’s Icona Pop bring a carefree energy to dance music, including their 2012 smash single “I Love It” which was one of the year’s biggest songs and loved by a global audience. Icona Pop remained in the charts with “Emergency,” “Next Mistake” and a string of singles with dance music luminaries ranging from Ultra Naté with “You’re Free” to Galantis with “I Want You”.
Icona Pop is set to release its new album Club Romantech on September 1 just a few weeks before this festival. The first single off the new album “Where Do We Go From Here” is a catchy dose of Europop as the pair sing in unison over dizzying beats according to Rolling Stone.
In addition to Icona Pop, The Aces, Brooke Eden, Thelma and the Sleaze, Marielle Kraft, ISMAY, The Kentucky Gentlemen, and Daena will also be part of the exciting lineup. The festival will also feature drag performances by Venus Ann Serena, Justine Van De Blair, Delta Granta with DJ Manrelic dropping beats throughout the day.
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Each year the OUTLOUD Music Festival creates a fun, energetic, and diverse lineup. Past headliners have included CHVRCHES, Kim Petras, Japanese Breakfast, Todrick Hall, Betty Who, Big Freedia, and more.
“We love creating uplifting experiences that encourage everyone to be authentic and themselves,” said Jack Davis, the event’s organizer with Good Neighbor Festivals.
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OUTLOUD General Admission tickets can now be purchased for $59 and VIP tickets are now $120. The VIP ticket includes access to curated food and drink vendors, access to interactive art installations, entertainment on two stages with front stage access to the LOUDstage, complimentary VIP Parking (reservations required), access to the VIP Lounge with exclusive VIP bars, unlimited non-alcoholic drinks, invite to the OUTLOUD VIP Kickoff Event and a VIP Swag Bag. OUTLOUD is an 18 and over event that encourages everyone to come as you are.
Tickets to the festival also include DJs, drag performances, silent disco, food trucks, craft beer and cocktails, local vendors, and activities starting with the kickoff of the festival at 4 pm through the end of the festival at 11 pm.
For more information about the OUTLOUD Music Festival or to purchase tickets, please visit OUTLOUDmusicfestival.com. To receive updates about the additional entertainment and activities, please sign up for email or follow them on Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube.
