Nikki Etienne, is a local artist who is the co-creator and Host of a local monthly poetry slam, RingSide, held at the Red Lounge. She is also a vocalist & MC in her band, Holy Pistola. Nikki is currently working on some mini documentary projects that directly effect LGBTQ POC and is aspiring to release those the start of 2017. 

Marsha Botzer
     A founding member of Equal Rights Washington, a past co-chair of Seattle’s LBGT Commission, Marsha served as co-chair of The National LGBTQ Task Force in 2005-6, 2009-10, and as Chair of the Action Fund in 2015.  She is a founding member of Out In Front Leadership Project, founded Seattle’s internationally known Ingersoll Gender Center, and served as a national co-chair of the 2008 Obama Pride Campaign. 
    In 2009 she served on the Leadership Committee of Equality Across America.  In 2011 Marsha received the Jose Julio Sarria Civil Rights Award and the Washington State GLBT Bar Association Award.  In 2013 she was selected for the Inaugural U.S. Edition of the Trans 100 List, and in 2014 she received the Gay City Health Community Leadership Award.  In 2015 Marsha was elected to the Martin Luther King County Labor Council.  Also in 2015 she received the Distinguished Scholar Award from Antioch University in Seattle and the Backbone Award from the National Secular Students Alliance.

Monisha Harrell is the Board Chair for Equal Rights Washington, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization. She is also a member of the National LGBTQ Task Force and served as Co-Chair for Mayor Ed Murray’s Public Safety Task Force.

The Alliance for Gun Responsibility works to end the gun violence crisis in our community and promote a culture of gun ownership that balances rights with responsibilities. Through collaboration with experts, civic leaders, and citizens, we find evidenced-based solutions, create innovative policy, advocate for changes in laws, and promote community education to reduce gun violence. Learn more at www.gunresponsibility.org  and follow us at @WAGunResponsib. 

Initiative Measure No. 1491 empowers families and law enforcement to stop gun violence tragedies. It allows them to prevent loved ones in crisis, exhibiting mental illness, or expressing violent behavior who pose a harm to themselves or others from getting access to firearms. These Extreme Risk Protection Orders are issued by a court and follow the same process as other protection orders. Learn more at http://gunresponsibility.org/extreme-risk-protection-orders/

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Purple Passion plays  for a variety of occasions: dances, wedding receptions, fundraisers, holiday celebrations, corporate events, festivals, and community celebrations. They have  performed in dance halls and jazz clubs like the Century Ballroom, Tula’s Jazz Club,  Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Fairmont Olympic Hotel,  Crossroads Bellevue’s Market Stage to Broadway Performance Hall.

Purple Passion's repertoire ranges from jazz and swing standards to Latin and contemporary pieces, featuring both vocal and instrumental work. They have a knack for filling up a dance floor, and fans often note that the band “really swings!” and is “easy to dance to.” 

Purple Passion Swing Band is a 20-piece band based in Seattle that has been performing for over 15 years.

Find out more about us - or book us for your next event - at swing@rainbowcityband.com.

$5 sugg. donation per dog
to benefit Seattle Humane Society Pet Project
  MC Nicole Brodeur

Judges for 2016: Judges: DonnaTella Howe, Deja Nouveau, Kara Sutra, Vivien Gabor, Cherry Sur Bete and Miss Siren Hung

Main Stage on Harrison
Five Best in Category and of the five, one Best in Show Winner
will be chosen announced right after the judging!
Safely and responsibly dress your dog!
Pet Project - Helping Clients with AIDS  
Pet Project, an offshoot of the Pet Food Bank, provides services to individuals disabled.
Pet Project matches volunteers one-on-one with clients, handling most of their pet care needs on a monthly basis, and enables clients to keep their pets while spending their limited resources on food and other living expenses for themselves. All services and supplies are donated or purchased with donated funds. Individuals disabled by AIDS should contact Pet Project at (425) 649-7566 to be considered for Pet Project services.

2016 Judges:

DonnaTella Howe is moving and shaking all over Seattle. From Bacon Strip to Rainbow Bingo and eXposed, and playing hostess for DonnaTella Vs Humanity at 500 East and events with Team Diva Real Estate including Divas Take The Hill. She has expanded her appearances and is working the freelance circuit.  Her hosting ability came about while working as assistant for MoM, running her Mother’s Day and birthday tribute shows and the occasional WET night at RPlace. Between the looks her mama gave her, some Atomic Cosmetics, lessons on how to wear it courtesy some of the best queens in the Pacific Northwest and some well-chosen outfits, DonnaTella has become a party girl around town.

Performances range from comedy, to top 40, old school hits and the occasional dramatic ballad. She is always looking to entertain, amuse and start the party off right. No two moments or performances of hers are alike and she is constantly striving to build her numbers into better spectacles while keeping audiences guessing. She is the social butterfly, the flirt and the lover, but also the bitch you don’t wanna cross. She’s got the sexy sass of Katy Perry with the mouth of Elaine Stritch, a new class of queen mixing substance and style and here to make the show memorable. Having completed reigns as Miss Gay Seattle, Imperial Princess & Czarina of Capitol Hill, she was recently crowned Olympia XLV and represents throughout Western Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Canada as Empress of Seattle, making herself available to appear and perform wherever she is needed to support the community.

Kara Sutra is a local, grass-fed, free range, chameleon drag performer living in Seattle. She originates from Denver Colorado. Ms Sutra moved to the PNW in the fall of 2014 to pursue a career in hair, makeup and performance art. When she's not busy with her day job Kara can be found performing around the Seattle area in Bacon Strip, Court of Seattle events, fundraisers and other various gigs.

Follow her on Instagram and face book to stay current with her work and events!

Vivien Gabor is ready for anything. Always the madam, never the whore, this plus-sized diva will get you hot and drop you cold. With a lifetime background of performing and dressing up in thrift-store tutus, she was born for glamor. Be sure to tune into her new show, Street Walking everyFriday on YouTube!

CHERRY SUR BÊTE (FRENCH, FOR “CHERRY ON BEAST”) OBLITERATES GENDER STEREOTYPES IN OUR WORLD WHERE FEMININITY AND MASCULINITY EXIST ONLY IN OPPOSITION.

CHERRY’S PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE RAISING FUNDS FOR SEATTLE COUNSELING SERVICES, GAY CITY, CAMP TEN TREES, AND SPEAKING TO BODY DIVERSITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND TO TRANS AWARENESS AT JAKE TALKS. CHERRY ALSO HOSTED THE 4TH & BELL STAGE AT THE SEATTLE PRIDE PARADE IN 2014 AND 2015 AND IS HOSTING THE MAIN STAGE SEATTLE PRIDE PARADE 2016 ON SUNDAY!

Zoe Newton, 8.5 years old, is a student at Lowell Elementary.  

Blind since birth, she’s developed her own unique way of moving through the world. Zoe was born with a rare and fatal genetic disorder known as Malignant Infantile Osteopetrosis (MIOP), and required major surgery and a risky bone marrow transplant by the age of one to save her life. Her medical team was amazed that she survived; she is by all accounts a miracle girl. Zoe started playing the piano and keyboard when she was 3, has perfect pitch, and is entirely self taught.  

Music is her life; playing piano and singing is her first language.  She loves everyone she meets and teaches her parents everyday about unconditional love. She’s so excited to perform at a festival that celebrates love!

1:15-1:30       Not This Time, Andre Taylor, Teri Kemp

Andre Taylor, the "Not This Time" campaign and Rick Williams standing with
the "John T. Williams" I-873 Initiative group.

2:30-3pm Michael Jackson Tribute Show, Maurice “MoJ.” Crallie

5:30-7:00pm Wizard of Oz A New

  
Oz A New Cast  presents a peak at their new upcoming stage production

Page2Stage Entertainment is proud to present a two day preview of a new musical Operetta, slated for Broadway NYC 2017. 

We have the pleasure to witness all of Act One of our new operetta.  Directed and produced by NYC Festival Award winner, Mike G. 

Introducing:

Weijing Zhou as Dorothy Gale

Rico Lastrapes – Scarecrow

Ryan Glascock - Lion/Uncle Henry, Emily Robinson

Aunt Em, Benjamin Cournoyer - Tin Man.

The Dave O’ Show front man Dave Ostronic (O-straw-nick) is “Keepin’ Cool Alive” with Song and Dance. Dave presents a lively show of Jazz Standards, Pop Covers and Original Music  while providing Live Swing and Ballroom Dancing during his performances. 

Dave hails from Omaha, Nebraska and Fort Worth, Texas where he began his song and dance career. Ostronic studied recordings of popular singers like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Mel Torme while supplementing his technical training with private vocal lessons. He trained professionally at Arthur Murray Fort Worth where he learned over 20 dances within his first 6 months as a student. Always moving forward, Ostronic took the leap from Texas to Seattle, Washington in hopes of further developing his musical and dance talents. Here he has inserted himself in the local Jazz scene and continued to develop his rich singing voice by leveraging local Jazz Musicians such as Eric Verlinde, Hans Brehmer, Gretta Matassa and Andrew Shaw.

His passion for the style and class of yesteryear are apparent in his delivery, demeanor and style.
Come Out and Enjoy an Energy filled performance from this Young Crooner and His wonderful Band.

Holy Pistola

"Holy Pistola is an eight piece band out of Seattle on a mission to move crowds whenever and wherever they play. Drawing inspiration from the diverse musical backgrounds of all 11 members, they blend funk, hip hop and soul with live instrumentation and electronic elements to create a unique sound they like to call 'ElectroSoulHop'. 

Well known for their crowd pleasing, high energy live sets and original compositions. Holy Pistola has played The High Dive, Capitol Cider, The Sunset Tavern and other venues in and around the Seattle area and are poised to take things to the next level with the release of their first EP as well as a number of supporting music videos in the spring of 2016.

Songs: Holy Pistola plays their originals but cover "Ready Or Not" by The Fugees "Rappers Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang.