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Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles
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Chicagoland's premier family of LGBTQ music ensembles! 🌈🎵

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Our Wilde Cabaret will be performing 12/1/25 for #WorldAIDSDay at @sidetrackbar.bsky.social at 6 pm. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to Season of Concern Chicago!

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Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret presents a World AIDS Day Cabaret where proceeds benefit the charity Season of Concern Chicago. Monday, December 1st, 2025 at 6 pm. At Sidetrack. Tickets at www.lakesidepride.org/world-aids-day
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Time to dust off that horn and come join us for an afternoon of Sousa! All musicians in the Chicagoland area are welcomed. Visit lakesidepride.org/sousapalooza to sign up for part assignments. Spread the word!!! 🎶
June 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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See our Pops Ensemble's final concert of the season! You’ll hear music from a widely beloved Studio Ghibli movie, the world premiere of an arrangement made for the ensemble, and the regional premiere of Viet Cuong's John and Jim, a powerful reminder that "love wins." #lakesideproud #loveislove
Forest green background with the top left corner presenting the Pops Ensemble Logo in color with a white, rounded corner rectangle. The logo consists of a six-eighth note star in blue, purple, orange, yellow, and green, followed to the right of it, the text in black on the first line “Lakeside Pride” and in blue text on the second line “Pops Ensemble.” The top right corner with a darker green background is the text stating “Saturday, May 31, 2025, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.” Followed underneath with the address “Benito Juarez Community Academy, 1450 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608.” And finally, underneath the address is the text “Tickets: $20 GA with sliding scale.” The center graphic is a red heart in the background with neon pink text filling the red heart stating the concert’s title “What I Did For Love.” Underneath the heart is a patch of grass with a black car with purple eyes and ears and a girl in an orange with black polka dot shirt are reaching out to the heart. The bottom text in hot pink is the link “lakesidepride.org/love.
May 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Popular music often glamorizes wealth or highlights the struggle to overcome financial hardship. Join the Lakeside Pride Jazz Orchestra as we explore these themes, performing Depression-era big band jazz, ’70s funk, and modern pop hits—all with an LGBTQ twist!
Gray background, top of the graphic shows a pain smear with a gold foil and the concert title "All That Glitters" followed underneath with an image of a pile of cash. To the right of the image of cash is a blue text box with the text "Sunday, May 18, 2025, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM, Doors at 7:00 PM, Center on Halsted 3656 N Halsted St, Tickets: $20 GA with sliding scale, Cash/card bar supports Center on Halsted." To the bottom left corner is a brown circle with black outlines of a piano, trombone, trumpet, and saxophone spread equally within the brown circle. The bottom right corner is the Jazz Orchestra's Logo which contains the Lakeside Pride eighth note star in rainbow colors followed by the text in white "Lakeside Pride" on one line and "Jazz Orchestra" on the bottom line. Below the logo is the text in sunflower yellow "lakesidepride.org/glitters."
May 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Only the good die young? This month we’re singing all Billy Joel. We’re sharing our best renditions of all of the Piano Man’s greatest hits - you definitely will NOT want to miss.

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Gray and dusty purple color schemed theatre stage with a transparent overlay of Billy Joel playing piano. An outline of a grand piano in purple is superimposed Ofer the curtain and Billy Joel and piano keys are at the bottom of the graphic. All in white with a black outline, the text at the top states the Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret Logo which includes the Lakeside Pride eighth note star to the left of the text. In purple outline and a black fill, the text Piano Man is placed under the Wilde Cabaret logo and then the words Billy Joel is placed toward the bottom. Underneath the text Billy Joel is the date and location Saturday, May 10th 2025 at 1:30 PM followed by Sidetrack Video Bar’s logo.
May 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Join the Lakeside Pride Clarinet Choir as they give their final concert of this season. The ensemble will be under the direction of Westley Art Hodges and will perform the ensemble's favorite works from previous concerts.
Purple, yellow, and pink pastel colored background with the Lakeside Pride Music Ensemble logo centered on top, in black text "Clarinet Choir Concert" centered left and centered right is the Clarinet Choir circle logo. Text at the bottom states Saturday, May 10, 2025, 4 PM, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 617 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL. Bottom text states that half of the donations collected will go to Lakeside Pride while the other half goes to St. Peter's
April 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Whatever happened to that one person who sang that one song? Historically, very little. But we do love our One Hit Wonders! So much so - it’s the theme of our April Cabaret at Sidetrack!

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 19, 2025, and join us at @sidetrackbar.bsky.social! Doors open at 1 pm
A curtain revealing a record disc with a circular sticker on the center saying “one hit wonders.” With the Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret Logo Center Top, the show title “One Hit Wonders” underneath, at the very bottom the text “Saturday, April 19th 2026 at 1:30 pm”, and followed underneath with Sidetrack’s logo
April 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Interested in marching with the Lakeside Pride Marching Band in the Chicago Pride Parade? Then visit our website: www.lakesidepride.org/marching

Our first practice is April 13th!
Join Chicago's LGBTQ Marching Band!
Join the Lakeside Pride Marching Band! Percussion, winds, and Colorguard LGBTQ folks and allies of all skill levels are encouraged to join, even if it’s been years since you’ve performed. Visit our we...
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March 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Witness the reflections of colors as the Symphonic Band takes the stage for their spring concert. Our music explores the ever-changing colors on this beautiful planet and among the stars.
Black background with the left side from top to bottom consisting the Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band Logo with the rainbow eighth notes formed into the shape of the Chicago star, followed underneath with the title "Kaleidoscope,' a picture of four pointed kaleidoscope image with blue, green, white and purple colors in front of a space gas image with brighter purple and greens in the background, below the title states Saturday, April 12, 2025, 7 PM - 9 PM, and underneath is the text block containing: HOLTSCHNEIDER PERFORMANCE CENTER 2330 N. Halsted St., $20 (includes fees) | Special Pricing* and the website www.lakesidepride.org/kaleidoscope
March 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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They say the song that was number one on your sixteenth birthday is the anthem for your life - or something like that. The March cabaret, Billboard Birthdays, boasts a diverse range of chart-topping hits sure to hit a chord with everyone!
A theatre stage with a giant, three tiered birthday cake with candles on top and each layer has a set of rock band instruments starting with the foundation layer having a guitar and a drum set, second layer has another drum set, and the third layer has the word birthday with each letter a different color of the rainbow. Over this image is the text starting top to bottom and all centered on the image: Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret, followed underneath by the two words billboard birthdays, and at the base of the graphic the date and time Saturday, March 22nd 2025 at 1:30 pm and Sidetrack’s logo.
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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We love nothing more than song, music, and the way it can transform partnerships and relationships. That’s why for February, Wilde Cabaret presents our second duet show - “Just The Two of Us”! A chance for the Wildelings to blend with harmony and create a delightful union of music and story.
A magenta colored theatre curtain reveals a stage with two mics on stands placed at the center stage as if in love with one leaning against another with love hearts around the mics. There are sparkles and more Valentine hearts on the stage with the Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret Logo top Center, the show title “Just the 2 of Us” under the Wilde Cabaret Logo, under the mics the text “Duets” in cursive and followed underneath by the date and time: Saturday, February 15th 2025 at 1:30 PM and the Sidetrack video bar log at the center bottom
February 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Thank you to all that voted for us! A special shout out to all the other nominees in our category. And a special thanks to the @chicagoreader.com for this honor. Our Symphonic Band is excited to make more music in 2025. Their spring concert is April 12, 2025 🎶🏆
Top half is the Chicago Reader logo with the text “Best of Chicago 2024” over a black and grey lined plaid background, underneath with a black background and two olive branches on either side of the text “Best Non-Orchestra Classical Ensemble: Winner” on the bottom left and on the r that is the text “2nd Year in a Row” followed by the Lakeside Pride Symphonic Band logo consisting of the Lakeside Pride Star with six eighth notes in blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, and green and the text Lakeside Pride in black followed underneath in blue the words symphonic band.
January 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Come see the next Pops Ensemble concert! You’ll hear Man in the Mirror, Mulan, Turner’s Through the Looking Glass, and more. www.lakesidepride.org/mirror
Background is a brick wall with purple and blue lighting on the top and darkness at the bottom, the Lakeside Pride Pops Ensemble logo is center top, underneath the logo is an ornate circular mirror with the concert title "Mirror, Mirror On the Wall" inscribed in the center of the mirror, text at the bottom left stating "Winter Concert, February 15, 2025, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM," an under the info text is a purple box with white text displaying "lakesidepride.org/mirror," and on the left bottom corner is the University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts Logo followed underneath with the text "Reva and David Logan Center, 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637."
January 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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@sidetrackbar.bsky.social’s main bar, Wilde Cabaret kicks off 2025 with a show looking back and remembering the past. Reflections is going to be a blast, giving our Wildelings a chance to revisit their childhood dreams, reminisce about the good old days, and maybe even rediscover some old beliefs.
Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret poster showing a theatre stage with a starry night patter curtains pulled back revealing a stage with a man with his back to us and two sets of mirrors. The left mirror shows the same man with his back to us and looking to a road that leaded through hills. The right mirror shows the same man with his back to us with a brick road leading down a misty forest. Text is overlayed on the image with the top text showing the Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret logo with the Lakeside Pride star, the show title Reflections above the man standing on the stage, the date and time: Saturday, January 18th 2025 at 1:30 PM, and at the bottom is Sidetrack’s logo.
January 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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What are some of your favorite band pieces you’ve played with any ensembles in the past?
January 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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When your community comes through! Thanks to our donors for helping us raise funds to get a brand-new tuba!!! #lgbt #communityband #pridebands #chicago #lakesideproud
Graphic of a rainbow-colored tuba using the LGBTQ+ flag colors and music notes with the progress flag colors of brown, black, pink, blue, and white on the left-hand side, followed by a "thank you" graphic above a red text box saying "+$12,000 Raised!!!," and below is the Lakeside Pride logo with the Chicago Star in eighth notes in blue, purple, red, orange, yellow and green above the text "Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles"
January 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM