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Multi-platinum Grammy winner Leann Rimes and Austrian-born pop icon Betty Who are among the entertainment lineup for Sunday.Other performers slated for Sunday include Leland, Adam Barta and local favorites Boy Band Review and 16 Candles.DJs Avi Sic, Cindel, and Vlad, among others, will be serving up the beats at the Waveland DJ stage.Related: DJ Cindel spins Pride in Chicago, around the worldIn addition to the non-stop entertainment, the festival includes 60 vendors offering arts, crafts and unique merchandise tailored to the...

Opening at 11 a.m. on Saturday, the two-day street festival turns North Halsted Street into one enormous Pride party with 2 entertainment stages, plus a dance music stage featuring some of Chicago's favorite DJs and drag queens. Plus a whole lot of queer and queer-friendly folks in attendance.This year's festival honors the birth of the pride movement by recognizing the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.Where's the party?One word: Boystown! Once there, follow the herd of excited revelers, or the gaggle of drag...

Three stages deliver non-stop live performances featuring headliner and multi-platinum Grammy winner Leann Rimes, lighting up the stage with dance hits like "Can't Fight the Moonlight", "How Do I Live", "Love is Love is Love" and more."By far, the LGBTQ community is one of the best things that has ever happened to me," Rimes told Billboard in 2017. "I am so thankful for all the love my LGBTQ fans have shown me. I hope they feel it coming back from me full circle."Pride Fest kicks off...

Rimes has been a longtime ally of the LGBTQ community as a supporter of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, Human Rights Campaign, and The Trevor Project. In December 2010, she performed "The Rose," alongside The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles to remember gay teenagers who took their own lives. She also served as a guest judge on Season 7 of "RuPaul's Drag Race.""I believe in equality," Rimes told PrideSource.com in 2011. "Everybody should be treated...

The 27-year-old Australia-born, Michigan-bred pop star has long been an ally to the LGBTQ community, having performed Pride festivals around the country and lent her voice to fundraising efforts by the Trevor Project and GLAAD."I have been in relationships with both men and women," Who wrote on Instagram in 2018. "I have been deeply, earth-shatteringly in love with both men and women. Just because I happen to be engaged to a man doesn't mean that I haven't found a home within the...