Austin’s Stargayzer Festival returns for its second year October 15-17. The festival takes place across three different downtown venues (Elysium, The North Door, Cheer Up Charlie’s) and brings together some of the most talented LGBTQ artists and performers from Austin and across the country. “It’s a really unique LGBTQ event and everyone should come and…
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The Midtown Men bring ’60s stylings to San Antonio
“It is Broadway-quality talent singing the hits of the ’60s.” The original performers from Broadway’s Jersey Boys are back, and you can catch them at the Tobin Center for a limited engagement. Broadway fans can expect the entertainers of Broadway’s three-season success to perform what critics are calling a 1960s hit with a modern twist.…
Ricky Martin brings his One World Tour to the Freeman
From holding it down as a member of Menudo to 1999’s breakout with “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” from Spanish to English, from singing and dancing to acting, philanthropy with The Ricky Martin Foundation, and even publishing an autobiography—a New York Times Best Seller in 2010—Ricky Martin, siempre el chulito, has had one hell of a…
Alyson Alonzo sings her way onto the mainstage
Editor’s note: Alyson Alonzo will be opening for the local rock band Buttercup on Friday, Sept. 18 at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show begins at 9 p.m. Tickets for the show are $10 and may be purchased at this link. “That’s a really crazy example of manifesting…
Chulita Vinyl Club spins women into the mix
“I see this as a small-scale movement to bring girls to the front.” When Claudia Saenz, aka DJ Tear Drop, went to her local record store to purchase Chicano Soul records, she kept noticing that she was the only woman in the store. Thus was born Chulita Vinyl Club. The 27-year-old Austin resident lived in…
Nominate your favorite LGBT artists for the San Antonio Music Awards
The San Antonio Music Awards Showcase isn’t until September 26th, but voting for the awards is already underway. You can cast a vote (one per category per day) in up to 35 categories for your favorite local artists online. Winners will be recognized as the best in the city in the Current’s September 23 Music…
Jenn Alva and Kia Geronimo on fame and marriage
“She took me to meet Nina and Phanie the very first time we went out.” Jenn Alva and Kia Geronimo locked eyes one night at the Korova, and they knew instantly romance was in bloom. “I saw her dancing and I just knew that I had to talk to her,” Alva recalled. “I gave her…
Burgers and Jazz with Ken Slavin at Sam’s Burger Joint
Jazz vocalist Ken Slavin will be putting on a special performance Wednesday, June 17 at Sam’s Burger Joint Music Hall. The San Antonio based artist is excited to make his first headline appearance at the music hall. “It will be a family friendly night and will mark the halfway point of my 25th anniversary in…
It’s Showtime! for the Live Oak Singers
Live Oak Singers present It’s Showtime! Songs from Stage and Screen Madison Square Presbyterian Church, 319 Camden Street 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, 3 p.m. Sunday, May 17 $20 General admission, $15 Students, military & seniors Children 10 and under are free Last summer, I attended the Pride concert rehearsal of the then newly formed Live Oak Singers, San Antonio’s only…
Gay troubadour Bobby Jo Valentine to perform in S.A.
Gay singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine will perform in San Antonio on Friday, March 6 in a House Party Concert to benefit ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans For Full Participation. Valentine is a traveling troubadour who has independently produced three albums: A Place to Belong, By My Side and most recently, Home. On his website, Valentine’s music is portrayed…