After more than a year without in-person celebrations on a grand scale, it feels especially great to see big festivals coming back strong. For the 32nd running of the Nashville Pride Festival, organizers still had some adjusting to do — they moved the events out of Pride Month in June and into September, and changed the venue to Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, down the hill from their regular home in Public Square Park. Today, the lineup for the entertainment stages has been released, and it’s fantastic.
At the top of the bill are legendary rappers Salt-N-Pepa. The multiplatinum-selling, Grammy-winning duo behind “None of Your Business,” “What a Man,” “Shoop,” “Push It” and many other jams are all you really need for an epic helping of ecstatic revelry. But they’re joined by a wide array of LBGTQ artists and allies set to perform on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18 and 19.
Pop champion Kim Petras, masked country crooner Orville Peck, alt-pop outfit The Aces, polymathic rapper Tommy Genesis and country up-and-comer Brooke Eden are among the national and international touring acts joining in. There are heaps of locals, too, including pop ’n’ rock megaband Tayls, country-roots-popster Mercy Bell, and electronic pop singer-songwriters Sinclair, Andreas Moss and Freak Daddy.
Tickets go on sale Friday, July 16, at noon, via Nashville Pride’s website; options range from $10 single-day general-admission tickets to a $300 Friends of Pride weekend pass. Below, check out the full lineup of musicians and drag performers confirmed so far. More are to come — keep an eye on the website for full ticketing information and more performer announcements.
- Salt-N-Pepa
- Kim Petras
- Orville Peck
- The Aces
- Tommy Genesis
- Brooke Eden
- Dominique Morgan
- Andreas Moss
- Mercy Bell
- Virgo
- Paige Beller
- Mike Maimone
- Freak Daddy
- Tayls
- Lexy Dunn
- Coleman.X
- Kentucky Gentleman
- Lila McCann
- Angie K,
- Sinclair
- Rosemary Joaquin
- Shelly Fairchild
- Woods Weston
- Gina Venier
- Adam Mac
- Zach Day
- Whitney Fenimore
- Josey Omo
- Sonia Leigh,
- The Low Blow
- Karegan
- Ken Dartanyan
- Taniah Dubois Dickerson
- Lana Illusion
- Lil Easy
- Jordan Allen
- Trey Alize
- Shay Brewer
- Candi Stratton
- Abs Hart
- CoCo Bardot
- Vita VonTesse Starr
- Angel Taylor
- Johnny Boi
- BeBe Alexander
- DivaQueen Productions
- Grayson Hale
- Vivica Versace
- Vanity
- Jaxson Stone
- Veronica Paige
- Kyle Reed
- Veronica Electronica
- The 615 Platinum Show Stoppers
- Briana Micah
- Tarte Nouveau
- Sapphire Starlington
- Michael Kane
- Mahogany Campbell
- Ceazia Giovanni Kreshe
- Shonn Munro Dupree
- Mya Campbell
- A’Jiyan Avionne Dickerson
- Yasmine K. Nicole
- Griffin Green
- The Newly Crowned Mr. & Mrs. Nashville Pride 2021
