Queer Bands On Tour

I thought it would be nice to have information about queer bands on tour in one place so people looking for information on queer punk, queercore bands, gay rock, homo-hop, or whatever you want to call this stuff, could find it easily. Follow the links to the lists of dates. In some cases the lists are on other sites which have been updating listings, so even if I say a band's not on tour, follow the link to see if there's more current information. I also list some non-band stuff that's happening in places besides San Francisco, like queer films, etc.

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For those bands looking for places to play, see my list of Venues. The International Hotlist may also be useful.

For shows in San Francisco visit Queer Things To Do in San Francisco at SFQueer.com.

For rap performers, see my Gay Hip-hop page.

You might also want to check out my profile on tourb.us

Note that new information is generally added at the top. I move bands up from them bottom if there's new information for them.

Currently on tour:

The Ex-Boyfriends are a band from San Francisco with former members of Amscray and Crowns on 45. They have two CDs out and are touring the Northwest in July 2008. http://www.myspace.com/exboyfriends < http://www.ex-bf.com

Hey There Cowboy are from Minneapolis and include past and present members of Punky Bruiser, Fixed Gars are for Jerks and Lesbians, Tough Tough Skin, and Central Standard. They are touring to Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh, NYC, Boston, Northampton, Baltimore, Morgantown, Louisville, St. Louis, and Iowa City in July and August 2008.

Tough Tough Skin -- http://www.myspace.com/radfordbishop -- http://www.boyswhomakenoise.com -- is a queer/trans indie punk band from Minneapolis, MN. They are signed to Queer Control records and they're touring the West Coast in May/June hitting Seattle, Portland, Olympia, San Francisco and Los Angeles among others. Also touring are the other bands on QCR - Pariah Piranah (York, PA), 8 Inch Betsy (Chicago), Fruit Punch (Philadelphia, PA) , and Oi-Gays.

Emerge Black and White Party will be held on May 2nd at Transit Nightclub located at 600 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA. Emerge starts the night at 9 p.m. with performances by Alia, Shooting Ropes featuring Steph Hayes, Odd Girl Out, all lesbian band from Baltimore and a special appearance by Marga Gomez as seen on Logo and Comedy Central! Women from all of the area will be dancing to the beats of DJ Cozmic Cat, voted Philly's Best DJ 5 times, until 3 A.M. Transit offers an upstairs bar with lavish seating for those who want to get a little more intimate. And a stripper pole for those that just want to watch! VIP ticket gets you complimentary wine, beer, t-shirt in the upstairs lounge from 9-11pm visit http://www.emergephilly.com for more information and performer bios.

Bearapalooza is doing a roadtrip with several bear musicians through cities in the Northeastern U.S. in May 2008.
Bearapalooza Roadtrip 2008 Schedule :
May 2nd - Boston - The Alley Bar
May 4th - Rye, NY - Bear Trek *part of a Bear Trek Package
May 5th - New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall - hosting Outmusic Open Mic
May 6th - New York, NY - NYC Eagle
May 7th - Baltimore, MD - The Creative Alliance
May 8th - Washington, DC - Remingtons
May 9th - Philadelphia, PA - Bears on Liberty Weekend *part of a BOLW Package
May 11th - Raleigh, NC @ Spotlight Theater - View
Visit Bearapalooza.com for line up for each show. Also see http://www.myspace.com/bearapalooza

Note that Queeruption 2008 in Rome, Italy has been cancelled. See http://www.queeruption.org/

Coyote Grace is the acoustic duet is comprised of Joe Stevens, a transman singer/songwriter from Northern California, backed up by Ingrid Elizabeth on vocals and upright bass, a sassy femme originally hailing from the hills of Southeastern Ohio. They are playing the west coast, Texas, and the midwest in March, April, and May. coyotegrace.com or www.myspace.com/coyotegrace

Bitch, formerly of Bitch and Animal, is touring in March and April 2008. http://www.bitchmusic.com or http://www.myspace.com/bitchmusic for full information.

MEN is JD Samson and Johanna Fateman of Le Tigre. They are touring the US in February and March of 2008.

Excuses for Skipping are from San Francisco. For more information, see http://excusesforskipping.com and myspace.com/xcuses4sk

Your Heart Breaks from Seattle, Washington is touring England in February 2008. Myspage or yourheartbreaks.com

Scream Club is touring the US in March/April/May 2008. More info at http://www.myspace.com/screamclub -- Scream Club is a queer electro punk rock rap group from Olympia, Washington.

The Winsome Griffles play Americana with a sense of humor and a queer twist and live in San Francisco. Members are Larry-bob, Jack and Brad. Debut CD "Meet the Griffles" released Fall 2007.
Northwest tour January 2008:
Thursday Jan 24 - Eugene OR - Luckey's
Friday Jan 25 - Seattle WA - TBA
Sunday Jan 27 - Olympia WA - Jake's with Scream Club, 311 4th Ave E, Olympia
Tuesday Jan 29 - Portland OR - Ash St. Saloon
Thursday Jan 31 - Portland OR - "Queer Bait" club night at Crush

Glen Meadmore will be touring in Europe in February 2008: http://www.popfakes.com/artists.php?id=47

The Shondes are a radical queer/trans band from New York. They are touring the U.S. in December 2007. http://www.myspace.com/theshondes

Chris Garneau is touring the west coast in December 2007 promoting his new EP, and also Phildelphia, New York, and Paris.

Pansy Division - upcoming gigs for info. They are touring with the Avengers in October 2007. See also their myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/47269675

HomoRevolution Tour 2007 a regional tour of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered rap & hip hop artists which earlier had covered the southern part of the US is doing midwestern dates in October. This leg features Deadlee, Tori Fixx, Bigg Nugg, JFP, Foxxjazell, and NYC's Shorty Roc, plus DaLyrical from Atlanta.

October 4: Columbus, OH
October 5: Indianapolis, IN
October 6: Milwaukee, WI (Kenosha)
October 7: Minneapolis, MN

http://www.homorevolution.com http://www.myspace.com/homorevolution

Ssion are a band from Kansas City, Missouri.

Lorena & the Bobbits are a butchfronted 60's garage-trash-punk combo with queer lyrics, fuck you attitude and fat 3 chord riffs. Guitar & voice: Mr. Hank Bobbit, Drums: Rocking Ms. Miles Bobbit, Bass: Mr. Marshall Bobbit. Upcoming dates are: contact: hankbobbit66 [at] lycos.com
webpage: http://www.myspace.com/lorenaandthebobbits http://www.myspace.com/hankbobbit88

Gina Young and her band Team Gina are touring along with Katastrophe and Athens Boys Choir in August 2007. http://myspace.com/teamgina

Athens Boys Choir -- spoken word from Katz, released on Demon Records.

Katastrophe is a FTM rapper from San Francisco. He's touring the US in August 2007. http://www.katastropherap.com http://www.myspace.com/katastropherap

Twin is the new band of the people who were in The King Cobra. Rachel Carns of The Need and Betsy Kwo of Ibobuki. They are touring in August 2007 in California. They have a website with tourdates at http://www.wearetwin.com and http://www.myspace.com/wearetwin

Bears on the Run is a music and comedy tour in October and November 2007 with Bobaloo (a comedian from L.A.), Kendall (a songwriter/performance artist from Buffalo N.Y.), Matthew Temple (a folk singer/songwriter from Nashville, T.N.), Nakia (a Blues singer/songwriter from Austin, T.X.), Elijah Black (a rock singer/songwriter from Akron, OH) and Shannon Grady (a singer/songwriter from Minneapolis, M.N.). It's going to Dallas, Austin, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, and Tulsa.

Final Fantasy (aka violinist Owen Pallet, who has done string arrangements for Arcade Fire and played with Hidden Cameras) is touring in Canada, Europe, and the US in the summer and fall of 2007. Pitchfork has details. http://finalfantasyeternal.com/ Myspace fanpage: http://www.myspace.com/owenpalletmusic

The Degenerettes are Baltimore's all-girl art rock power trio. The voice of new queer American diy rock n' roll, these gals have been stomping the East Coast with queered raw primitive rock & roll since 2005 and head out on tour in July and August through the south, midwest and northeast in support of their self-produced live record Dirty Laundry and Skeletons: Live Recordings 2005-07. http://www.myspace.com/degenerettessummertour2007 http://www.degenerettes.com

The Pussy Pirates from Ann Arbor and Chicago are touring the western US in July 2007. http://www.myspace.com/thepussypirates

She-Devils, political woman-fronted punk band from Argentina are touring Mexico in July 2007. http://www.fotolog.com/she_devils http://www.myspace.com/lasshedevils

MondoHomo is the brand spanking-new alternative queer music+arts annual festival in Atlanta, GA -- the most fabulous Queer festival to ever hit below the Mason Dixon. June 27-July 1, Atlanta, GA will be filled with tens of thousands of progressive minded folks attending the US Social Forum during the day and MondoHomo events at night.
MondoHomo is bringing in Queer arts, Spoken-word, Homo-hop, Music, Burlesque, Drag, drumcore, Skateboarding, crafts, DJ's and Performance Art to rock your world. There will be only the raddest line-ups including but not limited Katastrophe (San Francisco), Team Gina (Seattle), Deadlee (LA), The Shodes (Brooklyn Baby!), the Ex-Members (Durham, NC), Athens Boys Choir (Athens, GA), Leroi the Girl Boi, Ami Mattison, (Ohio), and RoboSapian (Carboro, NC). A full line-up is available at http://www.mondohomo.com
Weekly passes are available online for $50 and will get you into all events. And lets face it, you can't live without seeing Al Schlong in his bunny suit, 14 drummers with Cakalak Thunder, the girl with the jello-and-trampoline thing, skateboarders and hula-hoopers and on and on with all the wierd wonderful things that will be happening.
MondoHomo is revolutionary! MondoHomo is DIY, and will change the South forever. Don't miss out on your chance to to be part of this coming together of Queers, Trannies, Homos, Artists, Rocksters, Performers, Poets, Musicians, Mixers, Movie Stars, Dancers, Lovers, Groupies, Riot Grrls, Freaks, Filmsters, Outlawz, Beloved Community Builders, Gender Benders & Blenders, Porn Stars, Divas, Bike Punks, and other lovers. For more info, please check out: http://www.mondohomo.com Our Space is Your Space: http://www.myspace.com/mondohomosouth

The Cliks are a band from Toronto -http://www.myspace.com/thecliks - check out this interview with frontman Lucas.

In Toronto: Queer West Fest: Friday June 15th to Friday June 22nd. http://gaywest.905host.net/files/prideday.php

Actor Slash Model are a transgendered indie-grass band from Chicago. They are touring the western US in May, 2007. They are on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/actorslashmodelmusic

Queer Up North is an annual festival in Manchester, and there's a series of shows with queer bands from the UK -- all of which I was unfamiliar with... most of them will turn up on a google search and have myspace pages.
http://www.queerupnorth.com/event_detail.php?ID=408
Fake Fang: http://www.myspace.com/fakefang
The Dirty Cakes: http://www.myspace.com/thedirtycakes
Hooker: http://www.myspace.com/hookerstuff
Brooks: http://www.last.fm/music/Brooks (has collaborated with Antony)
Dolby-Anol: http://www.myspace.com/dolbyanol
Little Paper Squares: http://www.myspace.com/littlepapersquares
K Anderson: http://www.myspace.com/kandersonmusic
Owen Duff: http://www.myspace.com/owenduff

Tartufi are doing an extensive Sping 2007 tour. http://www.myspace.com/tartufi

Sister Spit - The Next Generation will be touring in the Spring of 2007 with Eileen Myles, Michelle Tea, Ali Ali Liebegott, and a group of younger queer writers. http://www.sisterspitnextgen.com http://www.myspace.com/sisterspitnextgen

Tour dates page at Kill Rock Stars: http://www.killrockstars.com/dates/

Erase Errata can be found on their website. Also check out the unofficial myspace page: myspace.com/eraseerrata They are touring the US in April 2007 and Europe in May 2007.

Mara Levi is a musician based in Washington DC whose original songs include "The Homo Song." She's touring the eastern and western U.S. in April and May 2007. http://www.marilevi.com http://www.myspace.com/maralevi

Rotten Fruits are based in Chicago -- for info visit rottenfruits.com or http://www.myspace.com/therottenfruits

The Divys are a duo from Philadelphia, PA. They Won 'Best Electronic Song' for their club mix of their single, 'Freddie, Are You Single?' by The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and were voted 'Favorite RockOUT Artist by PlanetOut.Com, among other honors. They are on Myspace at www.myspace.com/TheDivys

Eric Himan plays folk/pop music and tours all over the US. http://www.erichiman.com http://www.myspace.com/erichiman

Thalia Zedek [formerly of the band Come] now is on ThrillJockey Records. Check for tourdates. She used to be on Matador but that site is no longer up to date.

Shearing Pinx is a band from Vancouver BC.

Central Standard are a queer band from the Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul). They are touring the midwest in April, 2007. www.myspace.com/centralstandardrocks

April 16 Madison, WI @ Glass Nickel Pizza with/TBA
April 17 Chicago, IL @ Ronny's Bar w/Desperate Living, Gamine Thief and the Pussy Pirates
April 18 Ann Arbor, MI @ the Terrible Two's House w/The Pussy Pirates and Spit for Athena
April 20th Cleveland, OH @ Pats in the Flats W/Amy Kasio, Black River Baby (another band TBA)
April 21st Pittsburgh, PA
April 22nd Columbus, OH @ the High Five (other bands TBA)
April 23rd Indianapolis, IN @ the Melody Inn W/Weed's of Eden and Emily Wood
April 24th St Louis, MO @ the LEMP Neighborhood Arts Center w/Jaffa
April 26th Kansas City, MO @ The Brick W/Street Jizz (Cody from Ssion) other band TBA
April 27th Des Moines, IA @ The Ritual Cafe W/TBD
April 28th Minneapolis, MN @ The Bedlam Theatre W/Thunder Thighs and the Vignettes

NYC Queer Hardcore band Go!, who had reunion gigs in New York in 2006, are playing in the San Francisco area in January 2007. For more info see http://www.myspace.com/gonyhc

The Ballet are a self-described "sissy pop band" from New York City. They also say "4 queers, 3 chords, 100 melodies." They also have a myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/sissypopband

Limp Wrist are plaing in Long Beach on Dec 28, 2006, then touring in Australia in January 2007. More details on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/limpwrist Details and info about the authorized version of the complete discography CD at http://www.cheap-art.com Also see old page at Limpwrist

The Gay Deceivers are a band from Portland, Oregon who will be touring in california in January 2006, with a larger tour in March? They are looking to play shows with other queer performers of all kinds.

The Hidden Cameras from Toronto, Canada are touring in Canada in August and Sept 2006, and the US in November - show dates. For US dates see their booking agency: http://www.windishagency.com/tours.php

Darling New Neighbors from Austin, TX are going on their Amber Waves of Fame Tour, August 2006.
August 17th - Club Inferno - Madison, WI, 9pm
August 18th - The Hideout - Chicago, IL, 9pm
August 19th - Bar Vertigo - Chicago, IL, 8pm
August 21st - Boxcar Books - Bloomington, IN, 7pm
August 22nd - Murphys - Memphis, TN, 9pm

LotSix: multimedia performance art rock based in Philadelphia. http://www.lotsix.info

Samantha Barrow: poet / spoken word performer based in Philadelphia. http://www.samanthabarrow.com

Serafemme - queer women of color music festival now in its second year and sponsored by the City of West Hollywood, GLAAD, Christopher Street West and the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives is happening Sunday, August 20th from 12PM - 6PM. @ West Hollywood Baseball Field, 647 N. San Vicente Blvd. in West Hollywood. Lineup includes: former Arrested Development lead singer Nadirah Shakoor, Angie Evans, Alison De La Cruz, Damnyo, Gia, Lori Jenaire, DJ Nova Jade, Shurlavision, Red Summer, Ricoshade, Skim, Jade Ross, Neb Luv and more. $10 general admission. http://www.myspace.com/serafemme or http://www.beoutandabout.com

HoMosaic is a queer music festival in Los Angeles, featuring a stellar lineup of the hottest young queer rockers and hip-hop artists. The two-day extravaganza includes 4 bands each evening, a Courtyard bazaar and a DJ'd dance party. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Concert begins at 4 p.m. Dancing in Courtyard from 9:30-11 p.m. The Line-ups include Saturday, August 19: JenRo, Addicted2Fiction, The Ex-Boyfriends, and Jill Sobule, Sunday, August 20: Messengers From the Sexual Frontier, Shitting Glitter, TBA, TBA. Tickets: $25 per night or $40 for both nights For tickets, log onto http://www.lagaycenter.org/boxoffice or call 323-860-7300. For more information, call 323-860-7393. http://www.myspace.com/homosaic2006

Nicky Click makes fun electro pop music with songs about queer femme identity, feminism, and heartbreak. She's touring on the west coast in summer 2006, heading to the east coast in August/Sept, and then Europe in Sept/Oct.

Team Dresch is back together and playing in Olympia, Seattle, Portland, New York, and Brooklyn in May 2006 San Francisco and Los Angeles in August 2006, and in Chicago in September 2006. More info at http://www.myspace.com/teamdresch and also check chainsaw.com

Homo-A-Gogo will be happening in Olympia, Washington August 1-6, 2006.

Kids on TV are from Toronto Canada. http://www.kidsontv.biz/

Gay Beast are from the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Check out http://www.gaybeast.net/ and http://www.myspace.com/gaybeast

VIP West Coast Tour
Body: Philly Queer all stars rap project.
4-10 - Olympia, WA - The Yes Yes*
4-11 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey*
4-12 - Portland, OR - Loveland*
4-14 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill*
4-15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo (early all ages show)*
4-15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo (18+ show-Hang The D.J.s night)*
http://www.myspace.com/vippartyboys

Lynn Breedlove of Tribe 8 has been touring in Europe and is also touring in April 2006 in the US doing a solo spoken word performance, "One Freak Show." For tour dates see http://www.lynnbreedlove.com

Homocore Mpls show, April 2nd, 2006, at 7th Street Entry with The Tuna Helpers, Running on Empty, Apryl Electra. Doors at 8pm, 21+, $6. http://www.thetunahelpers.org http://www.myspace.com/radfordbishop http://www.aprylelectra.com http://www.myspace.com/homocore

I'll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours: East Coast Performers Cruise the West Coast - March 2006 -- Aliza Shapiro, Drag King Heywood Wakefield, temporary piercing artist Ray Aims, experimental movement artist J Dellecave, The Cuntessa crotch puppetress, Pasta Girl super heroine, temporary piercing artist Crystal Goldmind, Micol Alex, Mz. Luna Devine, Stud Muffin, and Polly travel from afar to dare West coast performers and audiences to a creative challenge. We'll show you ours, if you'll show us yours! http://www.truthserum.org/tour

Radio Sloan (ex-The Need) and Nicole J. Georges are in a band called ?Fact or Fiction which are going to be touring the west coast in Spring 2006 with Nicky Click. http://www.myspace.com/evilmeter

Winning Looks is the current band of Tami Hart and Kelly Harris.

Swan Island is an all-female queer band featuring ex-members of Half-Seas-Over and Shemo from Portland, OR. They toured the west coast in March 2006. http://www.myspace.com/swanisland They have broken up as of January 2008: http://wweek.com/wwire/?p=10467

Homo^2 is a band from originally from Florida, now based in San Francisco with a CD called "Gaynessville Florida."

Shawna Virago and the Deadly Nightshades are a band based in San Francisco.

Wood are based in San Francisco and are a drag king band with a hard rock 70s flair.

Ron Athey and Juliana Snapper are performing together as part of the Performa 05 Biennial. Their show is at 8 PM on November 17th, 2005 at NYC's Participant Inc. gallery. Admission is free. For more info: http://www.ronathey.com http://www.julianasnapper.com

Paperboats are a queer athmospheric instrumental duo. They are touring the heartland with Katastrophe Oct 28-Nov 6.

Slo Mo Erotic are a keyboards/drums duo from Glendale, California.

Sugarpuss and the Dead Betties are touring the West Coast together in Sept 2005. See their webpages for the dates.

The Dead Betties are three guys from New York.

Sugarpuss are hard-rocking all-women band from Los Angeles.

Australian queer band Origami has toured the US more than once, most recently Summer 2005.

Assacre, from Austin Texas toured the US in August. Check out http://www.assacre.com and http://myspace.com/assacre

"The Judas Cradle" is an operatic/punk duodrama by the excellent pack of queers Ron Athey and Juliana Snapper, and their composer/accompanist Amanda Piesecki. For their Summer 2005 performance see http://calarts.edu/redcat/season/20042005/lab/judas.html Also, Juli and Ron's websites: http://www.ronathey.com and http://www.julianasnapper.com

Butch Vs. Femme is a queer band from Dixon, California. Also check out their Myspace page for music samples and performance dates.

Massachusetts Youth Pride, May 21, 2005: Concert with Leslie Feinberg, Michelle Tea, Letta Neely, Katastrophe, Girlyman, JenRo, PUSH , and The Butchies. http://www.massyouthpride.org/

Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls is touring in May-June 2005 supporting her new album Prom, and west coast dates have opening act Family Outing with Jody Bleyle of Team Dresch and her brother Al. http://www.daemonrecords.com/live/index.htm

Miss Flo is a band from San Jose, California.

Evil Beaver -- visit their website for information -- there is a dispute between the members of the band over ownership of the band name and other rights.

Squab are a band from Long Beach, California.

Girlyman are from New York and are touring to the West Coast in April.

hey willpower is a band based in San Francisco which includes will of Imperial Teen.

The Steel Poniez are a three-piece dyke band from Boston.

The Tranny Roadshow is traveling around the US and Canada in March-May 2005. For more info and tour dates, visit http://www.trannyroadshow.org

The Tuna Helpers are from Austin, Texas. Their tour dates can be found at the record label they're on, Web of Mimicry

Raunchy Reckless and the Amazons are from Austin, Texas, and may remind you of Xena.

Charlie Anders and Tennessee Jones are on tour in March and April of 2005 as the Cross Gender Caravan, supporting their respective new books. Also other performers will join them in various locations. Check out http://othermag.org/charlieanders/tour.html

Jinx Titanic is the new name of the band formerly known as Super 8 Cum Shot (note: music plays automatically on website) -- they're now based in Chicago.

Kelly Mantle is a musican based in Southern California. One of the members of Kelly's band is Chris Freeman of Pansy Division.

Siren's Iris is a poety tour with Suzy La Follette and Andrea Gibson.

Kendall is a musician from Buffalo New York who has released several CDs.

The East End are a queer emo band from Seattle. Music downloads at http://www.purevolume.com/theeastend Band website at http://www.theeastendband.com/

Baron And The Sodomites are a political, mondo-eclectic, punk troupe based in NYC. http://www.baronandthesodomites.com/

Scott Free has a new CD -- for more information, visit www.ScottFree.net

HomoLatte (formerly Grinder): Weekly queer spoken word and music showcase -- new location as of 2005, Marrakech Expresso, 4747 N Damen, Chicago. all ages, $5 donation requested. Hosted by Scott Free.

The Syndicate are a band from New York.

Bonfire Madigan -- see link for details. Touring all over the US in Nov.

The Butchies -- See their website for the dates and locations -- they are touring in Nov 2004. They are now on the label Yep Roc

Queercore Blitz--the first ever queerpunk tour showcasing great bands from all over--will be touring the West Coast from December 3-11, playing 7 shows in 9 days from Seattle to Los Angeles. This time around the tour is featuring 6 simply incredible queerpunk bands:
- Legendary feminist hardcore quartet Dominatrix all the way from Brazil (!)
- Rockin' grunge-metal grrl quartet Triple Creme from NYC
- Brooklyn-based art-core trio The Dead Betties
- Queerpunk foursome Jack Queen (Portland), led by Emily Kingan (ex The Haggard)
- Raging metalcore trio Sugarpuss from Los Angeles
- Up-and-coming Cali punks Gang-Way! (San Francisco), led by the always amazing Tami Hart
Cities visited are Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Eugene, OR, Arcata, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Pomona, CA, and Berkeley, CA.
Visit the website for lineups in each city. http://www.queercoreblitz.com

Rope or Bullets are a band from Salt Lake City. Their new website is http://www.ropeorbullets.com/
They used to be in a band called Slow from Portland, OR, and Shlee from The Chase played with them.

The Floating Corpses, "dead wave no skool sewer rock" four piece garage gloom glam band are based in San Francisco. For more on The Floating Corpses and Angel on the Nod and the Phantasy Defylment ("sinthetic punk riot ghoul sleaze" a two piece noise cabaret), join The Freak Mafia.

Sista Otis and the Wholly Rollers are from Detroit.

The Gossip are touring in July/August 2004. Gossip Factsheet has tour dates. Here's the Gossipyouth website.

Knifed are from Dublin and have done a split 7" with Limpwrist. Rejected Records is label of Mero of Knifed.

Lesbians on Ecstasy are making electronic music of the lesbian variety.

Vibralux is a drag/glitter/rock group from Lawrence, Kansas.

OUTcry! was a festival at UCLA on May 23, 2004. More info at http://www.queerxgirl.org

Phranc is touring the east coast in April and May 2004 -- see her website at www.pholksinger.com

Robosapien on tour with Sini Anderson's project "Opening Band".

July 16-18 2004: Peace Out East homohop festival in New York: Junk is a touring queer underground film festival. Visit their website for tour dates and details.

Benefit Rock N Roll Concert for FREEDOM TO MARRY: Weds, April 28 at 8pm @ CROBAR in NYC. JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL and JOSH WOOD present: WEDROCK: a Benefit for Freedom to Marry in support of gay marriage efforts in NY, NJ and CT. featuring live performances by: PENNY ARCADE, SANDRA BERNHARD, MARGARET CHO, ALAN CUMMING, JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL, BOB MOULD, SLEATER-KINNEY, LE TIGRE. after-party music by John Cameron Mitchell, Bob Mould, DJ Econ and DJ Jon Jon Battles. co-Produced by Damon Bayles and James Coppola. FIGHT BACK! Get Ticekts here: http://www.boxofficetickets.com:16080/WEDROCK/

Legal Love is an organization which hopes to help educate the public about the topic of gay marriage Both locally and nationally through the vein of live musical performances. With these events they are also raising money to benefit various advocacy groups fighting the battle. Legal Love's first event will be held April 18th, 2004 at TT the Bear's Place in Cambridge. Mass. Tickets $10, proceeds to benefit Mass Equality Scheduled performers include: Mary Lou Lord, Paula Kelley, Ad Frank, Annie Clark, Liz Stahler, and Britta Wolfrum. With special guest speakers: MA. Senator Jarret Barrios and State Representative Micheal Festa

Noc Walpurgii is an every-other year feminist and queer event happening in Warsaw, Poland on April 30, 2004. Many bands, performances, workshops and more.

The band Gertrude from the UK are playing in Germany and Holland from the 5th to the 18th of April, 2004. Full details at www.gertruderock.com. They have also toured in the U.S. in 2001.

The Kitschenettes are a band from London, England.

Athena Reich is a musician based in New York City whose music is theatrical, thought-provoking, wild and quirky.

Secret Cock (queer classic rock from Boston) and Discharge Information System, (cello/drums duo from Portland with ex-members of The Chase and Punky Bruiser) did joint West Coast tour.

BoySkout are based in San Francisco again.

The Kitty Kill are from Boston. (website defunct.)

Secret Cock are from Boston.

Davies vs. Dresch from Portland Oregon was another band with Donna Dresch.

Dana Baitz is a musician based in Toronto, Canada.

Neoqueer: Exhibition of the Queer Caucus for Art, February 18-March 31 at the COCA in Seattle.

Sex Workers Art Show: A touring show with various artists who've done some time in the sex biz. Performers include Ducky Doolittle, Michelle Tea, Scarlot Harlot, David Henry Sterry, Erochica Bambo, Tr� Vasquez of hip-hop project Rigamortis, Tralala Farsis Sentiamo, Leslie Bull, Ariel Lightningchild, Annie Oakley, Ana Jae, and more. Visit website for artist bios and cities they're visiting in January/February 2004. http://www.sexworkersartshow.com

Skitting Glitter are a band from Los Angeles.

In Boston on Saturday December 13th is Bazaar Bizarre. Then the next day in Los Angeles on Sunday December 14th is Bazaar Bizarre West. These are punk craft fairs.

669 is a band from Seattle.

October 10- November 8, 2003: G.B. Jones art show at Paul Petro Contemporary Art in Toronto.

Darien Brahms from Portland, Maine is touring in Italy, Germany, and Austria in October.

The Chase are a band from Portland, Oregon. They toured the US in fall 2003.

Hott Beat is a queer synth-punk performance duo from Washington, DC playing locally and touring.

Tourdates for Bob Mould and his Washington DC club DJ night Blowoff.

Kirk Read, author of the book "How I Learned to Snap" and Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore, author of "Pulling Taffy" are touring the northwestern US. Visit Kirk's tour dates page for the locations.

Three Dollar Bill are a band from Chicago.

Mutilated Mannequins are a rock / post-industrial band from San Francisco.

Nomy Lamm is going on tour with a performance based on her new recording "Effigy." Here are tourdates.

Writer Marshall Moore, author of the novel The Concrete Sky, is doing a book tour of the U.S. starting in July.

Janet Pants Dans Theeatre are touring the west coast in June and July 2003.

Le Tigre -- look for info at http://www.letigreworld.com

Commonbond are touring the eastern US in June 2003.

Bent, Seattle's queer rock fest, was June 25th through June 29th 2003 at The Crocodile Cafe, the Vera Project, and Re-Bar.

Queer As Fuck in Pittsburgh PA June 18-22 2003. Call 412-363-1877 or email pinkbloc@cease.info to represent.

In Seattle WA at The Little Theater 608 19th Ave E, 675-2055 Wednesday June 25th at 8pm (sliding scale/donation) will be THE NEW GAY: The New Gay is here to get your motor hot, thinking on a visionary quest for a newly gay horizon, with such treacherously beautiful possibilities. We hope to give you a show that brings forth queer art that is new in the sense that it's rarely valued; not seen in a march of name tag poster boys and girls who rule the streets for the day. We are not so much reactionary gay with rainbows to let you know, it's about a new living, the constant digging deeper in film and performance. And let me warm you now, the new gay is only the beginning, of something that has already started, the revolution of living and pushing forward with kicking thrusts to the edge of our society, a fringe of the fringed that we would like you to be a part of, at least for one night. From Sleazy Drag Kings to 'Scream Club' rapper mohawk babies, to 'Eva Los Vegas' doing traditional latin music and much more with a hottie lady to kick it. Films, performance, music, spoken word, and more: we hope to show you something a little NEW that you don't see in a pride gay world, or even in other parts of town. Costumes and Drag Gender Babies highly demanded and encouraged!!! If you feel that this is your new calling and you want to be a part of this performance and film extravaganza, please e-mail ELLIAT at mermaidelle@yahoo.com or call Jaime at The Little Theater at (206)329-2829/(206)675-2055, we are still accepting artist and queerions.

Australian band Remake/Remodel is touring the U.S. and Canada in June. The tour dates are available. at their website.

Ploughound -- San Francisco based band

*Club reVisited** We thought you'd like to know that the Club V (London, UK) crew have got off their backsides and planned a one-nighter - Club reVisited - and it's next Saturday, 31st May. Expect the spirit of Club V, with former V DJs on the decks and Club V favourites Spy 51 playing a live set.
It's at The Buffalo Bar in Highbury (020 7359 6191) and kicks off at 8pm, running 'til 2am, with the band on stage at approx 10pm. It's �3.00 on the door and the first twenty punters will get a free copy of the CD we produced for our fourth birthday, back in '99 (featuring a track from Spy 51).
The Buffalo Bar is under the famous Cock Tavern (yes indeed), slap bang next to Highbury & Islington tube: Victoria line and minutes away from our old home at The Garage.
Check the old Club V website for a bit more info (and some links): http://www.neilward.dircon.co.uk/clubv.html

Shoplifting are a queer band from Seattle. They're gonna play some shows around the NW with Erase Errata in July. People can get ahold of the band at yrshoplifting@yahoo.com

The Divided are a queer-fronted band from Portland, OR.

Creamy Goodness is a queer dyke band based in San Francisco.

Sarah Dougher will be touring the Western US in May and June -- for updates visit Mr Lady

Antony recently toured with Lou Reed, is playing in France in December 2003, and will have a new album out in 2004.

Alla -- lesbian-driven band based in Buffalo, NY fronted by Moscow, Russia native Alla Ivanchikova are playing around the east coast.

The Portland Zine Symposium will be August 1-3, 2003.

Perpetual Motion Roadshow -- spoken word tour through cities in the US and Canada with performers including Charlie Anders, author of the Lazy Crossdresser, and Miss Kitty Galore, author of Mosh Pit. Different crews of performers come through every month or so.

QueerFest on May 3rd, 2003 in Poland. (site uses Flash.)

Queeruption 5 happened May 19-26 2003 in Berlin. Here's the official site, queeruption.de, Yahoo Group and an old webpage about it.

Gaylord is a DIY underground art/film/music/ideas festival for queer-identified folks in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Events run from Thursday April 17-Sunday April 20, 2003. Events include, bands, Free School workshops, a craft fair, a Sports Day and a co-closing night party with SKANK, at the Penthouse. For more info, email ailim@vcn.bc.ca Crash: Vancouver's Indie Writers' Fest

Juha is a performance company and hip hop crew with a queer arab twist. They're based in Hawaii. Their website is http://www.juhamusic.com
Check Agitprop Records for Juha tour dates.

Flaming Film Festival May 28-June 1, 2003 in Minneapolis includes screening of Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary and a film on Eileen Myles.

The 2003 Scutterfest in Los Angeles will be July 3-6. When details are announced they will be at www.scutterfest.com. Rudy of the zine Scutter has a weekly queer club night in LA called Spunk at the Parlour Club. See also http://scutter.hypermart.net

2003 Queer Is Folk Festival hosted by Scott Free with Ferron, Sonia (of Disappear Fear), Sarah Dougher, Urban Folk Collective, Dylan Rice, and Kitko will be Saturday June 7th, 2003 in Chicago. Visit website for details.

For information on Ladyfests in various places visit Ladyfest.org

Triple Creme, based in Brooklyn, is an all-dyke band. Check their website for performance dates.

Myles of Destruction see the official band website http://www.mylesofdestruction.com and the Myspace site

Tribe 8 -- Check their website for updates. There is also a website for Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary.

Gravy Train are touring in support of their new record in March and April 2003.

ld begdol and Chris Xefos project Moth Wranglers -- Their debut cd, "never mind the context" is out now. MothWranglers.com

March 16-21 is the queer takeover at antioch college. we are looking for local (Chicago, Detroit, OHIO) queer bands and queer performers who want to come celebrate the Queering of our campus. Contact me at mumnomore@hotmail.com if you are interested. Antioch college is in Yellow Springs OH

Tracy and the Plastics -- Tour dates at chainsaw They are touring the east coast in April 2003.

The Haggard will be touring around the West Coast in February and March with an all-woman band from Brazil called Dominatrix. Visit the webpage the Haggard did about Dominatrix to find out more including the tour dates. http://www.mrlady.com/the-haggard/dmx.htm Also see the main Haggard page.

Friday Nov 8-Monday Nov 11: Ladyfest Los Angeles. Performers include Phranc, The Haggard, Family Outing (Jody and Allen Bleyle), Bonfire Madigan, Radio Vago, Tamala Poljak, etc.

Garrin Benfield is touring the U.S. in the fall of 2002.

Family Outing is the new band with Jody Bleyle (Team Dresch, Infinite Exes) and Allen Bleyle (USA Sexual). They toured the US in Oct 2002.

Radio Vago are from Los Angeles.

Strombolli's Island of Donkeys and Dolls was a spoken word and performance tour with Morty Diamond, queer/trans hip-hop duo The End of the World, Tara Jepsen, Ricky Lee, Ali Liebegott, Bucky Sinister, and Michelle Tea. Visit link above for bios and tour dates.

Bitesize are a band from the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit the Bitesize website for more info. Also check out their lyricist Julia's webiste at Switchhitter.net.

Pornbelt are from Massachusetts, I think.

San Francisco based band The Pre-Teens -- see ThePre-Teens.com and Cheetahs Records -- now broken up.

Ninja Death Squad tend to play around the east coast. Check out their web page

Erase Errata -- See Troubleman or EraseErrata.com for tour dates.

Phiiliip has toured with Momus. His website is www.Phiiliip.com/

Vazaleen is a monthly queer club in Toronto. It is located at a club called Lee's Palace at 529 bloor st. west - phone 416 532 1598. Punk, new wave, rock, glam DJ's Will, Miss Barbrafisch, Rawbrt. Lee's Palace 529 Bloor Street West, near Bathurst 9:00 p.m. 7 bux, 19+, 416 532 1598. booking info: will at 416.533.0236 or email apocalipstick@hotmail.com

The Infinite Xs, a band with Jody (ex-Team Dresch), Tamala (ex-Automaticians), Whitney (ex-Little Deaths) and Scotty. has a record out, but has broken up. Visit Chainsaw for info.

Crowns On 45 -- broken up. Check out their website for the details.

Bratmobile have a new record and are touring -- see bratmobile.com

Lipkandy can be found playing around New Jersey.

Triangle Trash has started doing shows in Ottowa, Canada -- contact at triangletrash@yahoo.ca

Best Revenge is based in Los Angeles. main website.

Nick Name -- main website.

Toilet Boys -- Visit toiletboys.com.

Third Antenna which is a documentary from the folks at Drag Attack, now has dates for the tour across the U.S. Here's the dates. Here's information on the Drag Attack 1999 tour.

Bitch And Animal are no longer performing together. Go to http://www.bitchmusic.com or http://www.animalfarm.com to find out what they're doing.

The 5th annual Santa Barbara Zine Fest will be June 1 at the Goleta Valley Community Center, 5679 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA. Registration packets will be available March 15th. The registration fee is $15.00 and includes: half-table space, beverages, an exhibitor's "survivor" kit, and admission for two people. For more information write to Lynne Lowe at lynne@javaturtle.com or PO Box 20028, Santa Barbara, CA 93120 or visit www.javaturtle.com/zinefest.html

The Underground Publishing Conference will be held June 22-23 in Bowling Green, Ohio, at Bowling Green State University. The cost will be $6 per day, or $10 for the weekend with pre-registration. For more information visit www.clamormagazine.org/upc or write to UPC, PO Box 1225 Bowling Green OH 43402, or upc@clamormagazine.org.

Performance artist Alan Reade is now based in Seattle. For information on his pieces such as Bear-A-Go-Go and Touched By a Monster, go to http://www.alanreade.com

Star Death, from St. Louis has a new webpage at theStarDeath.com and they're planning on touring in the summer of 2002, and probably playing some midwest dates with V For Vendetta. Don't miss them! You can email them to help out finding places to play: stardeath1@hotmail.com

Mirah records for K Records and is touring around the east coast in Jan and Feb 2002.

Thursday, Dec. 13: The L.A. Radical Cheerleaders and Club Milk are coming together for a holiday extravaganza benefiting the East Los Angeles Women's Center on Thursday, Dec. 13. Join us as we celebrate Milk�s second anniversary and help a good cause in the process. The holiday musical lineup includes: *Rizzo *Tadpole *The Lisa Marr Experiment *The Tamala (Longstocking/Infinite X's) *The Sweet Baby Jesus Band (ex-Betty Blowtorch) *Squab *Marks A Lot The L.A. Radical Cheerleaders will perform, there will be speakers, and as always, Milk's very own DJ Toni Smith. There will also be kissing booths, Ms. Santa and merchandise! $5. Doors open at 8pm, music starts soon after. Fais Do-Do, 5257 West Adams, Los Angeles, CA, (323) 931-4636 Questions? Contact RadCheerLA@hotmail.com

DR. FROCKROCKET'S VIVIFYING (RE-ANIMATRONIC) MENAGERIE AND MEDICINE SHOW.
The california shows have been rescheduled for Nov/Dec. Your cast: Beth Stinson, Tara Jepsen, Beth Lisick, Nomy Lamm, Spider, Bridget Irish, Dr. Frockrocket is Jody Bleyle. The house band, called The Two-Bit Tonic Players: Rachel Carns, Betsy Kwo, Betty Ruption, Nora Danielson.
Read this article on Dr. Frockrocket.

For more on Flare, whose members include ld begdol who sang on the Magnetic Fields' "69 Love Songs" see here.

Lords of Lightspeed were the new band with members including Josh, formerly of Behead the Prophet. I think they've broken up.
K.

Prettypony, from Bloomington, Indiana toured the west coast and will be playing in Pittsburgh -- visit their webpage.

Alix Olson is a feminist poet who tours around the country a lot -- dates on her website.

Tom Robinson has been doing a lot of radio stuff lately.

Rufus Wainwright info.

October 2001: Queeruption in San Francisco. Also check out info on the Fall 1999 Queeruption in New York -- http://queer.tao.ca .

The Plath are a band from Toronto, Canada -- see their website for details.

San Francisco-based band Subtonix have broken up, but their full length CD/LP is available from Troubleman.

Doria Roberts tours around the US.

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Running Ragged is a band with Claire of The Little Deaths. email for more info: http://home.earthlink.net/~runningragged or email runningragged@earthlink.net

Thea Hillman is doing a book tour for her book "Depending on the Light." She's toured with Sister Spit before and as one half of the Hell on Heels poetry tour. Check her website for dates and locations.

Canadian lesbian twins Tegan and Sara -- dates can be found on their website.

El Vez tours a lot. Check his website for future tour dates.

Snowpony have toured in the U.S. and England (where they live) - check their webpage for info and to download music. They don't brag about it, but there are former members of My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, and Echobelly in the band.

Matmos were hanging out recording with Bjork, and will be touring with her in the future. They have a page at Matador now.

The Need -- not playing together anymore. The members are in new bands, The Circuit Side and King Cobra The soundtrack to the rock opera the Need collaborated on, The Transfused, is now available from Yo-yo.

Harum Scarum -- no webpage that I know of...

Pistol Pete and Popgun Paul -- Visit their webpage for tour info.

The Sissies -- apparently broken up. website

Gary Floyd was in Black Kali Ma and Sister Double Happiness and the Dicks. Check out this website with Gary's art.

The Moves, from Massachusetts, record for Mr. Lady.

The Madcat Women's International Film Festival will be touring the U.S., Israel, and other places. For more information, contact festival director/curator Ariella Ben-Dov at alionbear@earthlink.net

Paige has some upcoming shows in Los Angeles.

The Ethers have upcoming shows around L.A.

Piano player Steve Cohen has upcoming gigs, mainly in the Philadelphia area listed on his website.

Sleater-Kinney: See Kill Rock Stars' web site for information.
Sleater Kinney was on the National Public Radio show Anthem the weekend of April 18, 1998. See here for them playing "One More Hour."

Fudgegun from Detroit broke up. The drummer drums for Kelly Osborne now.

I don't have current information for the band Paxton.

Aluminum Group

Automaticans - see link for dates.

Magnetic Fields -- See HouseOfTomorrow for info on this and other Stephin Merritt projects such as Future Bible Heroes and the Sixths. For more on Stephin Merritt, see Stephinsongs

Sister Spit is a gang of women who speak the spoken word. Check the website for their current tour info.

Blue Period -- Check their website above for more info.

Los Crudos have broken up. There's a page on them here. Martin's band after Los Crudos is Limp Wrist.

Cypher in the Snow - Broken up.

If any bands on Chainsaw were on tour, you could find out from the Chainsaw Tour Dates page. See there for Team Dresch info. The New Team Dresch V 7.1 played the weekend of June 12th 1998 in San Francisco.

There doesn't seem to be a Candyass record label webpage anymore.

Sta-Prest have broken up. However, they have a third single now out on Kill Rock Stars as part of their single of the month club. They are working on a CD retrospective.

The Vegas Beat was on tour... it's over now.

For more queer music information, see Queer Music Explosion

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