
Founded in 1982, SunFest is one of Florida’s largest waterfront music festivals.
The Indigo Girls — Emily Saliers and Amy Ray — are having a moment. Since the release of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie in the summer of 2023, in which the queer duo’s “Closer To Fine” was heard repeatedly, to today, when they are prominently featured in Tom Gustafson’s “Glitter & Doom” and Alexandria Bombach’s doc “Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All,” Indigo Girls are hotter than ever.
Here in South Florida where I live, Pride begins early (in Hollywood in January), despite the Red State’s rulers’ intentions to erase us, and continues through October (in Miami Shores). While other places aren’t as fortunate, that doesn’t mean they can’t prepare well in advance of their Pride observances by listening to all the wonderful LGBTQ music available to us.
In her best-selling memoir, “Lips Unsealed,” Belinda Carlisle touches on a number of queer topics, from making out with her friend Alice at the bus stop as a young punk rocker in Hollywood, to hitting the clubs with her gay friends in London.
For openly gay vocalist Jeff Harnar, life truly is a cabaret. He has received multiple accolades for work as a performer including awards from the Mabel Mercer Foundation, the Chicago Cabaret Professionals, Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC), and Broadway Cabaret World, to mention a few.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Belinda Carlisle headlines this year’s Diversity Honors at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.
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