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"out at" RenFaire  

Annual GLBT outing! Sponsored by boiMAGazine

Event Details:

“OUT at the Bristol Renaissance Faire”

Date: Sunday, August 25th
Time: 10am-7pm
Address: 12550 120th Ave., Kenosha

Off I-94 at the IL/WI border
Parking: Preferred Parking for $5 cash
More Info./Phone: 847-395-7773
Tickets: Discount coupon at www.renfair.com/bristol Enter Code: BOI
Costumes Available at: www.fantasycostumes.com (costumes optional)

Costumes are also available for rent on the fair grounds
After Party: Club Icon, 6305 120th Ave., Kenosha, www.clubiconkenosha.com

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Market Days ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP

Northalsted Market Days® is the Bud Light North Stage
largest street festival in the Midwest
and Chicago’s hottest summer Saturday:
celebration, August 10-11, 2019.
The 38th annual Northalsted Market 2:00 PM - Sheila E.
Days® is a weekend long festival 4:45 PM - Deborah Cox
celebrating life & community in 9:00 PM - Jake Shears
Chicago’s historic Boystown/Lakeview
district. The 1/2 mile long festival Sunday:
features all-day lineups of live music
stages, 200+ unique vendors, arts, 2:00 PM - Daya
crafts, food and drink, DJ’s and 4:45 PM - Todrick
dancing, sponsor booths, and more! 9:00 PM - Icona Pop
Estimated attendance approaches Nissan Partners of Progress Stage
100,000 people from near and far,
representing all colors of the rainbow! Saturday:
Founded in 1980, the celebration
now spans from Belmont to Addison 1:15 PM - Abba Salute
on North Halsted St. in Chicago’s 3:15 PM - Emily Blue
Boystown neighborhood, America’s 5:00 PM - Steve Grand
first recognized gay village. 6:15 PM - Hello Weekend
Northalsted Market Days® is easily 8:30 PM - Catfight
accessed via the CTA Red Line
Addison station at the historic Sunday:
Wrigley Field, CTA Red/Brown/Purple
Lines at Belmont, multiple bus lines, 1:00 PM - Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus
and rideshare car/cab services to 2:30 PM - Abba Salute
downtown hotels and other lodging. 4:15 PM - Brian Justin Crum
Biz Bash ranked Northalsted Market 5:30 PM - Rod Tuffcurls and
Days® in the Chicago’s Top 100 Events
of 2018. the Bench Press
For more information go to: 8:00 PM - Sixteen Candles
www.northalsted.com/marketdays/ Jazz Stage @ Aldine

Saturday:

1:00 PM - Molly Farrelly
3:00 PM - BMR4
5:00 PM - Meghan “Big Red” Murphy
7:00 PM - Feathered Beaus

Sunday:

1:00 PM - Kiki & D
3:00 PM - The Flat Cats
5:00 PM - Elaine Dame
7:00 PM - Lynne Jordan & The Shivers

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TODRICK HALL

MARKET DAYS Bud Light North Stage Sunday at 4:45PM
Todrick Hall is a singer,
songwriter, dancer, actor,
choreographer, producer and
social media influencer with
over 3 Million subscribers and
650 million views. Todrick has
released three Number 1 Albums:
Straight Outta Oz Deluxe,
Forbidden & his most recent
album “Haus Party,” which will
begin a world tour this October.
Todrick’s Broadway credits
include: Waitress (August), Kinky
Boots, Chicago, The Color Purple
& Memphis. He's been a recurring

judge and resident choreographer
on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” He also
has choreographed videos for
Beyoncé, written and starred in
the Virgin America safety video,
was featured in Taylor Swift’s
record breaking music video
“Look What You Made Me Do” and
most recently he starred in/co-
executive produced her video
“You Need to Calm Down.”
Todrick Hall can be seen on other
television shows, including: Queer
Eye, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Dear
White People, Bring It, Dance
Moms, Catfish, Bob’s Burgers,
American Idol, Muppet Babies and
is the star of the documentary
“Behind the Curtain” on Netflix.

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SHELIA E.

MARKET DAYS Bud Light North Stage Saturday at 2PM

At the age of three Sheila Sheila E.’s producing,
Escovedo picked up the arranging, and performance
drumsticks and started making talents have been
music. Sheila delivered her showcased throughout the
first solo performance to a live music and film industry
audience two years later and has with appearances on The
since established herself as one of Academy Awards, The
the most talented percussionist/ Latin Grammy Awards,
drummers and performers in BET Awards, The American
the world. Best known to music Music Awards, The Kennedy
fans as Sheila E., she became a Center Honors, The Summer
top session and touring musician Olympics, WOW Awards,
before the age of 20, performing ALMA’s, and The Image
and/or recording with George Awards just to name a few.
Duke, Herbie Hancock, Billy In 2014,  Sheila  released
Cobham, Con Funk Shun, Marvin her literary biography Titled
Gaye (on his final world tour), The Beat of My Own Drum,
Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Gloria and her solo album,  ICON.
Estefan, Patti LaBelle, and Steve Following Prince’s death
Nicks among others. she released  the single Girl
Meets Boy in memory of the
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Sheila E. continues to
produce and perform music
throughout the world. Her
current studio project and
tour “ICONIC” is Sheila’s
continued contribution
to the music industry and
her efforts in awareness
to social issues and
humanitarianism. On a side
note, Sheila E. is also CEO of
the entertainment company
StilettoFlats Inc. located in
Los Angeles California.







ICONA POP

MARKET DAYS Bud Light North Stage Sunday at 9PM

When Caroline and Aino first met at a that chart after “All Night.”The song was
party in 2009, it was love at first sight. also featured in the video game FIFA 16.
Determined to create “the best band In July, the EP Emergency was released.
ever”, their musical collaboration started It includes the critically acclaimed “First
on the very next day, and they had their Time” and the smash-hit “Clap Snap.”
first gig three weeks later. They quickly The girls have toured with mega
released their first single “Manners” and stars Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and One
the future wonder of Icona Pop was Direction. On February 23rd, 2016, Icona
officially formed. Pop performed their single, “Someone
The duo’s big breakthrough can be Who Can Dance” at the Grammis in
described with one phrase: “I Love It.” Stockholm. Caroline and Aino are though
The 2012 monster hit (which dominated not only known as cool icons and great
many top lists in the Western World, singers, they are also known for being
and appeared on several TV and talk talented songwriters that write the
shows), became a milestone for Swedish majority of their own songs.
pop music. The song had big success Summer saw the act drop long
worldwide, especially in the US where anticipated single “Girls Girls.” Among the
the single sold over 2 million copies and huge tastemaker support, Entertainment
reached US Platinum sales. Weekly commented “This buoyant,
Other great hits by Icona Pop are “All rosé-soaked tribute to throwing
night,”“We Got the World,”“Girlfriend” down with your gal pals will have you
and “Let’s Go” featuring Tiesto. Icona saying “I love it!” all over again.” 7m
Pop is greatly awarded for their streams later and setting the duo up
musical brilliance. For instance, they’ve for a marker appearance on Swedish
received prizes and titles like “Swedish TV show “Så Mycket Bättre” (So Much
Breakthrough of the Year”, “Group of the Better), Sweden’s leading female pop
Year” and “Song of the Year” (‘I Love It’). provocateurs have never looked stronger.
On 26 May 2015, the duo released the After touring the world during the
single “Emergency.”The song peaked a summer of 2018, now Icona Pop has
few weeks later on the Billboard Dance released a collection together with
Chart, making their second single to top Swedish clothing brand Gina Tricot along
with new pop-dance single “Rhythm In
22 boiMAG My Blood.” A party anthem which will
leave no one standing still. The entire
collection has a vibrant party pulse,
which is exactly what you need to boost
energy on dark fall days, according to
Icona themselves. Disco, glitter, pop,
power and rock’n’roll inspiration for the
collection comes directly from Icona
Pop’s sizzling music career, where the
stage is their own catwalk. Now the girls
are focusing on writing new music and
are planning on coming back with full-
fledged power during 2019.



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DAYA

MARKET DAYS Bud Light North Stage SUNDAY at 2PM

Since making her debut with 2016’s double- affect us the same way anymore,” Daya says of
platinum “Hide Away,” 19-year-old singer/ “Safe.”“I wanted look at why we’re so numb and
songwriter Daya won her first ever Grammy why we haven’t done more to stop this sort of
Award for her smash collaboration with The violence, but I also wanted to address that on
Chainsmokers “Don’t Let Me Down,” released a very personal level. It ended up becoming
a gold-certified album and headlined a a song that looks back on the past, and asks
national tour. Just months after debuting at why we can’t all feel as safe as when we were
#5 on Billboard’s 21 Under 21 list in 2016, the younger.
Pittsburgh born artist emerged as the youngest
honoree on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 music list in Born Grace Tandon, she devoted much of
2017. Newly signed to Interscope Records, Daya her childhood to honing her own musical
is set to deliver a sophomore album that finally talents.  Beginning with the piano at age 3,
shows the full depth of her talent and scope of this Pittsburgh native picked up multiple
her artistry. instruments and later found her voice to
“I’ve been writing songs since I was 12, but accompany the songs she began writing. Her
working on this record helped me to find my writing ability quickly garnered the attention of
voice in a whole new way,” says Daya, who co- professionals in the music industry who invited
wrote every track on the album. “Being in the to her to Los Angeles for her first co-writing
studio every day and experimenting with new sessions at age 16.
sounds has opened up all these parts of me that
I didn’t even know were there.” Premiering in April 2015, “Hide Away” shot to
On lead single “New” a fantastically intense the top 10 on Billboard’s Pop Digital Songs
powerhouse offering up both intimate chart and reached #23 on the Billboard Hot
confession and massive beats, Daya sheds 100, with Daya landing on Rolling Stone’s
light on the struggle of owning up to your list of “10 New Artists You Need to Know” the
vulnerability. “I’m usually very closed off in following January. With Sit Still, Look Pretty
relationships; I’ll make all these excuses about arriving in October 2016, Daya soon found her
why a situation isn’t good for me or why I full-length debut climbing to the top 40 on the
don’t need this person in my life,” she admits. US Billboard 200 and achieved colossal success
“‘New’ is about accepting that you have real with “Don’t Let Me Down” (winner of the Best
feelings for someone and learning how to let Dance Recording prize at the 2017 Grammys).
them in, which is definitely a new perspective
for me.” Hailed by Billboard as a “dynamic,
bass-thumping pop anthem,” the track is
accompanied by a gorgeously cinematic video
conceptualized by Daya (who also played a key
role in creating its chaotic choreography).
Throughout her second album, Daya also
touches on fragile emotions like feeling unable
to move on from past relationships (on catchy
“Outta My Head”) and trying to explain her
quick fuse (on the sharp story-telling “Temper”).
On “Safe” penned the day after the October
2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, Daya turns
in a gently devastating vocal performance
perfectly suited to her thoughtful meditation on
innocence and disillusionment.
“I was thinking how sad and crazy it is that these
things happen so often now, they don’t even

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