OUTLOUD MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS TO WEST HOLLYWOOD KICKING OFF THE 2023 WEHO PRIDE WEEKEND CELEBRATION

Grace Jones, Carly Rae Jepsen, Passion Pit and Orville Peck to Headline Three-Day LGBTQ+ Music Festival Taking Place June 2 – June 4

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OUTLOUD @ WeHo Pride returns to West Hollywood, Calif., to kick off the 2023 WeHo Pride Weekend celebration. The incredible three-day outdoor music festival will take place Friday, June 2, through Sunday, June 4, at West Hollywood Park. The weekend of live music will feature top talent headlining OUTLOUD’s ticketed concert series with headliners Grace Jones on Saturday and Carly Rae Jepsen on Sunday. Friday night details will be announced soon.

Tier 1 specially priced early bird two-day (Saturday/Sunday) general admission passes are available beginning February 22 and starting at $34 for a single-day ticket. To purchase tickets, including weekend passes, upgraded WeHo Pride Pass VIP tickets, visit: www.weareoutloud.com.

Produced by JJLA, this year’s OUTLOUD Music Festival will feature a stellar lineup on Saturday and Sunday of LGBTQ+ music artists and allies including Grace Jones, Carly Rae Jepsen, Passion Pit, Orville Peck, Santigold, Princess Nokia, Yung Bae, La Roux, Blu DeTiger, Meet Me @ The Altar, Jodie Harsh, Rubio, Cub Sport, Black Belt Eagle Scout, and more to be announced.

WeHo Pride Weekend will also include multiple free events including community programming, a weekend Street Fair, the annual Dyke March, the Women’s Freedom Festival, and Sunday’s WeHo Pride Parade. Last year’s inaugural WeHo Pride Parade garnered global attention with celebrity participants including Janelle Monae, JoJo Siwa, and Cardi B. WeHo Pride this year will kick things off on Harvey Milk Day, May 22, with the start of the 40-day WeHo Pride Arts Festival, which will run through June 30, 2023.

OUTLOUD will take place Friday, June 2, 6 p.m. - midnight, Saturday, June 3, 1 p.m. - midnight, and Sunday, June 4, 1 p.m. - midnight.

OUTLOUD Music Festival champions queer musicians and is the signature music event at WeHo Pride, the City of West Hollywood’s Pride celebration. Last year’s OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride celebration included major celebrities and emerging queer artists on OUTLOUD’s stages, including Jessie J, Lil’ Kim, Marina, Years & Years, MUNA plus 30 other artists, and attracted nearly 23,000 ticketed attendees and reached over 750,000 viewers via its Twitch livestream. Building off of the success of WeHo Pride’s inaugural celebration in 2022, JJLA has been awarded a multi-year contract with the City of West Hollywood to produce WeHo Pride and OUTLOUD at WeHo Pride through 2025.

“After a successful festival at WeHo Pride 2022, JJLA is extremely excited to bring OUTLOUD Music Festival back to West Hollywood this year,” said Jeff Consoletti, JJLA Founder & CEO and the event’s Executive Producer. “OUTLOUD is all about bringing queer voices into the limelight, and we’re honored to bring another exciting lineup of queer artists to WeHo Pride this June.”

“Pride starts here in West Hollywood,” said City of West Hollywood Mayor Sepi Shyne. “I’m so excited to welcome everyone to WeHo Pride 2023. The OUTLOUD festival lineup is incredible and there will be a wonderful range of community programming during WeHo Pride Weekend and throughout Pride season starting on Harvey Milk Day on May 22 and running through the end of June. There will be something for everyone at WeHo Pride. I can’t wait to celebrate our amazing LGBTQ community!”

Created and produced by JJLA, OUTLOUD Music Festival was launched in 2020 as a virtual concert series, highlighting and elevating Queer artists and performers while many Pride celebrations were being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, OUTLOUD Music Festival partnered with Pride Live’s Stonewall Day and Adam Lambert to deliver a three-day, in-person concert series in Los Angeles, marking the return of live events to the city after the pandemic shutdown. Performers included Sofi Tukker, VINCINT, Brooke Eden, Daya, Hayley Kiyoko and more, plus an in-person appearance from former City of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. The event, which won a 2021 BizBash Event Experience Award for Best Cultural/Multicultural Event (Live Events & Experiences), was simultaneously streamed on Twitch, garnering 4.8 million views and providing the artists and queer charities highlighted throughout the weekend a unique and critical global platform.

JJLA remains committed to its non-profit and community partners. As such, tickets will be available for those organizations whose members need assistance in purchasing tickets. To apply for a hosted community pass, please visit: www.WeAreOutloud.com